GPU replacement fan uncontrollable.

[RedPizzaHead]

Hi,

 

I was getting quite annoyed by the noise production of my gpu, which is a Club3D Radeon HD7870 Jokercard, so I replaced the stock cooler with a Gelid Solutions ICY Vision-A (AMD Series). I read that someone else had done it with the exact same card and that it solved all of the noise issues. 

Now the problem is that I boot my PC and from the moment that windows boots, the fans of the cooler start spinning at around 4100 RPM. This produces quite some noise. I have used OpenHardwareMonitor and MSI Afterburner but they both say that it is spinning at 25%. This is clearly not the case. 

When I had it installed in my system I had to rearrange some of the SATA cables since the cooler is quite big. I don't know if this might have caused a problem or that I need to change something else. I have read some reviews about it and people were saying it is great and barely makes a sound. What am I doing wrong??

 

My specs:

MB: ASRock B75 Pro3-M

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P

GPU: Club3D Radeon HD7870 Jokercard

RAM: 8 GB Corsair

PSU: Cooler Master GX-Lite 600W

 

Any help is appreciated! 

 

 

[Patrick3D]

The cooler you purchased does not have PWM fans, they only run at 100% unless you install a separate fan cooler.

 

From the GELID website:

Q: "What is the included 4Pin to 3Pin cable for?"

A: " If you would like to adjust the fan speed, connect the included  “4pin to 3pin” cable to a manual speed controller (GELID FC-FX01 sold separately)

 

From Amazon.com reviews for the same cooler:

"After initial installation I was alarmed by the full speed fan noise when connected to the fan header on the GPU and for a moment thought I had borked the install. However, on closer examination I noticed the provided fans do not support PWM speed control."

[aleraiders]

maybe you got a defective product....i had some issues also with fans just sounding like jet engines as soon as I powered up my rig.... I unplugged the power and unplugged my fans (a few times) and somehow it worked itself out.....

 

do you have 3 or 4 pin connectors off your fans? how many pins off your motherboard? i think the 4th pin is for controlling the speed of the fans...maybe there's an issue with your 4th pin or your motherboard is somehow sending too much voltage to your fan

[RedPizzaHead]

maybe you got a defective product....i had some issues also with fans just sounding like jet engines as soon as I powered up my rig.... I unplugged the power and unplugged my fans (a few times) and somehow it worked itself out.....

 

do you have 3 or 4 pin connectors off your fans? how many pins off your motherboard? i think the 4th pin is for controlling the speed of the fans...maybe there's an issue with your 4th pin or your motherboard is somehow sending too much voltage to your fan

The one coming from the cooler is a 3 pin and it connects to a 4 pin on my graphics card

[RedPizzaHead]

The cooler you purchased does not have PWM fans, they only run at 100% unless you install a separate fan cooler.

 

From the GELID website:

Q: "What is the included 4Pin to 3Pin cable for?"

A: " If you would like to adjust the fan speed, connect the included  “4pin to 3pin” cable to a manual speed controller (GELID FC-FX01 sold separately)

 

From Amazon.com reviews for the same cooler:

"After initial installation I was alarmed by the full speed fan noise when connected to the fan header on the GPU and for a moment thought I had borked the install. However, on closer examination I noticed the provided fans do not support PWM speed control."

Thanks (again) for your answer. I guess that I have to buy a fan controller then... I originally thought this was a cheap solution but it is now getting more expensive... 

If this is the only solution so be it