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GTX 970 fan issues

Baini
By Baini
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Hello,

 

Lately I've been having some issues with my graphics cards fans.

Sometimes when booting up the computer the fans decide to not spin when putting load onto it, causing the card to get very hot, but this is solved with a reboot.

The fans are also spinning at higher RPM than usual it feels like.

I contacted the store I bought it from to hear if this was something that would be covered by anything (we'll leave that discussion for another time)

 

They recommended me to test if the card was struggling to get power, suspecting maybe the PSU to be failing. In order to do this they said to try out with only 1 display attached,

and to only have mouse and keyboard connected, which I feel makes no sense since the only extra I have connected is my headset. I would also imagine that my CPU would struggle and downclock if so, no?

 

Are any of you able to help me with a method of properly figuring out what the fault here is? If I'm gonna return it I'd love to be able to reproduce the error since I always end up with things working when they get returned.

 

The PSU is roughly 7 and a half years old, meanwhile the graphics card is roughly 4 years, not sure how long PSUs are meant to last.

 

Edit: To add what hardware it is I have in it:

MB: Asus P8Z68-V Pro

CPU: Intel i5 2500K @ 4.3 Ghz

RAM: HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz 16GB

GPU: MSI GTX 970 4G

PSU: Corsair HX 850W

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PSU lifespan is about 5 years. You will want to replace it, even if it's not the problem.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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does fan speed respond to manual fan speed control using apps like Afterburner?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I did try that, it does respond, but then I also noticed that one of the fans were not spinning at all, which is a possible cause.

 

The card also did sometimes blast the fans at full power without the ability to adjust them down.
Only solution to this was to shut the computer down and boot it while holding the fans still.

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