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    Lenovo Y500 SLI fan

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by captaincoolz, Dec 1, 2015.

  1. captaincoolz

    captaincoolz Newbie

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    I've recently purchased a pre owned lenovo y500 gaming laptop and it came with two nvidia gt650m. When the computer is on, only the main GPU on the left side has it's fan running while the GPU on the right is silent, is this normal? Does the second videocard (right side) even have a fan?

    I have i5, 6gb ddr3, windows 10
     
    captaincoolz, Dec 1, 2015
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    jvan01 Notebook Guru

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    Yeah the fan in the ultrabay GPU should also be running if SLI is activated. Have you checked whether SLI has been enabled in Nvidia Control Panel?
     
    jvan01, Dec 1, 2015
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    captaincoolz Newbie

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    Yeah it's enabled, in the control panel it reads 650m x2... but fan isn't running
     
    captaincoolz, Dec 1, 2015
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  4. LanceAvion

    LanceAvion Notebook Deity

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    Your fan is either unplugged (happened to my last 650m ultrabay, a brand new one) or broken. If you feel up to it, disassemble the ultrabay and check which it is. Hopefully it's the former, a very easy fix.
     
    LanceAvion, Dec 1, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    I would do that since having no fan will eventually kill the card...
     
    TomJGX, Dec 2, 2015
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    Very true. Now if it turns out to be the latter, a broken fan, you have two a few options. The first would be contacting the seller, but since they sold the entire laptop it would probably be an all or nothing sort of refund. There's also the option of simply buying and trying a new fan. They're pretty cheap from what I remember. You last option is that I can sell you my old GN35. I have no use for it anymore.
     
    LanceAvion, Dec 2, 2015
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