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l_carroll
Journeyman III

ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get giving incorrect temperature value

Hi,

I'm attempting to use ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get to read the GPU temperature but it gives me incorrect temperature values, eg 180308.737 degrees! I appreciate any help you could offer.

Is this card/environment supported for this API?

AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series

Windows 7 64 bit (running under Boot Camp on Apple iMac)

My code:

void tryAti() {

  int count = 0;

  LPAdapterInfo lpAdapterInfo = NULL;

  ADL_MAIN_CONTROL_CREATE          ADL_Main_Control_Create = NULL;

  ADL_MAIN_CONTROL_DESTROY         ADL_Main_Control_Destroy = NULL;

  ADL_ADAPTER_NUMBEROFADAPTERS_GET ADL_Adapter_NumberOfAdapters_Get = NULL;

  ADL_ADAPTER_ADAPTERINFO_GET      ADL_Adapter_AdapterInfo_Get = NULL;

  ADL_OVERDRIVE5_TEMPERATURE_GET   ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get = NULL;

  HMODULE hLib = LoadLibrary(L"atiadlxx.dll");

  if (!hLib) {

    hLib = LoadLibrary(L"atiadlxy.dll");

  }

  if (hLib) {

    ADL_Main_Control_Create = (ADL_MAIN_CONTROL_CREATE) GetProcAddress(hLib,"ADL_Main_Control_Create");

    ADL_Main_Control_Destroy = (ADL_MAIN_CONTROL_DESTROY) GetProcAddress(hLib,"ADL_Main_Control_Destroy");

    ADL_Adapter_NumberOfAdapters_Get = (ADL_ADAPTER_NUMBEROFADAPTERS_GET) GetProcAddress(hLib,"ADL_Adapter_NumberOfAdapters_Get");

    ADL_Adapter_AdapterInfo_Get = (ADL_ADAPTER_ADAPTERINFO_GET) GetProcAddress(hLib,"ADL_Adapter_AdapterInfo_Get");

    ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get = (ADL_OVERDRIVE5_TEMPERATURE_GET) GetProcAddress(hLib, "ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get");

    if (!(ADL_Main_Control_Create && ADL_Main_Control_Destroy && ADL_Adapter_NumberOfAdapters_Get &&

      ADL_Adapter_AdapterInfo_Get && ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get)) {

        goto cleanup;

    }

    if (ADL_OK != ADL_Main_Control_Create(ADL_Main_Memory_Alloc, 1)) goto cleanup;

    if (ADL_OK != ADL_Adapter_NumberOfAdapters_Get(&count) && count > 0) goto cleanup;

    lpAdapterInfo = (LPAdapterInfo) malloc(sizeof (AdapterInfo) * count);

    if (!lpAdapterInfo) goto cleanup;

    if (ADL_OK != ADL_Adapter_AdapterInfo_Get (lpAdapterInfo, sizeof (AdapterInfo) * count)) goto cleanup;

    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {

      AdapterInfo info = lpAdapterInfo;

      debug(LOG_LEVEL_EXTREME, TEXT("tryAti() found adapter, index = %i, %S, %S, %S"),

      info.iAdapterIndex, info.strAdapterName, info.strDisplayName, info.strUDID);

      int iAdapterIndex = info.iAdapterIndex;

      ADLTemperature temp = {0};

      temp.iSize = sizeof(ADLTemperature);

      temp.iTemperature = -273;

      if (ADL_OK == ADL_Overdrive5_Temperature_Get(iAdapterIndex, 0, &temp)) {

        debug(LOG_LEVEL_EXTREME, TEXT("tryAti() temp = %f"), temp.iTemperature / 1000.0);

      }

    }

  }

cleanup:

  if (lpAdapterInfo) free(lpAdapterInfo);

  if (ADL_Main_Control_Destroy) ADL_Main_Control_Destroy();

  if (hLib) FreeLibrary(hLib);

}

The debug method simply writes a formatted string to log file, results in:

tryAti() found adapter, index = 0, AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series, \\.\DISPLAY1, PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_6740&SUBSYS_6740106B&REV_00_4&4DCA75F&0&0008A

tryAti() temp = 184647.937000

tryAti() found adapter, index = 1, AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series, \\.\DISPLAY2, PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_6740&SUBSYS_6740106B&REV_00_4&4DCA75F&0&0008&02A

tryAti() temp = 180308.737000

tryAti() found adapter, index = 2, AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series, \\.\DISPLAY3, PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_6740&SUBSYS_6740106B&REV_00_4&4DCA75F&0&0008&03A

tryAti() temp = 180308.737000

tryAti() found adapter, index = 3, AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series, \\.\DISPLAY4, PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_6740&SUBSYS_6740106B&REV_00_4&4DCA75F&0&0008&04A

tryAti() temp = 180308.737000

tryAti() found adapter, index = 4, AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series, \\.\DISPLAY5, PCI_VEN_1002&DEV_6740&SUBSYS_6740106B&REV_00_4&4DCA75F&0&0008&05A

tryAti() temp = 180308.737000

Open Hardware Monitor (http://openhardwaremonitor.org/) shows the same results for GPU temperature.

GPU-Z (http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/) however seems to work, it shows 60 degrees C.

What's GPU-Z accessing to get the correct value?

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kcarney
Staff

Hello,

I asked a developer at AMD to review your post above. His reply --

"I can’t think of anything wrong with the code, maybe something wrong with the system setup?  If they want, they can send us their program and we can debug from driver side?"

Cheers!

Kristen

Another request --

"Let me know what the user’s board’s internal SKU# is, if possible."

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Thanks Kristen, appreciate the effort! I've attached a Visual Studio 2008 project with my code. Where can I find the internal SKU # for my hardware? (It's a 22" iMac so I can't physically look at the video card )

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Mac OS X tells me the following about my graphics card:

AMD Radeon HD 6770M:

  Chipset Model:          AMD Radeon HD 6770M

  Type:          GPU

  Bus:          PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width:          x16

  VRAM (Total):          512 MB

  Vendor:          ATI (0x1002)

  Device ID:          0x6740

  Revision ID:          0x0000

  ROM Revision:          113-C0170C-170

  EFI Driver Version:          01.00.544

Thanks again, Kristen.

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Hello! Sorry for the tardy response, but here's the reply --

"There is nothing wrong with his tool code.  The system he used is an Apple system, which have a special thermal controller that does not support internal temperature reading. We use our tool to change the thermal controller to internal and the temperature can be read correctly.

I would suggest the user not use the tool to read on this system."

Does that make sense?

It does make sense unfortunately

"We use our tool to change the thermal controller to internal" - is this something I can do?

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I asked one of our engineers, and this is what I got: "This is not something we allow user to do."

Sorry!

Kristen

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