GPU Fans stop spinning after initial boot, everything else fine

[iger1958]

I recently added more compatible RAM to my system and updated Windows to the most recent update, and my PC boots and acts normally until I play games. I know that the card is supposed to start spinning, but the framerate either tanks to single digits or just crashes and the fans don't spin. The fans stop spinning after 5 seconds and when I got to MSI Afterburner, I see that it's set to 0% for some reason. My drivers are updated for it and I've tried disabling it and deleting it from Windows to no avail. Is their anything i'm missing?
Specs:
FX 8320(base clock)
GTX EVGA 960 2GB EDITION
m5a99fx Pro R2.0 Motherboard
1 TB WD Caviar Blue
(2x8) Gb 1866 ddr3 hyper x fury red edition
LSP Ultra 750W Power Supply

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

[vMax]

I think on your GPU the fans stay of at anything below 60 Degrees,,,its a 0db mode on with the ACX 2.0 cooler on the EVGA...I presume you mean that they dont spin even when you are gaming full speed?

 

[CaptainCretin]

I've had loads of issues with Afterburner and finally deleted it myself; however I think you need to reinstall it and see if a fresh install allows you to unlock the fan profiles.

If it does, then delete Afterburner afterwards.

Failing that (I couldnt even get it to run), delete the drivers switch off, remove the card, reboot (obviously you have no display), wait for the activity lights to stop and switch off again. Re-install the card, reboot and install the drivers.

Hopefully the system will see it as a new card and set a new fan profile for it.

 

[lumineZ]

Your GPU is working as intended.

EVGA GTX 960 2GB EDITION has ACX 2.0 and that turns the fans of until the GPU reatch a working temp of 60 degree celcius.

Run a GPU benchmark like Unigine Heaven benchmark and watch the temps. Once you reatch 60 celcius your fans will start to spin.

Reason for this is simple, you dont need the fans to spin if you are browsing the web or doing other very light GPU loads.

 

[CaptainCretin]

Your GPU is working as intended.

EVGA GTX 960 2GB EDITION has ACX 2.0 and that turns the fans of until the GPU reatch a working temp of 60 degree celcius.

Run a GPU benchmark like Unigine Heaven benchmark and watch the temps. Once you reatch 60 celcius your fans will start to spin.

Reason for this is simple, you dont need the fans to spin if you are browsing the web or doing other very light GPU loads.

Read his post, it isnt spinning up in games, so thermally throttling the games to single digit fps.

 

[helpstar]

be sure your hardware is still connected properly to the motherboard, eventually unplug and replug the GPU, RAM, power connectors, other connectors,....

check the temperatures of you CPU and GPU while gaming

run memtest.org ´s USB autoinstaller and boot from the created boot stick

 

[lumineZ]

Your GPU is working as intended.

EVGA GTX 960 2GB EDITION has ACX 2.0 and that turns the fans of until the GPU reatch a working temp of 60 degree celcius.

Run a GPU benchmark like Unigine Heaven benchmark and watch the temps. Once you reatch 60 celcius your fans will start to spin.

Reason for this is simple, you dont need the fans to spin if you are browsing the web or doing other very light GPU loads.

Read his post, it isnt spinning up in games, so thermally throttling the games to single digit fps.

I did read it, and he does not say anything about his temps so it could be that it is not hot enough, or that the GPU`s temp reading probes / software is damaged or corrupeted.
Thats the reason I sayd he should run a benchmark and watch the temps and fans and see what happens.

 

[iger1958]

Turns out something was wrong with my graphics card, it was not "working as intended" and switching it with another graphics card fixed all my problems. Thank you everyone for your help.

 

[helpstar]

Thanks for the feedback