The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    GPU fans doesnt stop spinning

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by iceman600, Nov 22, 2014.

  1. iceman600

    iceman600 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    140
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I noticed this on my Alienware17 lately. After I exit the game I played the GPU fans doesnt stop spinning until I open GeFore Experience or the Nvidia Contol Panel. I also have RealTemp installed to monitor the CPU and GPU tmps in my taskbar. So most of the time I just hit the GPU temp to launch the GUI and after doing that the fan stops and the GPU temp in the taskbar suddenly drops after that. What gives? :confused: :confused: :confused:
    Capture.PNG
     
    iceman600, Nov 22, 2014
    #1
  2. Ashtrix

    Ashtrix ψυχή υπεροχή

    Reputations:
    2,376
    Messages:
    2,081
    Likes Received:
    3,281
    Trophy Points:
    281
    Try to restore to an earlier point where the fans were normal, maybe this was happening due a driver/program that maybe interfering with the normal working condition.
     
    Ashtrix, Nov 23, 2014
    #2
  3. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,228
    Messages:
    1,649
    Likes Received:
    973
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Remove all your drivers properly and reinstall , see if that fixes it. If not, backup and reload windows.
     
    MogRules, Nov 23, 2014
    #3
  4. iceman600

    iceman600 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    140
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Properly? How to do it properly?
    All of the drivers?


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
    iceman600, Dec 1, 2014
    #4
  5. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

    Reputations:
    1,456
    Messages:
    8,707
    Likes Received:
    3,315
    Trophy Points:
    431
    I think you should remove all NVIDIA GPU crap using Display Driver Uninstaller, remove the intel crap this way and then do the following..

    Install the Intel drivers from intel website.
    Then install the NVIDIA GPU stuff..

    See if this fixes it.. Reinstalling the OS over this is a bit extreme IMO... Only if what I told you didn't work, then reinstall OS and all drivers!
     
    TomJGX, Dec 3, 2014
    #5
  6. wrext0r

    wrext0r Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I've got this behavior too. It seems to be an issue with optimus. When I'm gaming for a longer time and GPU temp is around 70degrees and afterwards closing the game the fan need to spin to cool the GPU down. But at the same time optimus is switching to igpu and the sensors doesn't look after the dgpu and keep spinning. After opening nvidia control center or gpuz the sensors are initializing the temp and the fans calming down.

    Reinstalling all drivers and using alienrespawn didn't help so far.
     
    wrext0r, Dec 6, 2014
    #6
  7. iceman600

    iceman600 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    140
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    That makes sense why my gpu fans doesn't stop... Is there a fix for that?


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
    iceman600, Dec 6, 2014
    #7
  8. wrext0r

    wrext0r Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    97
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    16
    I don't know if there's a fix. I would say it depends on nvidia not alienware. AFAIK other users (Asus, clevo) are facing this problem too.

    Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
     
    wrext0r, Dec 7, 2014
    #8