So I woke up this morning to what sounded like a jet engine until I realized it was coming from my computer. It sounded like my fans were going crazy so I tried rebooting my PC to see if the problem was fixed. It turned back on and the sound came back and I did a bit of an investigation and realized all the noise was purely coming from my GPU.
I ran GPU-Z, which shows my fan speed is running at a constant 92% (~5200 RPM) and my GPU is only 34 degrees (C). There is no load on my GPU, all I am doing is some web browsing.
What would cause my GPU fan to be going so fast under almost no load/temperature?
Specs please, and what programs do you have running?
I had this problem once with my Radeon HD 6850, I was playing Arma 2 and adjusting speedfan speeds when the fanspeed shot up to like 100% for no reason.
EVGA Nvidia GTX 480
Windows 8, 64-Bit
i7 2600K 3.4GHz
Asus P8P67 Motherboard
I have Chrome, Speccy, GPU-Z, Steam and Teamviewer running. The problem seems to exists after a fresh reboot as well with nothing running.
The fan goes at normal speed during boot, as soon as Windows finishes loading it goes up to max speed.
And your drivers are up to date I am guessing?
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And try setting the GPU fan to 90% then 80% then 70% etc. making sure the temperature doesn't rise above about 55*C on idle. (Someone else provide a reasonable idle temp for a GTX 480.)
Most GPUs are equipped to deal with mid 90s to 110*C before emergency shutoff so I wouldn't worry about damaging your GPU until it hits near those. Although, obviously don't run games and shit if it is idling on those, try to fix it.
I reinstalled my driver just to see if it would do anything and it fixed the problem immediately. Thanks for your help
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