Question One of my GPU's triple fans is not spinning ?

[bruh1]

Hello everyone,

I have this Gigabyte RX 6600 XT Gaming OC GPU with triple fans. I have recently run into this problem where one of the fans is not spinning.

I have read somewhere on this forum that in some cards, each fan is controlled separately and the third fan turns on only at very high temps. Does anyone know if this is true for this particular card or is my fan faulty?
I looked on the gigabyte specs page but couldn't find this information.

Thanks

 

[zinkles]

"I have recently run into this problem where one of the fans is not spinning"......"the third fan turns on only at very high temps"

(I've quoted segments from your post)

Since you stated, "I've recently run into this issue", did it used to spin before? If so, why did you assume/believe the third fan only spins at high temps, if it used to spin before at normal temps as well? -- it shouldn't change unless you've tinkered with fan settings.

What could be an issue is if the fans don't spin when needed, a.k.a. when the GPU is under load (playing games, benchmarks, etc.). So does it spin when doing a GPU intensive task, and the GPU starts getting hot?

If it doesn't and the temps are above 65-70c ;

• Either the fan had disconnected from the GPU
• The fan is stuck, not allowing it to spin, or non-functional. (unlikely)
• A fan setting that could have disabled that fan specifically (unlikely)

If it does, you shouldn't be worried.