Seeing as how....

[The Wicker Man]

I cant control my 8800 fan, no matter what, would it be safe to power it right from the PSU???

This is prolly a dippy question, but I just want to make sure it's a 12volt fan, and could handle being powered right from the PSU......:)

[SeasonalEclipse]

Id run it from the board if I were you, and you should be able to control the fan with the nvidia forceware stuff. Its what I used for my 7600 when it was wayyy too loud in vista.

[Hardin]

ntune isn't working in the 158.19 drivers. If your using them try a different set and see if you regain fan control.

[The Wicker Man]

I have tried almost every set since 101.70's, and lost fan control on every one......

[Raptord]

did you try rivatuner?

[The Wicker Man]

ya, Riva tuner showed No Supported Drivers For This Display Adapter....
Expertool doesnt do it either..


I am thinking before my step up expires I am gonna go to a GTX, so I dont wanna pull the heatsink for a diffrent one, but I dont like the temps I am getting either.....

[nd4spdbh2]

rivatuner works perfectly fine... it works with any nvidia driver even if they arnt officially supported... just load up rivatuner and go to the target adapter customize section

http://geocities.com/nd4spdbh/riva1.JPG

then click on low level configuration its the first icon on the list... then change the fan speed its quite simple and works like a charm.... i wouldnt run it off your psu cus you never know what could happen.... although i dont expect n e thing would.


even though this says a 7900gt i use the same thing for my 8800gts.

[The Wicker Man]

Could you please give further instructions??

This is what I get under the first tab thingy (low-level system settings)


http://webpages.charter.net/thewickerman/riva.jpg

[Hardin]

No thats the wrong one click the second button underneath driver settings.

[nd4spdbh2]

Could you please give further instructions??

This is what I get under the first tab thingy (low-level system settings)


http://webpages.charter.net/thewickerman/riva.jpg


hmm theres definetly something wrong... under that window you should have a FAN tab check out the attachment... also notice that im using the 97.94 drivers with my 8800gts

10 bucks says its some vista quirk... *cough* vista sux :p *cough*

[mikewebb]

Its definately a Vista thing

[The Wicker Man]

It's the dam drivers, up until the 101.70's I had fan control..........

What ever nVidia did, they really screwed the pooch.....

No fan control sucks the big one, I always ran the fan on 100%

Also, theres like 4 wires on the fan plug, so running it off the PSU or mobo header is out........:bday:

[The Wicker Man]

ok, **** on it, back to 100.65's, hopefully the instability I had before was due to some, well, other things......:rolleyes: :beer: