My fans ramp up to 100%

[xForcer]

Hi everyone

So I just bought a used MSI 7870 graphics card. The problem I am having is fan speed and noise. The card is very noisy when the fans are over 70%. To overcome that issue, I tried to set a custom fan profile or even always set at 50% but... The software isn't listening to my commands. In Afterburner everything looks fine. It also shows fan speed at 37% all the time, but as soon as I start playing GTA V, the fans instantly reach 100% and stay. When I alt tab fan speed returns to the value set in Afterburner.

Please, tell me its software related. I would be so disappointed if it was hardware related.

EDIT: Ok so I think I solved it. I removed a faulty diode. This is where I found what it was and how to solve it - https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=181398.0

Everything looks fine now

 

[SgtScream]

What are your temps?

 

[xForcer]

Mid 50s. The temps are fine, but any kind of software (AMD software, Afterburner) can't read the actual fan speed. When I am not gaming, the fan speed will be at the value I set manually, when gaming it will ramp up to 100% and then fluctuate between 90 and 100%.
I tried reseating the card, but same things happen. I tried uninstalling drivers, still nothing

 

[xForcer]

Ok so I think I solved it. I removed a faulty diode. This is where I found what it was and how to solve it - https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=181398.0

Everything looks fine now