dblshotty Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 sometimes my gpu fans on my 6970m's don't start up and thus causes overheat issues. Im wondering if there's any fix to this, i don't have temp issues when my fans work i usually idle 40-48 degrees celsius and at max load playing games such as alan wake only reach 71 degrees. It's very frustrating having to restart my laptop to make the fans work again. So far i've tried multiple drivers 12.11 beta 7,6, 12.10 and 12.8 im also currently on A05 bios. If anyones know of a fix it'd be highly appreciated !. uhh also i was wondering would the gpu's be at fault or is it the motherboard or just a software issue ? oh and are there any vbios for the 6970m that may address this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted November 14, 2012 Founder Share Posted November 14, 2012 What controls the fans is the EC, so drivers/vbios won't help you. Sounds like you need to call dell and service it. Probably a motherboard replacement will be issued. I highly doubt the video cards are at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblshotty Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 What controls the fans is the EC, so drivers/vbios won't help you. Sounds like you need to call dell and service it. Probably a motherboard replacement will be issued. I highly doubt the video cards are at fault.Sigh i just had my motherboard replaced recently too 1 week ago . If possible i really dont want a dell tech work on my laptop again, the recent one scratched my laptop and made the right side of the chassis have sort of a small gap not to mention several scratches on the top of the media keys. Also the thing is my laptop gpus do spin up on every boot but once i load windows theyll stop then wont spin up no matter the temps, oh and if the ec comal were to be faulty wouldnt the cpu fan not function properly as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted November 15, 2012 Founder Share Posted November 15, 2012 If the latest bios isn't solving the fan issue then you need to consider having the video cards and/or fans replaced as well since the sensors may be faulty. Also, to prevent overheating, use HWiNFO 64 for now to manually control them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblshotty Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 If the latest bios isn't solving the fan issue then you need to consider having the video cards and/or fans replaced as well since the sensors may be faulty. Also, to prevent overheating, use HWiNFO 64 for now to manually control them.thx for the tip i guess i could rely on manually controlling the fans for now. i'll try upgrading to a 7970m and see if the cards were really faulty or if it is the motherboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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