N670 PE 2GD5/OC outside Windows the fan runs like hell

The fan is to noisy outside windows. Is it possible to flash the bios to kill this noisy fan? How can i do this? 

I too have this problem with the same card.
I interpret the "Outside Windows" above as running the PC without booting a Windows installation that has the Nvidia driver.  For instance, we could spend a long time in the BIOS or in another operating system, and the fan would never spin down.  This is very irritating due to the volume, and may be detrimental to the life of the fans by repeatedly running them at maximum for prolonged periods.
For instance, this card has been nightmarish for me when trying to do maintenance on the PC using a technician boot disk.  Is there any way to disable this feature, or at least have the timing worked out so it really stops around 30 seconds?

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