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    7970m fan not shutting down (P150EM)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Dotcom93, Dec 23, 2012.

  1. Dotcom93

    Dotcom93 Notebook Consultant

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    Everytime after I play a game, the fan won't shut down... ever. Does anyone have a solution to this?

    P.S: I'm sorry if this has already been discussed. Couldn't find anything by searching.
     
    Dotcom93, Dec 23, 2012
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  2. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    hmmm....what was it again? opening a tool like msi afterburner to make the fan stop? something like that, it has definitely been discussed already, just cant remember in which thread :)
    btw, better use google to search on nbr, unfortunately the integrated search functions sux :p

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Dec 23, 2012
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  3. Montage

    Montage Notebook Evangelist

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    Opening and then shutting any program that activates the 7970M will cause the fan to go silent. There is no other solution.
     
    Montage, Dec 23, 2012
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    ^ yes
    i wish the fans would work properly but i use my Borderlands 2 launcher to stop the fans..
     
    angrykenji, Dec 23, 2012
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  5. Dotcom93

    Dotcom93 Notebook Consultant

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    Oh, i see. So it works if you give the card 0% activity so the fans go silent and then shut it down. If you shut it on high activity they won't go off. Thanks!

    I'll start using Google then ;)
     
    Dotcom93, Dec 23, 2012
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  6. mahalsk

    mahalsk Notebook Consultant

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    Personaly I have kombustor on all the time. I spotted that when you will end and close a game fans will try to cool down the gpu to something around 28 Celsius, and that can take a while. that is why they are spinning so long. But when you turn kombustor on , the gpu will only cool down to 40-42 celsius and stay there with fans shut off. So my advice, let kombustor running all the time in backround, every time you'll end a game it will cool down fast and you can enoy peacefull, and quite holidays ;)
     
    mahalsk, Dec 23, 2012
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  7. b0b1man

    b0b1man Notebook Deity

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    To force my gtx660m to minimize its clocks to 135/405, I open StarCraft 2 and alt_tab out of it.
    Otherwise it stays at 835/2500MHz.
    With this trick, I get ~30'C as idle temps.
     
    b0b1man, Dec 23, 2012
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  8. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    I got better switching behavior with the enduro beta drivers, so this should improve.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 23, 2012
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