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How to 'turn off' a graphics card?

noobybooby

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My machine makes a sporadic and very irritating buzzing noise.

I do not know what is causing it, but I suspect it is my graphics card. I have an MSI 6950 Twin Frozr 3 2GB.

To test my hypothesis, I would like to "turn off" my gfx card, and use my integrated GPU (i5-2500K running on ASRock z68 mobo), and see if the noise persists. However I'd rather not have to open my case.

How can I do this?
 
If it's still plugged into the power, it will still power on even if you use the CPU's graphics capability. However, if the buzzing is in game/under stress then it might work.

Basically you will need to start up the PC, and enter the BIOS (keep pressing F2 or delete etc to get into the BIOS at start up :-) (It should inform you which to press when you start up). Then select from the BIOS to use the integrated graphics (or whatever the BIOS calls it).

Make sure you set boot up for graphics to be the opposite of "PEG" (I can't remember the other term sorry).

Then save your changes and turn off/restart. Make sure you swap over the cable to the display output on the motherboard... and go from there.

Personally I'd take the card out, but I understand warranty may stop this etc.
 
Scougar said:
If it's still plugged into the power, it will still power on even if you use the CPU's graphics capability. However, if the buzzing is in game/under stress then it might work.

Basically you will need to start up the PC, and enter the BIOS (keep pressing F2 or delete etc to get into the BIOS at start up :-) (It should inform you which to press when you start up). Then select from the BIOS to use the integrated graphics (or whatever the BIOS calls it).

Make sure you set boot up for graphics to be the opposite of "PEG" (I can't remember the other term sorry).

Then save your changes and turn off/restart. Make sure you swap over the cable to the display output on the motherboard... and go from there.

Personally I'd take the card out, but I understand warranty may stop this etc.
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Thanks
 
I have the same thing, make an odd rattly noise on boot. I think it's to do with the fan and resonance and the afterburner software because if I manually set the fan speed then turn the auto fan speed back on then the noise stops. (If i turn it up to 100% once it's gone it doesn't come back either which is weird)

If I were you i'd play with the afterburner fan speeds to see if you can get it to go away.
 
It'll still be powered on I think, even if the monitor isn't plugged into it, so the buzzing might persist. Just open the case and take it out, it takes all of 2'! :)
 
"Have you guys tried turning off ULPS?

ULPS feature is enabled by default installing this driver, however you can edit this setting from windows registry,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Cl ass\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\EnableUlps

set 1 to enable ULPS
set 0 to disable ULPS

many users have another folders than 0000. I had 0000 and 0001. Some have had 0002, 0003 0004 etc. Where ever you find EnableUlps change it to 0 it fixed my lockups with everest and both gpus downclock to 157 with the 9.12 hotfix drivers

original source here.

edit: everest still hard locks the system everything goes blabnk on gpu1 and then it locks. "

Original post - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?240358-Recent-5970-experiences&p=4178603#post4178603
 
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