AMD 6970 fan issues

[kam03]

I have noticed the gpu fan does not work at times when is it in use. I once saw it reach over 105c and the fan speed was around 20%. I had to enable manual fan control then disable manual fan control in order for it to start working again.

i have noticed it doing this after system starts from hibernation. I am not sure yet if it does the same thing on a normal boot.

Any ideas?

I have this problem with 10.12 and the latest beta drivers.

 

[Nuby1Canuby]

I would use MSI Afterburner.
Set it to start with Windows and enable the user defined automatic fan control.

 

[notarat]

Dunno what the ambient temps are in your house, but fuck me in the ass if I would EVER let my card get above 80°C without investigating what the hell is going on and making appropriate changes.

Hell, I had MSI Afterburner downloaded and waiting to be installed 2 days before my 6970s even arrived...

 

[Ultima99]

Yeah 105c is def bad.

I would imagine not all 6970 users are having this issue though.

Are your temps normal when the fan is working properly?

 

[kam03]

When the fan is working as it should the temps will idle at 55c ~ with 500mhz on idle because i use dual view and on load around 75c with 22c room temp.

To produce this problem this is what you have to do:

Can you try this method please?


1. Open control center and untick allow web content and show this page on startup
2. Go to overdrive page
3. Press X
4. Hibernate PC
5. Start up the system and fire up furmark to see if the fan speed plays up.

Try it 2-3 times to see if you get this same problem.

Thanks