skypete Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 i have successfully installed snow leopard with my 4870 asus card it runs flawlessly with qe but it runs very hot and the fan is a idle is there any way to up the fan speed on these card im afraid it might burn it out. any help is appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I edit the bios of the gpu to increase according to temperature, do so using the RBE then use the WinFlash to write the new bios Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/#findComment-1482135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypete Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 I edit the bios of the gpu to increase according to temperature, do so using the RBE then use the WinFlash to write the new bios thnks for the response can u please explain step by step on how to install this i really appreciate this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/#findComment-1482140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1770/...or%20v1.25.html use the Gpu-z to extract the bios RBE to edit WinFlash to write the new bios Tutorial RBE http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/154 =D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/#findComment-1482173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypete Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 thanks for the quick response i will try to follow your guide and will let u know the results Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/#findComment-1482218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 thanks for the quick response i will try to follow your guide and will let u know the results very easy I had this same problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/#findComment-1482265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypete Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 ok i followed your guide it came out in windows that the fan speed was set to 80% but when i run my mac it is still slow the fan any suggestions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/220147-4870-runs-hot-in-osx-1062/#findComment-1482569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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