HD 6870 stuck with 100% fan speed

[FockeWolf]

Bought today used 6870. Guy told me that he dont know what is problem cause he could not fix problem too. Tryed MSI afterburner. Nothing. I finded that many people was execting those issues but no help.

 

[junkeymonkey]

''I have had the same issue for a month, then I hit the "default settings" in the Catylst Control Center, and BAM! It went away. Of course, I spend hours doing everything else.... I just never saw the button!''

http://www.overclock.net/t/1184790/6870-fan-speed-always-running-at-max/10

maybe a bad batch of fans ??
look for a replacement ??

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Card-GPU-Cooling-/80151/i.html?_nkw=radeon%20fan&_dcat=80151&Type=Fan&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

 

[SBMfromLA]

I've experienced that problem before and there are two common things that could cause it. The first, and the easiest to remedy would be from the PSU. Which one are you using? The 6870's require two 6-pin connectors at the end after you plug it in. Did you remember to insert both of them? The min. recommended is about 500W.

The second problem could be your motherboard. On my previous computer, I had an older Asus motherboard with an NVidia chipset and it refused to play right with a new HD 6850 card I just bought. I tried everything... even updating the BIOS. Even the manufacturer sent me two different cards and neither of them worked. After further research I found out that some older motherboards with NVidia chips just refused to work with AMD cards... period; It worked flawlessly with my 8800GTS-512 that I previously had. My only solution to that problem was to just update my motherboard.

 

[junkeymonkey]

you can google his issue around and see it was common with any chipset or board - no telling bad fans ? bad firmware ? bad sensor??

what I would like to know now if it does it in safe mode as well ?? if so then its safe to say its not a driver or ccc issue

 

[FockeWolf]

I've experienced that problem before and there are two common things that could cause it. The first, and the easiest to remedy would be from the PSU. Which one are you using? The 6870's require two 6-pin connectors at the end after you plug it in. Did you remember to insert both of them? The min. recommended is about 500W.

The second problem could be your motherboard. On my previous computer, I had an older Asus motherboard with an NVidia chipset and it refused to play right with a new HD 6850 card I just bought. I tried everything... even updating the BIOS. Even the manufacturer sent me two different cards and neither of them worked. After further research I found out that some older motherboards with NVidia chips just refused to work with AMD cards... period; It worked flawlessly with my 8800GTS-512 that I previously had. My only solution to that problem was to just update my motherboard.

Have a 700w power suply from inter tech. All 6 pins are connected. Mobo is H81M-P33, Using Pentium G3258

 

[FockeWolf]

you can google his issue around and see it was common with any chipset or board - no telling bad fans ? bad firmware ? bad sensor??

what I would like to know now if it does it in safe mode as well ?? if so then its safe to say its not a driver or ccc issue

will try tomorrow

 

[SBMfromLA]

One last question before you go... did you verify that card was working before you bought it?

 

[junkeymonkey]

''Bought today used 6870. Guy told me that he dont know what is problem cause he could not fix problem too''

ya he knew about it


thing is if the card is working fine out side of that and its not making a lot of fan noise just run it ?

 

[FockeWolf]

''Bought today used 6870. Guy told me that he dont know what is problem cause he could not fix problem too''

ya he knew about it


thing is if the card is working fine out side of that and its not making a lot of fan noise just run it ?

Card is fine. It is hell of loud

 

[junkeymonkey]

best I see on that is you get it to work or you cant and have to just live with it at 100% speed or replace ??

 

[RobCrezz]

Try setting fan settings to "default" in the Catalyst control centre, like junkeymonkey said.

 

[junkeymonkey]

googling it around just seems to me a design flaw in the card that can pop up and cause this just looks like a bad sensor on the cards main board that goes haywire [???? ]

 

[FockeWolf]

googling it around just seems to me a design flaw in the card that can pop up and cause this just looks like a bad sensor on the cards main board that goes haywire [???? ]

Could you tell me a little bit closer

 

[FockeWolf]

One last question before you go... did you verify that card was working before you bought it?

Card was working but problem with fan was still

 

[junkeymonkey]

well these a sensor that monitors the the temps of the card maybe just one or several ? one maybe just bad and throwing a false signal that keep the fan activated at 100% all the time ??

ther built into the cards motherboard so more then likely you would call it a defected card if all the fixes like we showed or you found just don't resolve ??