[SOLVED] High Fan Speed and Low FPS

[jacksonvanhyning23]

I'm not super well versed in computers, but I'll try to describe the problem the best I can (It has a few dimensions to it)
I got this PC around December of last year, and up until about a week ago, it's worked just fine. However, there's been a new issue recently. After turning my computer on, the GPU fan starts going at max speed after around 5 minutes. At first, this only happened when I loaded a game, but now it happens whenever I turn my computer on. The fan doesn't slow down to normal speed until I turn the PC off. I've tried various applications to control and monitor my fan speed but none of them have produced results, they often read the RPM as 0 even though it's spinning very quickly, and any attempt to manually set the fan speed hasn't done anything. In addition to this problem, whether it's related or not, I've also started having much lower framerates in games that my computer used to run just fine, like Destiny 2 (Used to have 100+ fps easily, now it drops below 60). The fan issue and the fps issue may or may not be related, I wouldn't know.

Things I've Tried:
-Using DDU in safe mode to uninstall drivers then reinstalling
-Taking out the GPU and inspecting the wires for the fans
-Reapplying the thermal paste
-Updating the BIOS
-Using programs like GPU Tweak and Afterburner to manually adjust fan speed and fan speed curves

PC Spec:
-GTX 1070Ti
-Intel Core i7 4GHZ
-MSI B250M Motherboard

Like I said, I'm not too well versed in computers so if any additional PC specs or description of the issue would be helpful please just say so. Thanks in advance

Edit: I got it working!!! What I did was unplug the power cord from both the GPU and the power source and plug them back in, making sure they were really secure. Now the PC actually picks up the GPU fan as running and I can manually control the fan speed.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

So you've used Afterburner to no avail, and have used DDU on the drivers.

What PSU do you have, and do you properly have all the PCI power connectors plugged into the GPU? (meaning you can't have any empty pin holes for external power)

When you say redoing thermal paste, are you talking about the thermal paste on the GPU?

 

[jacksonvanhyning23]

So you've used Afterburner to no avail, and have used DDU on the drivers.

What PSU do you have, and do you properly have all the PCI power connectors plugged into the GPU? (meaning you can't have any empty pin holes for external power)

When you say redoing thermal paste, are you talking about the thermal paste on the GPU?

The Thermal Paste I redid was on (I believe) the CPU actually. The PCI is an EVGA 850 GQ 80 PLUS and the one cord that looks like it should be plugged into the GPU is secured snugly

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

so your 1070Ti only requires a single 6 or 8 pin? not 6+8?
Just making sure that you've got it fully plugged up and are not missing any pins that need to be used.

well honestly it looks like it's going to be like this then:

Option 1:
The GPU has gone bad and needs to be RMA'd if you still have a warranty for it or replaced with another card.

Option 2:
The GPU is fine and there's just a bug in the system and doing a backup of important files to the cloud then wiping the drive and doing a clean install of Windows 10 will fix it.

Obvioulsy doing the W10 solution to see if it's that will only cost you your time.

If it doesn't work though, then it's something wrong with the card.

if you don't have a warranty anymore, then before you go trying to replace it, you can see if the BIOS was somehow corrupted by trying to reflash the BIOS (be extremely extra sure the BIOS you are flashing is the correct one for that exact model card)

Outside of that the card is probably dead and needs to be replaced.

Unless anyone else in the forums here has any other ideas, and you should probably wait a bit to see who else comes around to say something.

Also, this is more of a graphics card thing and not a general cooling thing, so I'll let a mod know to move this thread into a better place to be found by others.

 

[jacksonvanhyning23]

so your 1070Ti only requires a single 6 or 8 pin? not 6+8?
Just making sure that you've got it fully plugged up and are not missing any pins that need to be used.

well honestly it looks like it's going to be like this then:

Option 1:
The GPU has gone bad and needs to be RMA'd if you still have a warranty for it or replaced with another card.

Option 2:
The GPU is fine and there's just a bug in the system and doing a backup of important files to the cloud then wiping the drive and doing a clean install of Windows 10 will fix it.

Obvioulsy doing the W10 solution to see if it's that will only cost you your time.

If it doesn't work though, then it's something wrong with the card.

if you don't have a warranty anymore, then before you go trying to replace it, you can see if the BIOS was somehow corrupted by trying to reflash the BIOS (be extremely extra sure the BIOS you are flashing is the correct one for that exact model card)

Outside of that the card is probably dead and needs to be replaced.

Unless anyone else in the forums here has any other ideas, and you should probably wait a bit to see who else comes around to say something.

Also, this is more of a graphics card thing and not a general cooling thing, so I'll let a mod know to move this thread into a better place to be found by others.

Thanks for the help, I'll try those solution plus anything others suggest!
Edit: The cord that is plugged into the GPU is made up of a larger section and a smaller one, yes.