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GTX 960 fan problem?

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The fan keeps stopping on me unless I have EVGA's precision tool up and running. Otherwise it runs fine. Any idea?

It's not a fan problem, it just a feature that all 3rd parties NVIDIA introduce something call " 0db fan" that allow fans to turn itself off if the GPU temp is safe. But it kick in like around 45% when the GPU temperature reach 65C - 66C. 

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The fan keeps stopping on me unless I have EVGA's precision tool up and running. Otherwise it runs fine. Any idea?

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does it have the no fan running on idle thing 

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does it have the no fan running on idle thing 

Nope. Have it set based off of temp; anything above 20C should be running the fan.

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It probably has the idle fan thing on. Put it under load and wait and see if the fans spin up.

Got to 51C and didn't kick in.

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The fan keeps stopping on me unless I have EVGA's precision tool up and running. Otherwise it runs fine. Any idea?

It's not a fan problem, it just a feature that all 3rd parties NVIDIA introduce something call " 0db fan" that allow fans to turn itself off if the GPU temp is safe. But it kick in like around 45% when the GPU temperature reach 65C - 66C. 

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Hmm... Get it to like 60C or 70C. Don't let it go over 80C though, that's starting to reach the limits.

I generally have open hardware monitor open when playing so I can see it at all times.

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I generally have open hardware monitor open when playing so I can see it at all times.

Well, I know for a fact that the 0dB fan mode is what you're talking about. Open both and once the card hits over 60C-65C the fans will kick on.

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