GPU Fan too loud under Windows 8

THpubs

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I just bought an Nvidia 620 card today. I run both Linux and Windows on my system. When I go to Linux, everything work fine. But in Windows 8, the GPU fan start to scream. Its too noisy! I even updated the drivers. What might be the problem?
 

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    Windows 8
Hi THpubs, Welcome.

Issue might be with auto fan speed. Linux does not use a lot of graphics as compared to Windows 8. So, as soon as you switch to Win, to keep the temps down of the card the fans speed up. You can change that to manual and set the fan speed same for both Linux and Win.

You will need to download and install Nvidia System tools to be able to that or you could use MSI Afterburner.
 

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Hi THpubs, Welcome.

Issue might be with auto fan speed. Linux does not use a lot of graphics as compared to Windows 8. So, as soon as you switch to Win, to keep the temps down of the card the fans speed up. You can change that to manual and set the fan speed same for both Linux and Win.

You will need to download and install Nvidia System tools to be able to that or you could use MSI Afterburner.

I just installed the proper drivers for Ubuntu and the fan started to scream like in Windows :( If I set the speed in Windows using afterburner, will it effect Linux?
 

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It will not. As they both are different OS. How many pins connector are you using to power up the GPU?
4 pin means the motherboard can read the speed of the fan and control it. (3 pin just lets you read the speed and 2 pin just makes the fan spin)
 

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    Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
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    Asus Z68 V Pro
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    16GB DDR 3
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    HIS 6870 ICEq edition
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    Samsung 22" Display
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I would check to see if the GPU is correctly and fully seated in the right PCIe slot. Then re-check the cable connections of the GPU from the PSU to make sure they are fully seated.
 

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Did you install Nvidia system tool or MSI afterburner and set the fan speed in it? How many pins are you using to connect the card? You can use FanCon to control the fan speed in Linux..
 

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    Windows 7 x64/ Windows 8.1 x64
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    Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Z68 V Pro
    Memory
    16GB DDR 3
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS 6870 ICEq edition
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    Samsung 22" Display
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    1920X1080
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    WD 1 TB
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    coolermaster 750 W
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    TVS Gold
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Did you install Nvidia system tool or MSI afterburner and set the fan speed in it? How many pins are you using to connect the card? You can use FanCon to control the fan speed in Linux..


Yes... also tried the EVGA software... both of them won't let me reduce the fan speed below 65!
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8
It will not. As they both are different OS. How many pins connector are you using to power up the GPU?
4 pin means the motherboard can read the speed of the fan and control it. (3 pin just lets you read the speed and 2 pin just makes the fan spin)

Can you let me know this? Fan speed control depends on how many pins are used to connect.
 

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    Motherboard
    Asus Z68 V Pro
    Memory
    16GB DDR 3
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS 6870 ICEq edition
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    Samsung 22" Display
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
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    WD 1 TB
    Seagate 2 TB
    WD 320 GB
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    coolermaster 750 W
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    TVS Gold
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    Samsumg
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It will not. As they both are different OS. How many pins connector are you using to power up the GPU?
4 pin means the motherboard can read the speed of the fan and control it. (3 pin just lets you read the speed and 2 pin just makes the fan spin)

Can you let me know this? Fan speed control depends on how many pins are used to connect.


There are two pins connecting it to the card's body. The card doesn't have extra power connectors. Its PCI E 2
 

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  • OS
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As you can read above, with just 2 pins your fans are spinning, your motherboard cannot control the speed of the fans. Still, there is a solution to it.

It requires a custom BIOS flash but it's not too hard.

You need a Windows machine to do it, or a least one to prepare the BIOS ROM.

What you need to do is...

1. Download nvflash
2. Make a bootable USB drive using HP Bootable USB tool
3. Copy nvflash files over
4. Boot the system with the 65% fan nvidia card off the USB drive
5. Dump the BIOS ROM - "nvflash --save origbios.rom"
6. Shutdown
7. Copy "origbios.rom" off the USB drive.
8. Download NiBiTor
9. Open ROM in NiBiTor. It will complain that it doesn't recognise the ROM.
10. From the Device menu select your card, or if you have a GT 620 like I do just select GT 520 "Nvidia PCI-E 520 GT" because they're exactly the same card.
11. Under the Adv. Info tab click "Rescan Bios"
12. Go to Temperatures tab and change the Min to something reasonable. I picked "30".
13. File -> Save Bios. Save it to a new name.
14. Copy to USB drive.
15. Boot off the USB drive again.
16. Use command "nvflash --index=0 -5 -6 newbios.rom" - It might complain about which card it is, and saying something doesn't match, don't ignore the warnings, just make sure they're sensible
 

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  • OS
    Windows 7 x64/ Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self Made
    CPU
    Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Z68 V Pro
    Memory
    16GB DDR 3
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS 6870 ICEq edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 22" Display
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    WD 1 TB
    Seagate 2 TB
    WD 320 GB
    PSU
    coolermaster 750 W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 912
    Keyboard
    TVS Gold
    Mouse
    Samsumg
    Internet Speed
    4 Mbps
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG 2013 IS
As you can read above, with just 2 pins your fans are spinning, your motherboard cannot control the speed of the fans. Still, there is a solution to it.

It requires a custom BIOS flash but it's not too hard.

You need a Windows machine to do it, or a least one to prepare the BIOS ROM.

What you need to do is...

1. Download nvflash
2. Make a bootable USB drive using HP Bootable USB tool
3. Copy nvflash files over
4. Boot the system with the 65% fan nvidia card off the USB drive
5. Dump the BIOS ROM - "nvflash --save origbios.rom"
6. Shutdown
7. Copy "origbios.rom" off the USB drive.
8. Download NiBiTor
9. Open ROM in NiBiTor. It will complain that it doesn't recognise the ROM.
10. From the Device menu select your card, or if you have a GT 620 like I do just select GT 520 "Nvidia PCI-E 520 GT" because they're exactly the same card.
11. Under the Adv. Info tab click "Rescan Bios"
12. Go to Temperatures tab and change the Min to something reasonable. I picked "30".
13. File -> Save Bios. Save it to a new name.
14. Copy to USB drive.
15. Boot off the USB drive again.
16. Use command "nvflash --index=0 -5 -6 newbios.rom" - It might complain about which card it is, and saying something doesn't match, don't ignore the warnings, just make sure they're sensible

Now that will void the warranty right? I'll try to get a refund first. If it fail, I'll flash the BIOS :) Thanks for the help!
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8
Good info here!!
 

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I just took it back to the store and they opened another new card and checked. Same issue. It might be an issue with the whole product line. I got a refund and bought an Asus GT 640 card! Its really silent! :)
 

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  • OS
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Atlast! you are at peace! :D
 

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    Self Made
    CPU
    Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Z68 V Pro
    Memory
    16GB DDR 3
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS 6870 ICEq edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 22" Display
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    WD 1 TB
    Seagate 2 TB
    WD 320 GB
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    coolermaster 750 W
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    TVS Gold
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    AVG 2013 IS
I've been buying the GTX-650 (lower end) and GTX-660 SC (higher end) cards from EVGA and they have all been very quiet... Older cards tend to accumulate dust in the fans, so I clean them off and they run much quieter. I've never had a new card run loudly...
 

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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built Intel i7-3770k-based system
    CPU
    Intel i7-3770k, Overclocked to 4.6GHz (46x100) with Corsair H110i GT cooler
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula 2.30 BIOS
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 2133 Corsair Vengeance Pro
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 980ti SC ACS 6GB DDR5 by EVGA
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD, Corsair SP2500 speakers and subwoofer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 27EA33 [Monitor] (27.2"vis) HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (system drive)
    WD 6TB Red NAS hard drives x 2 in Storage Spaces (redundancy)
    PSU
    Corsair 750ax fully modular power supply with sleeved cables
    Case
    Corsair Air 540 with 7 x 140mm fans on front, rear and top panels
    Cooling
    Corsair H110i GT liquid cooled CPU with 4 x 140" Corsair SP "push-pull" and 3 x 140mm fans
    Keyboard
    Thermaltake Poseidon Z illuminated keyboard
    Mouse
    Corsair M65 wired
    Internet Speed
    85MBps DSL
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro
    Other Info
    Client of Windows Server 2012 R2 10 PC's, laptops and smartphones on the WLAN.

    1GBps Ethernet ports
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