GPU fan issues

[xsater]

Hello,

 

I am having a problem with my GPU fan speed

Fan speed is always at 3200+ RPM, even when idle 

EVGA precision shows 40% and 3200 RPM

When I set it to 100% - percentage does change, but RPM stays the same

 

GTX 980, win 7 x64, latest NVIDIA drivers, tried DDU

 

screenshots from EVGA precision:

 

[Rainbow Dash]

The EVGA Precision X1 fan control is buggy and does not work for all GPUs, and you have the GTX 980 which is not supported by it. You should use either MSI Afterburner or the older EVGA Precision XOC.

[xsater]

I've tried afterburner as well

And it also does not allow me to reduce fan speed

GPU temp is quite low, why does the fan rev up to full speed at 35C?

[Rainbow Dash]

15 minutes ago, xsater said:

I've tried afterburner as well

And it also does not allow me to reduce fan speed

GPU temp is quite low, why does the fan rev up to full speed at 35C?

Check the fan curve by clocking on the gear beside fan speed:

A popup box will show and click ok, here you will be able to adjust the fan speed based on temperature, the yellow dotted line is your min and max fan speed:

 

But you can leave it, or adjust it to your own liking. Click ok. Then make sure you have it set to auto fan speed (When auto fan speed is enabled there should be a grey box):

Don't forget to hit that check mark after you are done to accept changes.

[xsater]

19 hours ago, Rainbow Dash said:

Check the fan curve by clocking on the gear beside fan speed:

I've just tried 2 different curves: default and custom one

None of them seemed to have any effect on fan speed (GPU temp was around 30C)

Screenshot from GPUZ shows that 40% fan speed = 3200rpm (same as EVGA precision)

And it is actually really loud, so smth is wrong here. It is not 40%, it's 100% for sure

Visually all 3 fans seem to spin at the same speed

[Rainbow Dash]

Are you using an EVGA GTX 980 or something else?

[xsater]

On 9/2/2019 at 7:27 PM, Rainbow Dash said:

Are you using an EVGA GTX 980 or something else?

Sorry, forgot to mention that

It's GTX 980 HOF by Galax/KFA2

 

Also, an update, after 3+ days fan speed came back to normal on its own

Still, I think that it might be dead, because when I try to game on it, I get crashes/artifacts/"GPU driver stopped working" issue