MSI 980 Gaming X fan problem

[Marc_Gforce]

I just ran into this problem. My 980, while full load, has only 1 fan spinning. Even at 90 degree Celsius (running fumark stress test). I have turn on the gaming mode and turn off Zero Frozr on MSI Gaming App. So I thought 1 of my fan just not working. But this is what I don't understand, when I use Cooler boost on the app, both fan run at 100%. Is this a driver issue? 

 

[Cereal5]

Well... when was the last time you updated the driver?

[Marc_Gforce]

10 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Well... when was the last time you updated the driver?

I don't really remember. Maybe 2 days ago. 

[J.b091]

Let's update driver,  clean uninstall with DDU and install latest update. After that update those apps as well and let's see situation.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

3 hours ago, Marc_Gforce said:

I just ran into this problem. My 980, while full load, has only 1 fan spinning. Even at 90 degree Celsius (running fumark stress test). I have turn on the gaming mode and turn off Zero Frozr on MSI Gaming App. So I thought 1 of my fan just not working. But this is what I don't understand, when I use Cooler boost on the app, both fan run at 100%. Is this a driver issue? 

 

Same with my MSI gtx970 gaming X, suffered for almost 3 years, known issue also for gtx 10 series.

not related to drivers/ win version. 

only way to solve, manually push fan to start spinning

 

[kingknightrider]

I am pretty sure that a driver update to 400-411+ causes it or it is just ironically fan age at time of update.

Seen it four times so far in the past week -plus my own card fans failing on a Zotac 970 AMP! series...

Problem is once it occurs on all fans it usually is terminal...

 

Three things to try if the fan doesn't spin after update:

1) Roll back to the driver before you updated to current driver -I mean a one before October of 2018.

2) If that doesn't work then uninstall the driver with DDU and clean install graphics card driver one -before 400 driver package series.

3) Final option:

Though I personally prefer the fans to run through molex instead of a fan controller.

Then again sound doesn't bother me much -computer set up in a loud environment anyway.

 

Ironically enough it may be that timing of the update driver and fan failure could just be a coincidence -though who believes in that.

Maybe it is just me but so far any 900 series card that I have worked on after being updated to a 400-411+ driver has had the fans die or barely be working.

 

Seen it four times so far -maybe it is just my and their personal unluckiness and it doesn't happen to everyone else with a series 900 after a recent 400-411+ driver update still... seems odd to have occurred four times to the same series of cards days within of driver release all within the same geographic location...

 

It must be a 400-411+ driver issue -or age -though no matter what the hardware damage is annoying.