So I bought a new videocard recently for my computer and it worked great for a few days but suddenly it now makes a lot of noise. The noise is very loud and I think it's from the fan; the noise goes for about 15-20 minutes then stops for about 30 then starts again. Any advice on how to stop this? note: (NVIDIA) GeForce 9400 GT, 1024MB DDR2 note: Noise starts upon boot up of computer no matter what and will cycle the excessive noise on and off periodically even when computer is not in use
It would help a lot to know what kind of video card you have and what you are doing when the noise starts and stops.
The fan revs up when the temperature of the card gets above a limit(preset)..In order to moderate the temperature.. You hear that noise mostly when you play games..etc.. As bobafett told if you could give the details of your card we could help!!Which brand do you use!! There are many utilities to control the fan speed(if only your graphics card allow it).. Here is one such utility!! http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/ Editlease use these utilities with care..you could burn your card if you are careless!!
lol ang. nice..really nice XD .. hmm..my home PC seems to be having this problem too but the cause of it is a RAM not a graphic card..my PC seems ready to xplode any time..
To answer your questions the video card is a PNY Verto (NVIDIA) GeForce 9400 GT with 1024mb DDR2. And also someone mentioned that the noise most likely started when I would play games but the weird thing is that whenever I boot on my computer the noise starts right away then goes for about half an hour and no matter what im doing (even playing oblivion at max graphics) it stops making noise but then in about another 20 minutes it starts up again (for another 30 mins etc, etc).
enigmaenigmas as i told you it is pretty normal...The GPU adjusts the fan speed based on requirements only.. In your BIOS there is a setting for running the fan at its maximum speed when the computer starts.. If it is the noise that bothers you then you can use rivatuner to set fan speed.. Another utility is EVGA precision..google it and find out if it suites your requirements.. Maybe the card is overheating..again EVGA shows the GPU temperature if you want to monitor it..
Ok thank you. The only thing though is this noise is reaaaly loud :lol: but I will definitely check on those heat controls to make sure it's actually just a case of heat not the video card acting up.