GPU Fan too loud under Windows 8
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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.
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?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)
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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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.
Yes... also tried the EVGA software... both of them won't let me reduce the fan speed below 65!
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
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
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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Good info here!!
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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...
