Bryon80 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Leopard is running fine, however the fan of my Ati X1950 Pro is extremely noisy. I never realized before _how noisy_ that thing is. Loud as hell if you ask me. I tried the natit_prionace drivers from http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...88&hl=x1950, but they don't change the fan speed at all. Is there any way to regulate the fan speed in Leopard? Or does anyone know whether exchanging the standard fan with a better fan (like the Zalman GV1000) will lower the noise significantly? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charon123 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Hey, same problem here (until a few weeks ago, upgraded to 3870 /watercooled). Problem is, fan speed is hardcoded in vga-bios, and temperature sensitive. I guess CI/QE stresses the 1950Pro a lot, so temp is rising, so fan is making more noise. Maybe could be changed with biosflash, but not in OSX, as far as I know. Used RivaTuner in Vista to change fan speeds, but this seems not to be possible in good 'ol X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryon80 Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Well, I guess the best idea would be to get passive cooling for the thing. So I ordered an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev...will arrive tomorrow. I hope it doesn't overheat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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