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ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

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[SOLVED] (NVIDIA) coolbits 1, but no overclock?

Here is my xorg.conf :

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option "NoLogo" "True"
    Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
    Option "BackingStore" "True"
    Option "Coolbits" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier             "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard       "yes"
    Option               "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection

As you can see I set Coolbits as explained in the wiki (I think). In fact I am sure it worked in the past: I usually downclock the card so the fan goes slowly and I hear less noise.
But it seems it does not work anymore, what can I try?

Thanks

Last edited by ezzetabi (2010-08-17 14:18:11)

lagagnon

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Re: [SOLVED] (NVIDIA) coolbits 1, but no overclock?

Have you run "nvidia-settings" to make sure you have enabled PowerMizer and/or set your Enable Overclocking switch to be on?

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ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

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Re: [SOLVED] (NVIDIA) coolbits 1, but no overclock?

The menu of Powermizer is there, but I have only one strategy available: the fastest.
There is no apparently way to enable the overclocking and the overclocking menu with the sliding bars is not there at all.

[Edit]
Got it, the configuration is not in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf.... ops.

Last edited by ezzetabi (2010-08-17 14:17:55)