GPU fan suddenly not working?

orangecat · April 28, 2017

So I was running the Unity Adam demo as a benchmark and I had RivaTuner OSD on screen and I noticed my GPU was hitting 85°C and my fan speed was reporting 0 RPM so I looked in my case and saw my fan wasn't spinning. MSI afterburner is setup with a custom fan profile that I've been using for ages and it's worked fine so I thought maybe I should turn it off and force the fan to run at full speed just to see what happens and according to MSI afterburner I don't have a fan. There is no FAN tab in afterburners menu either.

Bidon · April 28, 2017

Maybe there has been some sort of damage to the GPU fan cable.

GuruMeditationError · April 28, 2017

27 minutes ago, Bidon said:

Maybe there has been some sort of damage to the GPU fan cable.

It sounds like a hardware failure. I guess just pull the card and check the connection.

Have you been using the software to boost the fan speeds?

If you're used to that kind of thing you might be able to rig your own cooling solution...although if money's not an issue it might just be a case of getting an early upgrade and sticking it on eBay as a spares repairs listing...

...but pull it and check the connections...I wouldn't have thought it'd just pop loose but I guess anything's possible.