Random GPU Fan Spin Up

[tahmidkhan123]

I was working on homework with my desktop on with a browser tab open, nothing was actively running on my desktop and it had been idling for a while but all of a sudden, my gpu fans spin up to 100%  which is freaking loud. It does so for about 5 seconds then stops. It has then repeated every minute or so with out any load being on the gpu core, I have open harware monitor running showing usage and temps. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the fans. This is really distressing any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

XFX RX470 RS 

[Mike87]

2 minutes ago, tahmidkhan123 said:

I was working on homework with my desktop on with a browser tab open, nothing was actively running on my desktop and it had been idling for a while but all of a sudden, my gpu fans spin up to 100%  which is freaking loud. It does so for about 5 seconds then stops. It has then repeated every minute or so with out any load being on the gpu core, I have open harware monitor running showing usage and temps. Nothing out of the ordinary except for the fans. This is really distressing any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

XFX RX470 RS 

Which Graphic card?

[tahmidkhan123]

1 minute ago, Mike87 said:

Which Graphic card?

XFX RX470 RS version

[FallenDark7]

Check the temps, if they are all right, just adust the fan curve, if not, you may have problems colling the card, airflow, heatsink position,bad termal grase.

[Mike87]

5 minutes ago, tahmidkhan123 said:

XFX RX470 RS version

sorry, oversaw that last line.

 

did you install msi afterburner and check your gpu stats? Also check your fan speed control when it is set to automatic. 

You could also reinstall the drivers, maybe there is a corruption.

 

[tahmidkhan123]

2 minutes ago, FallenDark7 said:

Check the temps, if they are all right, just adust the fan curve, if not, you may have problems colling the card, airflow, heatsink position,bad termal grase.

It's on  the factory default fan curve, and temps are not anything more than what i usually have. Its a newish card, around 1.5 months of relatively light use so a little unexpected, and it was fine up to about an hour ago. 

[Mike87]

What OS are you using?

[tahmidkhan123]

5 minutes ago, Mike87 said:

sorry, oversaw that last line.

 

did you install msi afterburner and check your gpu stats? Also check your fan speed control when it is set to automatic. 

You could also reinstall the drivers, maybe there is a corruption.

 

I'm using open hardware monitor and I have AMD's own wattman integrated into crimson both showing average gpu temps, nothing out of the ordinary. Fan speeds are on the automatic curve. 

 

3 minutes ago, Mike87 said:

What OS are you using?

Windows 10 

[Mike87]

3 minutes ago, tahmidkhan123 said:

I'm using open hardware monitor and I have AMD's own wattman integrated into crimson both showing average gpu temps, nothing out of the ordinary. Fan speeds are on the automatic curve. 

 

Windows 10 

I would reinstall the drivers... Win10 is known to screw up drivers once in a while 

[Simon771]

I would say it's the same as it was with my R9 390 nitro GPU.

It probbably have feature that will turn off fans as long as your GPU is under 50°C. So in your case temperature gets over 50°C, causing fans to start spinning and cool it down back to 45°C or something, then spin again when it reaches 50°C.

 

Just a wild guess.

[SaladFingers]

Latest Windows 10 update completely ruined my GFE software and brought freezes while in games. Had to re-install to fix the problem, maybe try re-installing your drivers altogether.

 

Also make sure nothing is blocking any of the GPU fans. If one get blocked the other will run at 100% as a failsafe. And make sure the power cables are connected firmly.