GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Fans 100%

[madjee]

Ad stated above the fans on my 970 sound like a turbine and they cant be controlled through software. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

 

[alexoiu]

It might be a faulty card. Try RMA-ing it.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Is this at idle or just when highly loaded ?

 

[madjee]

What is RMA-ING?

Well the weird thing is it acts normal in bios and spins the fans at normal speed but when windows boots it goes crazy.

 

[alexoiu]

Have you tried reinstalling Windows?

 

[madjee]

Have you tried reinstalling Windows?

Yes. Only thing i have left is to try it on another computer. Its weird because in bios it doesnt.

 

[alexoiu]

I agree.

 

[madjee]

I agree.

I found out that as soon as i install the drivers, the card goes crazy, as soon as i uninstall them it goes to normal idle speed. What could this mean?

 

[alexoiu]

Have you tested different driver version (the one that is on the card's DVD)?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Try doing a custom fan curve in Afterburner.

 

[gokitty199]

I agree.

I found out that as soon as i install the drivers, the card goes crazy, as soon as i uninstall them it goes to normal idle speed. What could this mean?

i confirm, i had to rma mine only for them not to find a problem. i had a similar problem as yours where the fans would crank up to max rpm and stay there but it was only for a few minuts then it would go to normal, cpuid hwmonitor showed my fan rpm at 0 when this happened and i couldnt control them either. did a fresh install of windows after i got my gpu back and reinstalled the driver and its good to go now, hasnt happened yet. try using a older driver?

 

[madjee]

Okay so thank you for your responses, i did the following:

1. Tried all versions of the NVIDIA drivers
2. Tried 3-4 different fan control programs
3. Tried it on both pci-e ports
4. Tried installing several different bios settings even setting one to put fans at 0 rpm
5. Tried contacting NVIDIA and GIGABYTE support and got nowhere.


Is there ANYTHING else i can try? The card still doesn't respond to the fan control programs and still cranks at what i approximate to be or to sound like 100%.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

You called Gigabyte tech support and said they couldn't help you ? Or that they didn't know what was wrong ?

What "fan control programs" are you speaking of ?

 

[madjee]

I tried contacting them through some kind of ''ticket'' form they use to submit technical questions to them. The status of the question is still ''pending to be answered'' and i havent got an answer in two days. Is there some kind of other support they offer that i dont know of?

I used the MSI Afterburner and GIGABYTE's OC Guru.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I always use the telephone. Requires more initial time on your part, but this way the issue doesn't drag on for a week with the back and forth's

 

[madjee]

Yes but i live outside the US and cant contact them through phone

 

[JackNaylorPE]

They are not located in the US.... look in the back of your MoB manual for support numbers. Or try the contact us link on the web site which gives support number sin 20 countries.

http://www.gigabyte.us/about-gigabyte/contact-us.aspx

 

[gokitty199]

Okay so thank you for your responses, i did the following:

1. Tried all versions of the NVIDIA drivers
2. Tried 3-4 different fan control programs
3. Tried it on both pci-e ports
4. Tried installing several different bios settings even setting one to put fans at 0 rpm
5. Tried contacting NVIDIA and GIGABYTE support and got nowhere.


Is there ANYTHING else i can try? The card still doesn't respond to the fan control programs and still cranks at what i approximate to be or to sound like 100%.

try a reinstal of windows if possible