Can't put fan speed low enough.

[samcool55]

Samcool55 here,

 

I just installed my old 9800GT again, having sold my 6950 and waiting now for the rx 480.

Problem is, i forgot how loud the damn thing was! And it annoys me a lot.

I want to use a custom fan curve, but the problem is, i can't get it below 35% fan speed, which is still noisy as hell.

 

Does anybody know how to get my fan speed lower than that? I'm trying to use msi afterburner to lower the fan speed btw, haven't checked other tools.

The card itself is an ASUS 9800GT with custom cooler and there is plenty of airflow in the case to drop fan speeds without temperature issues, the card is now at 44°C and gets 60°C-ish under load with the fan stuck at 35%.

[unidentical]

May be impossible, fans will often not spin below a certain voltage. 

 

First thing I'd do is pull the card and check to see the heatsink and fan are clear of dust.

 

If that's all good, your probably best to soldier on until your nice new card arrives.

[soup]

Mmm still noisy at 35% .  Definately running at 35% not 100% even though you have 'set' it at 35% ?

You sure it is not one of the later 9800s they had there fans locked at 100%

 

I might be talking mince, but at least it will give you an avenue to think about or discard out of hand.

[samcool55]

18 minutes ago, soup said:

Mmm still noisy at 35% .  Definately running at 35% not 100% even though you have 'set' it at 35% ?

You sure it is not one of the later 9800s they had there fans locked at 100%

 

I might be talking mince, but at least it will give you an avenue to think about or discard out of hand.

I'm sure it's not at 100%, i tried turning them up to 100% and it goes from noisy to very noisy, but suprisingly not as bad as i expected. Still awful tho

19 minutes ago, unidentical said:

May be impossible, fans will often not spin below a certain voltage. 

 

First thing I'd do is pull the card and check to see the heatsink and fan are clear of dust.

 

If that's all good, your probably best to soldier on until your nice new card arrives.

No issue with dust, i cleaned it before i installed it because it was quite dusty but it's clean-ish now.

Might be able to remove a bit more dust if i go at it with a brush and some more compressed air but i'm quite sure that won't help.