ATI 5870 randomly overheating / fan

[NirK]

I have a 5870 it has been completely fine then randomly last night it is stuck at 99% load the fan is extremely loud and at about 80% and the temps are at 80 degrees.....

This is with nothing at all except desktop... No games, nothing... Just randomly stuck at 99% load and full fan speed... Out of nowhere.... This is triggered by playing a video and then it just stays like that until the PC is shut down...

Is there any known fixes for this?

WHY has this randomly happened? As I type now the GPU 99% load fan extremely loud and temperature 80+ degrees.... NO GRAPHICS OR VIDEO at all just desktop..... This just randomly happened for no reason I can tell??!?! Is it a known bug? I tried updating drivers and cleaning old ones etc...

 

[Gregster]

If you have Afterburner installed, this can conflict with AMD drivers. Uninstall Afterburner and use Trixx to overclock.

Also if you have been watching a youtube movie/clip, under flash settings, disable hardware acceleration.

 

[NirK]

Thanks for reply but it is not any of those things...

Eugh this is the last time I buy an ATI card....

 

[Gregster]

Thanks for reply but it is not any of those things...

Eugh this is the last time I buy an ATI card....

Ahh sorry to hear. I remember someone having the issue before and that sorted it for them.

You could try different drivers but I would assume you have done this.

 

[NirK]

Seems to be OK on the 10.10 drivers but these are sooooo out of date!

I will have to try some others and see which ones work....

Just another one of many problems with ATI... Never seem to have anything like this with Nvidia... Ah well I know which brand I will be getting next time! (not ATI)

 

[Gregster]

Fair play. Continuing issues can do that to us. I hope you get it fixed