GTX 970 Gaming 4G fan issue - bios edit or Afterburner profile?

There's a rather specific issue at hand with my second GTX 970 at the moment -> after a short repaste, the GPU now is too "cold" in relation to the VRMs.
Before, the VRMs used to be ~80°C under heavy load (measured at the backside of the card). Now, the card will turn itself off after hitting ~115° VRM temperature.
Is there anything simple, that lets me keep the board's fan regulation, that would make the fans spin faster at a given temperature? The "temperature limit" in Afterburner for example doesn't work.

Quote from: Radical_53 on 02-March-15, 23:45:42
Ok, the first part of my solution works well so far Found a "custom" flash tool that allowed me to flash my edited bios onto the card.
The whole thing I changed was to decrease all the temperature "goals" for the fan by 10°C, eg. the card will now stay in passive mode up to 50°C, not 60°C.
The biggest change was the percentage the fan has under load, which was my goal exactly: From 45% under load I went to 75%, all done by the card itself, without my fancy AB curve. Quite an improvement and some added security for me.
Can i ask for more details and your modded bios? Seems like a good idea.
Also write your S/N so ill know if i can even flash your bios
Thanks

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