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Had several crash to black screens today, popped open my case while up and running to find the fan not spinning at all.

  • Fan spins momentarily on boot (~1 second)
  • Fan then stops
  • Play game, temp goes > 100degC
  • Card panics, screens go black, system locks up and fan spins at 100%

I'm running the latest driver 358.91 - WHQL. Been doing so for around a week, this only started happening today.

As a temporary fix I'm thinking of hooking the fan directly to the PC power supply.

Screenshots from NVIDIA tools under linux, issue present in both Ubuntu and Windows 8.1: https://i.stack.imgur.com/CBkC3.jpg

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  • Could be time for an upgrade too :P – Insane Nov 18 '15 at 06:34
  • What manufacturer's card is it? Also @Insane nah, GTX660 ftw. – Leathe Nov 18 '15 at 07:37
  • @Leathe Oh I know, I got one myself. But that's not to say it didn't die at one point and I didn't get it RMA'd at one point from EVGA (at one point) :P – Insane Nov 18 '15 at 07:38
  • What would fan control software do? If the fan isn't running outside of an operating system then the fan is likely dead and should be replaced. "As a temporary fix I'm thinking of hooking the fan directly to the PC power supply." - This won't cool the GPU enough. – Ramhound Nov 18 '15 at 13:15
  • @benjaminS I've tried to manually set the speed using NV Inspector to no avail – wjdp Nov 18 '15 at 14:07
  • @Ramhound temporary fix would leave fan in situ so would very much cool the card enough – wjdp Nov 18 '15 at 14:07
  • @will - Your more then welcome to try it. I just know it won't work ,if you are reading 100+ degC, a fan not in contact with the heatsink won't allow it to disppsiate the heat fast enough. – Ramhound Nov 18 '15 at 14:14
  • @Ramhound you misunderstand me, I'll be powering the (currently non-funtcional) GPU fan. Bodging the card back into operation, albeit noisily. – wjdp Nov 19 '15 at 01:09

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