So, I bought recently a Rx 480 8gb devil GPU, I was so excited because it was an upgrade to my old R7 370, but once I installed this big old thing, I sort of had start of problems like my screens resolutions got wonky or it only displayed one screen or both of them on the same screen. I installed the newest drivers, or so I hope they were, because I always think I redirect to what I think are my GPU's drivers. I like having my GPU's fans spinning at a 100% and they did, but just a day later, they spin on their own or stop entirely, I have my GPU fans set to 100% right now as I'm creating this topic, but I can't hear them screaming like I always do. The temperature reading software "CPUID HWMOINTOR" says they are running at 3577RPM but my fans are not spinning, did I do something wrong, like I used the wrong drivers, or is my GPU not fully functional anymore?... Also isn't their logo suppose to turn on? Mine hasn't done that even straight out of the box.
I'm using MSI AFTERBURNERS to max my fan speeds for my GPU
Why on earth would you want your GPU fans spinning at 100% constantly? Even on idle?
For one, that would make a racket. It is also completely unnecessary. Are you overclocking? It will just wear out the fans, then if one breaks your GPU will really overheat. Your GPU is designed to operate just fine within a certain temperature window. Is there even much of a temperature difference when you set them to 100%? Fans also create extra heat, as they draw power.
Yes, because I'm stupid like that when I had the R7 370, that thing would always be hell of hot even on idle. I changed the paste and everything, that thing wasn't even OC, so it made sense to have it running full blast because it was always hot. I even tested if my fans would turn on if I ran a game or something, 70c+ and those damns fans never turned on, I had to quit because I didn't want to ruin my new GPU.
yea, I even went back to their site and re-downloaded a new one, just in case. Idk how to describe it, but I was looking for drivers for my old 370, and it kept taking me to the shop page when I clicked on the drivers tab.
You can't force them on in afterburner can you? What happens if you uncheck auto fan speed and set it to something like 50%? If you changed the TIM did you make sure to reconnect the fans to the fan header on the board?
I tried that the other night, damn fans wouldn't even start, I even youtubed how to properly make a curve on afterburners, but it looked terrible after I did it and reverted it, right now they are spinning, but I don't get it, why do they spin now. Although earlier today they spinned, but for a min or so, then they would turn on and do the same thing again, now its constant, the temperature is at 42c
I redownloaded/reinstalled afterburners, yesterday I left them on auto, they were off at 40c but then they started to turn on when i played a lil csgo 50c+ on 2200rpm roughly, but after I was done gaming, I just stared watching "Bleach" and then they went on full blast on their own, and I think I remember they were on 40c+, it's really weird why they acting that strange. I'm at 40c+ at 1100rpm atm, fans are defiantly spinning.
yea, you can I ranned them at 100% if you don't set the fan speend you want them to be, they will just run at 0% meaning the fans won't even move... What do you mean by TIM?... You do know I'm talking about a GPU right?
TIM=Thermal Interface Material aka thermal paste. You mentioned you change the paste, I have forgotten to plug the fan back in before when doing that and got 110C gpu temps.
OH sorry! I was talking about my previous gpu my friend gave to me, I was using it as reason why I maxed my fan speeds; and I was confused on what you were mentioning there.
Yes, my fans are spinning, I'm confused on whats going on, also today I was just trying to watch "Bleach" and all of a sudden my whole computer freezes on me, I'm not sure if it was my gpu, or AVG because when I rebooted it said AVG failed to update; and my whole game froze and I had to reboot, I was playing just cause3, and on occasion my videos will freeze, but it could be the website causing issues.
You could try updating the card BIOS. When I first bought my R9 290 off ebay the thing was wonky as hell. Spent about a month trying to fix it. Ended up updating the card BIOS as well as the motherboard BIOS and now it runs like a champ. You could try it as a last resort, I think my problem was that I was using a build that was made 3 years before my card came out.
I'd tried googling it, but all I get is vflash something unlock, could you link it? Also I think it is my GPU because everything just freezes, it has been occurring randomly. My whole system freezes, I can still hear the game audio, but I just can't do anything because it freezes, any tips on how to fix that?
just experienced an unexpected blue screen of death, I don't understand whats going on, should I just send it back and get a replacement or should I just get an nvidia just to avoid all this frustration. This what it said in the crash report when I rebooted up: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 100000ea BCP1: FFFFFA800E22CA00 BCP2: 0000000000000000 BCP3: 0000000000000000 BCP4: 0000000000000000 OS Version: 6_1_7601 Service Pack: 1_0 Product: 256_1
Files that help describe the problem: C:\Windows\Minidump\100416-12027-01.dmp C:\Users\Oscar\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-82571-0.sysdata.xml
