GPU Fan Stuck at 100%?

I recently upgraded to an SSD and windows 7. Somewhere along the way my Gigabyte Radeon HD 3870 (has the "stock" aftermarket Zalman cooler) has become stuck on 100% and is noisy as hell when it was quiet before. I tried using MSI Afterburner but changing fan speed has no effect on it, whereas before it was working. I tried in CCC but there wasn't even an option to adjust fan speed like there was supposed to be in the overclocking section. I have updated drivers, even tried old drivers but nothing seems to work. I even tried taking it out and re-installing. Am I SOL here? It was a really quiet card but now it's a freakin jet engine. I am not sure what to do.

Thanks.

Have you blown the dust out of the heatsink?

Quote from redmaxx : Have you blown the dust out of the heatsink?

The card is clean and runs about 32C at idle.

Quote from bruteshot : I recently upgraded to an SSD and windows 7. Somewhere along the way my Gigabyte Radeon HD 3870 (has the "stock" aftermarket Zalman cooler) has become stuck on 100% and is noisy as hell when it was quiet before. I tried using MSI Afterburner but changing fan speed has no effect on it, whereas before it was working. I tried in CCC but there wasn't even an option to adjust fan speed like there was supposed to be in the overclocking section. I have updated drivers, even tried old drivers but nothing seems to work. I even tried taking it out and re-installing. Am I SOL here? It was a really quiet card but now it's a freakin jet engine. I am not sure what to do. Thanks.

Which OS were you using before, XP?

Quote from RockySosua : Which OS were you using before, XP?

Vista

Quote from bruteshot : Vista

It seems to me that Win7 is not accepting the drivers and controls, the same way Vista did. It could even be as simple as changing the compatibility mode of the drivers/installers to Vista to get it to work properly, but that's just a shot in the dark.
I saw that many others have had the same problem.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums...p?t=101119
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum...oblem-3870

One of the potential cures is to use RivaGuru which is a program I have used many times for overclocking and it's stable and reliable, so you may be able to get some type of resolution with it by manually setting the fan speed at a level that keeps it cool enough without sounding like a jet airplane.

Quote from RockySosua : It seems to me that Win7 is not accepting the drivers and controls, the same way Vista did. It could even be as simple as changing the compatibility mode of the drivers/installers to Vista to get it to work properly, but that's just a shot in the dark. I saw that many others have had the same problem. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums...p?t=101119 http://www.tomshardware.com/forum...oblem-3870 One of the potential cures is to use RivaGuru which is a program I have used many times for overclocking and it's stable and reliable, so you may be able to get some type of resolution with it by manually setting the fan speed at a level that keeps it cool enough without sounding like a jet airplane.

Thanks for the info and links. The program MSI afterburner was similar to what you suggested but the fan was unresponsive to any changes. I might try the driver disk and install vista drivers to see what happens. It might also be time for an upgrade but I am trying to avoid that for now.

Quote from bruteshot : Thanks for the info and links. The program MSI afterburner was similar to what you suggested but the fan was unresponsive to any changes. I might try the driver disk and install vista drivers to see what happens. It might also be time for an upgrade but I am trying to avoid that for now.

Any luck yet?

Quote from RockySosua : Any luck yet?

No, I have posted this question after already switching to an older (fanless, ahh silence!) gpu since I don't game very hard. I will be trying it at some point soon and I will report back if it works.