GPU Fan Stuck at 100%?
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I agree.
A noisy computer can drive you crazy.
If you don't really need the extra graphics from that card, you stick it in a drawer and forget about it. Why make yourself crazy with puter headaches...
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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...
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Which OS were you using before, XP?
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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...
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Any luck yet?
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Have you blown the dust out of the heatsink?
GPU Fan Stuck at 100%?
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Vista
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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...
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The card is clean and runs about 32C at idle.
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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.