GTX 970 gaming TF fan issue

Hi,
I have exactly the same issue like here:
Suddenly first fan stops and the second has full speed.
Could you recommend me what can i do? I bought this one a couple days ago.
Thank you.

However if the BIOS does not fix the fan issue, then you have to RMA the card, and would be best to do it with MSI as they would send you 100% working one back.
>>How to contact MSI.<< In case you need it

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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

MOVED: MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G - Fans not spinning

This topic has been moved to GAMING Graphics Cards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=251859.0

First of all don't hijack other topics next time please. The one you posted in was not related to your question about the fan issue but the normal fans off feature below 60°C. Your thread has been split off.
The issue is fixed in later batches and everyone with a card affected by the issue with one fan not starting at all had been adviced to rma the card as there is no fix for existing cards. The Fans Randomly Turning On issue has been fixed with a vbios update.
The thread you meant by the way has been continued in another topic.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184604.0 (GTX 970 Fan Issue Part Two)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184740.0 (Fix for GTX970/980 Fans Randomly Turning On issue)

MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G: Fan issue, too

I build a new system that also includes a brand new MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G that I received today and to my considerable regret the graphics card is exhibiting fan issues similar to the ones some of you described with 970 cards.
My MSI 980 is spinning one fan at constantly high speed from the moment the system gets turned on. It's the fan on the inner half of the card, not the one on the slot side. My card came with the notorious sticker, which I removed with utmost care. The fan on the sticker/slot side is working perfectly fine, spinning up after launch, then spinning down for as long as the card's temperature is below 60°C, then spinning up again when it's above. Regulation works flawlessly for THIS fan - it can also be controlled manually by AfterBurner, which displays the speed of this fan correctly.
On the other hand, the inner fan does not regulate at all. It goes full throttle from the moment the system starts and never slows down again.
_Its impossible to stop or change the speed of this second fan through AfterBurner or NVidia Inspector._
Trying to make the other fan spin by poking it by hand, as some have described for their 970 cards doesn't change anything, either, since the other fan does run if the temperature neccessitates it.
So it doesn't look like the behaviour of the second fan is caused by something being wrong with the hardware of the first fan.
Anyway - at my wits' end, for now.
My setup:
MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G (Bios 84.04.1f.00.f6)
NVidia Drivers 344.60
Monitor connected to DVI Port (through VGA adapter, for now)
ASUS Z97-A (Bios v2012)
Core i7-4790K
Samsung SSD 850 Pro
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64

I tried with the MSI Fan Control tool (v2.0.0.1) that was on the included driver CD: It also has no influence over the second fan, only over the first (properly working) one.
I also checked my cabling and nothing seems bend or cricked. No heat-sink touching circuit boards. Guess I'll pull the plug on this one and move back to my 580 for the duration of the RMA process... I just hope the next one turns out alright.

MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G - Fans not spinning question

Hi there.
I've read several post in this forum about fan issues with the 970 & 980 platform, as well as complaints regarding coil whine in a handful of hardware blogs.
As this threadhttps://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=183618.msg1317790#msg1317790 was closed at the beginning of November and hasn’t seen an update or further clarification, I wanted to ask what the status of MSI's investigation on the discussed problems is. Are they solved in the newer batches (and if so, how could I spot a new revision of these cards), or are fan & coil whine problems still present to this day?
I already ordered a GTX 970 4G, but became so unsure of my decision through these issues not being declared as officially solved, that I ultimately cancelled it.
Looking forward hearing back from you.
Best,
T

First of all don't hijack other topics next time please. The one you posted in was not related to your question about the fan issue but the normal fans off feature below 60°C. Your thread has been split off.
The issue is fixed in later batches and everyone with a card affected by the issue with one fan not starting at all had been adviced to rma the card as there is no fix for existing cards. The Fans Randomly Turning On issue has been fixed with a vbios update.
The thread you meant by the way has been continued in another topic.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184604.0 (GTX 970 Fan Issue Part Two)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184740.0 (Fix for GTX970/980 Fans Randomly Turning On issue)

GTX 970 Gaming 4G 100% Fan Issue

I just purchased a new GTX 970 Gaming 4G and I am having the 100% fan issue that I have been reading about. Is there an easy fix for this or do I need to flash the bios on this card. I am a newbie and any help to resolve this problem would be appreciated.
Thanks

or just flash directly to the latest vbios version .186:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=252958.msg1454064#msg1454064
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MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G Issues & BIOS Update

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Hello,
ever since I bought my GTX 970 I've had about 5 BSOD's while playing CS:GO and GTA:V. I am not sure whether it's a GPU issue or not, but I never had that issue before (at least with CS:GO).
Tech specs:
MB: z87-pro
CPU: i7-4770K
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
OS: Win7 x64 SP1
latest OS updates
latest nVidia drivers
I've been wondering if there's a BIOS update for my GPU? I also tried just today to download MSI Live Update 6 but after executing the installer it displays "This application does not support this platform."
I've attached my GPU Bios.
Thanks in advance!

Quote from: Nichrome on 26-April-15, 03:21:48
Hi
With LiveUpdate, don't worry. Many users got issue with it, I believe MSI is aware of this already.
Is your motherboard running latest BIOS?
Is it known to work fine with other graphics card??
Do you have any OC on your CPU/RAM? (RAM OC=more than 1600MHz). Remove and try again.
What did the BSOD say? Error code?
Heya, thanks for the reply.
That's good to know for Live Update, just wanted to let you know. Before my GTX970 I was using an Asus GTS 450 (I know, lame) and used integrated graphics a couple of times but never had BSOD's during games with either of those. I didn't take a note of the BSOD error code, can I find a log somewhere on my system to upload it?
OC-wise everything is running on stock clock, BIOS is also latest version (2103, according to Asus).

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Neither HWinfo nor Speedfan show GPU fan speed at all ...OpenHardwareMonitor at lease shows the fan speed %
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Quote from: Svet on 04-December-14, 14:56:25
list full detailed system specification, see >>Posting Guide<<
which version was this?
Board: Asus Z87I-Pro
Bios: Version 1003
VGA: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
PSU: Silverstone SST-ST65F-G Strider 650W Full Modular Power Supply single +12V rail with 54A
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor
MEM: 8GB (2x4GB) 1600mhz Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800, Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V
HDD: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
COOLER: cooler master hyper 212 evo
OC: none
OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit
S/N for the GPU is 602-V316-03SB1409075224 current bios version is 84.04.2F.00.F1 which was downloaded from https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184740.0 and I used NV316MH.182
I don't know what the name of the vBIOS I updated from was, but it was the stock version that came with the card so most likely the vBIOS before the one I'm currently using which was downloaded to fix the fans randomly spinning.

REQUEST: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G original bios

My S/N is 602-V316-03SB1409075224 I would like to request the original vBIOS that my card came with.
My card had problems with the fans randomly spinning and so I updated to the appropriate bios which was NV316MH.182 and that fixed the problem. However I have noticed since updating that the noise from the card has increased when playing games and today whenever starting any game I get an instant crash and my whole system resets, this happens now even when I'm not playing a game and my computer has been randomly restarting and I know it's a problem with the GPU.
I am worried that it is most likely that the GPU is failing but I would like to try flashing the card to its original stock vBIOS and seeing if that fixes anything. Even if you don't believe the vBIOS is the problem, I would still very much like to have the stock vBIOS for my card. Thanks!
I'm on windows 8.1 64 bit.

Quote from: Svet on 04-December-14, 14:56:25
list full detailed system specification, see >>Posting Guide<<
which version was this?
Board: Asus Z87I-Pro
Bios: Version 1003
VGA: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
PSU: Silverstone SST-ST65F-G Strider 650W Full Modular Power Supply single +12V rail with 54A
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor
MEM: 8GB (2x4GB) 1600mhz Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800, Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V
HDD: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
COOLER: cooler master hyper 212 evo
OC: none
OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit
S/N for the GPU is 602-V316-03SB1409075224 current bios version is 84.04.2F.00.F1 which was downloaded from https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=184740.0 and I used NV316MH.182
I don't know what the name of the vBIOS I updated from was, but it was the stock version that came with the card so most likely the vBIOS before the one I'm currently using which was downloaded to fix the fans randomly spinning.

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Windows 7 Pro x64
Intel 4790k (Stock Speeds)
Asus Hero VII (BIOS 2012, Latest from October)
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Corsair RM850 PSU
Tried every Nvidia driver from .11 through the new beta of .80 and I'm still getting random crashes. Temperatures are all fine (never seen the GPU go over 63 degrees)
With the exception of once while changing zones, every single crash has occurred either from just sitting at the desktop or web browsing (crashed 4 times trying to type this post...) In fact, when playing Planetside 2 or trying to run stress tests on the machine (3dMark, Passmark etc) it seems more stable than just clicking around inside the OS. Played for 6 hours with another 2 spent web browsing last night and thought that the .80 drivers had finally solved the issue, until I turned on my computer this morning and it rebooted again before I could even open my browser. I'm pretty much down to an RMA at this point unless anyone has a suggestion. Oh at least I'm getting a consistent error when it crashes now.
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This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0x922828)
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Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 344.80
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 344.80
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
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Google query: NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR

Can't OC my MSI GTX 970 GAMING

I had MSI GTX 970 GAMING which OC-ed very well (1540 Mhz boost) but had to return it because of loud coil whine. I bought second MSI card which is silent but can't OC it even by +50 Mhz in Afterburner because it drops gpu clock to default value in Valley benchmark after couple of minutes of testing. Do you know what is the reason of that?

Quote from: flobelix on 17-October-14, 15:48:18
Everything has been said above. As the reboot issue is no issue if using working clockrates there is still no problem.
You really don't see the issue with contributing to a thread about overclocking with the answer "Don't overclock and there isn't a problem"?
Flobelix, I'm not asking for a refund here.
I don't want a new card via RMA, and I'm not saying my card is bad in any way.
If it works at the shipped clocks just fine, then it's clearly fine. That's all that's promised anyway.
But I didn't come to a forum and post in this topic about overclocking to be shut down for talking about overclocking.
I'm looking for discussion.
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