Unable to Overclock (Test Failure)

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce Drivers Section' started by aj_hix36, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. aj_hix36

    aj_hix36 Member

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    Hello everyone. I have myself a Geforce Go 7900 GS, and I just recently installed the 174.74 drivers. I have been previously using 169.04 drivers, because for every driver released since then, I am unable to overclock my card! I have tried many different tools, including nTune, atitool, and rivatuner, but all with the same result. When I try to overclock the card, even 1mhz, the test immediately fails and puts it back to its default speed. This has been rather frustrating me, and I hope someone can help me out here.

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. BIGWORM

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    Card is on it's way out the door. Time for a replacement, pronto.
     
  3. ---TK---

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    because of heat issues a lot of people dont overclock notebook graphics.
     
  4. aj_hix36

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    Well, I can't exactly replace the card easily because it is a laptop. And I have been fine overclocking it before. In fact, that particular card is a great overclocker. Its default clocks are 375 Mhz core, and 506 Mhz memory. I have been running it for months at 625 Mhz core, and 600 Mhz memory with not a problem. This is more of a driver issue than a card issue. How can I force it to overclock?
     

  5. ricardonuno1980

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    NO!!!! because you may directly damaged your videocard mobile!! you can overclock for ONLY non-notebook pc.
     
  6. aj_hix36

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    Thanks for the concerns, but I do understand the risks. Does anyone have a solution to my problems?
     
  7. Alcom

    Alcom Master Guru

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    Try a chill mat under your laptop. I used to overclock my laptop and this help immensely with stability. In the end however, I found it pretty futile since the gains were minimal. Nowadays I value battery life over video performance for my laptop and confine my gaming activities to my desktop machine.
     
  8. aj_hix36

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    Nah, its not a heating issue, its like the driver has locked it down to stay at its default speeds. I can't even underclock it. Any change just refuses to stick.
     
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    "I just recently installed the 174.74 drivers. I have been previously using 169.04 drivers" Maybe theres a hint in there on whats changed and why you cant overclock
     
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    Yup. Just do a thorough clean of your current drivers and reinstall 169.04 and see if it helps, unless, of course, you have some reason for keeping your current ones.
     

  11. G-Man

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    if your careful, just use rivatuner to disable the test.
    but be careful, otherwise you may damage your card...
     
  12. BuilderX

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    Hello mate i am myself a laptop user,

    And you have the same problem than a lot of people have with their 8600M GS.

    That means your card can overclock the following drivers

    158.45 / 167.26 / 169.01 and 169.04

    But you can't overclock anymore starting at the 169.09 and so on on the 171.xx, 173.xx or 174.xx

    On Packard Bell laptops it was resolved by upgrading the "motherboard bios" to the 4A02 version... yes the "motherboard bios" not the "video card bios", there was some identification problem between the motherboard and the video card. And then with 4A02 packard bell laptop users could overclock the 169.09 and so on...

    But for non-packard bell laptop users... i don't know and so lot of people stayed on 169.04 even if they seems old compared to the last 17x.xx, at least they can still overclock and an old overclock driver is better than a last non-overclockable driver.

    At least i am lucky, as 8600M GT users don't have this problem anymore, but i had it when i had a 8600M GS laptop.
     
  13. aj_hix36

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    Ah thank you! This is precisely the information I was looking for. Good to know then that it is a driver problem. I will very likely just revert to my good ol 169.04 then.
     
  14. THEREALLEIMI

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    I've got the same problem and learned that Nvidia has integrated some kind of a software lock that provides notebook graphics from overclocking.

    I have no idea how they managed to do that because therea are many competent people out there - like unwinder - who could probably fix this.

    I have now overclocked my card via bios-mod and so i am able to use the newwest drivers.

    But it is still weird that nvidia should have managed to lock only notebook graphics to their factory default speeds and no one can provide a workaround or something...
     
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    I assume you have tried turning the test off in RivaTuner?
     

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    which testa dn how do i disable it? I think I know what you mean - the thing that test the new clock speeds stability but I miss this feature in rt 2.08.
     
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    Select Rivatuner, "Power User" tab, then at "RivaTuner\Overclocking\Global" sub section, Enable the "DisableClock Test" option by double-clicking it and entering a "1" !

    ;)
     
  18. Brendruis

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    I can understand why nVidia might have locked notebook overclocking on those. Most designs have inadequate cooling a feature they often substitute for slick design and extra things. They can get pretty darn hot really the battery on my lappie has now extremely reduced battery life because it is constantly heated up. Time to replace the battery! common problem for laptops
     

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