Fan Speed Issues

Madandfrustrate

Madandfrustrate

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The fan on my graphics card has been having issues lately, whenever I'm playing a game, and the temperature rises over 70 degrees, the fan becomes very hyper, and can be heard clearly. When it drops below 70, the speed returns to normal, and it is once again, quiet. This has not happened until just recently, and my fan has never ran at such an extreme rate (Even when the temperature is around 75 degrees). I did install the latest driver, and I believe that may be the issue. Insight, anyone?
 

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    Gateway DX4860
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    Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz
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    6GB DDR3 SDRAM
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    Zotac GeForce GT 240 1GB GDDR5
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    Intel H67 Express
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    Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW
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    HP 5189
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Have you thought of testing the temperture using other software?
 

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    Dell XPS420
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    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
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    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
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    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
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richc46 said:
Have you thought of testing the temperture using other software?
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What do you mean by that? Should I use something like Riva Tuner? I'm currently using Zotac Firestorm, the default optimization software packaged with the card.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway DX4860
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Zotac GeForce GT 240 1GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Intel H67 Express
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    SATA II 1.5TB Hard Drive
    PSU
    450 Watts
    Mouse
    NexxTech Wired Optical Mouse
    Keyboard
    HP 5189
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    Telus High Speed 15mb/s
Maybe something like speedfan or coretemp, just to verify.
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My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway DX4860
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Zotac GeForce GT 240 1GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Intel H67 Express
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    SATA II 1.5TB Hard Drive
    PSU
    450 Watts
    Mouse
    NexxTech Wired Optical Mouse
    Keyboard
    HP 5189
    Internet Speed
    Telus High Speed 15mb/s
Oveheating is one of the more serious problems. Just thought it was good to be sure that was not the cause.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Your safe/finee, its just annoying.

You "could" use speed fan to set up custom fan settings, but ugh its alot of work.

My suggestion...... 40% and auto isn't good. I do folding @ home using my gpus, and set one at 65% and 1 at 74% all the time to keep things at 70ish.

I'd use evga preciion, its point n click, and set your fan to a higher speed that you can live with noise wise.

Setting it to 55% will keep it from getting to 75C and the fan going nutz to drop it.

BTW, 70s is where a gpu should sit at full load without Any modifying.
 

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
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    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Patonb said:
Your safe/finee, its just annoying.

You "could" use speed fan to set up custom fan settings, but ugh its alot of work.

My suggestion...... 40% and auto isn't good. I do folding @ home using my gpus, and set one at 65% and 1 at 74% all the time to keep things at 70ish.

I'd use evga preciion, its point n click, and set your fan to a higher speed that you can live with noise wise.

Setting it to 55% will keep it from getting to 75C and the fan going nutz to drop it.

BTW, 70s is where a gpu should sit at full load without Any modifying.
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When I'm running a game, the temperature is usually around 66C. Even when I crank the fan up to 100%, it doesn't make a lot of noise, so I might just set it to that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway DX4860
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Zotac GeForce GT 240 1GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Intel H67 Express
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    SATA II 1.5TB Hard Drive
    PSU
    450 Watts
    Mouse
    NexxTech Wired Optical Mouse
    Keyboard
    HP 5189
    Internet Speed
    Telus High Speed 15mb/s
Its been found after like 80% you only really gain a little more in cooling... And 100% hard on the fan...

I'd try 65-70 tops
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Patonb said:
Its been found after like 80% you only really gain a little more in cooling... And 100% hard on the fan...

I'd try 65-70 tops
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Alright, thanks for the help. Rep+
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway DX4860
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Zotac GeForce GT 240 1GB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Intel H67 Express
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    SATA II 1.5TB Hard Drive
    PSU
    450 Watts
    Mouse
    NexxTech Wired Optical Mouse
    Keyboard
    HP 5189
    Internet Speed
    Telus High Speed 15mb/s
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