Nvidia GTS 450 fan malfunction

Okay so this graphics card has been used for say, a year? Then one day the fan started malfunctioning. It would spin for a bit, then stop. sometimes it still twitches a bit. Recently I cleaned the card but still nothing. Anyone know how to fix this?

hi, try downloading a program like MSI Afterburner and try to manually set the fan speed.

What edition of GTS 450 have you got?

Its odd actualy mine did that recently I just blew a bottle of compressed air in it and that seemed to sort it could be a dust issue

Dorado said:

hi, try downloading a program like MSI Afterburner and try to manually set the fan speed.

What edition of GTS 450 have you got?

I tried MSI afterburner but nothing. EVGA precision worked for a bit, but the fan randomly stops spinning and won't spin again.

silverstormz said:

Its odd actualy mine did that recently I just blew a bottle of compressed air in it and that seemed to sort it could be a dust issue

I cleaned the card, like I mentioned before, and nothing happens.

You could take the card out and clean the pci slot and ensure the 4 pin is conected properly.

silverstormz said:

You could take the card out and clean the pci slot and ensure the 4 pin is conected properly.

i agree with silverstormz, check it.
also check that the GPU fan power connector is correctly plugged in on your GPU.

What GTS 450 have you got? (PNY, Gigabyte, Sparkle, Galaxy...?)

I had an ATi 5xxx series do that to me it was the wire from board to fan that was faulty , and since I was annoyed at the temps I visited a local hardware electronic sotore picked a fan that fited over the area to tie wrap it in place and opwered it directly from a 4 pin normal HDD connector. was wonderfully cool and never had an issue.

Dorado said:

silverstormz said:

You could take the card out and clean the pci slot and ensure the 4 pin is conected properly.

i agree with silverstormz, check it.
also check that the GPU fan power connector is correctly plugged in on your GPU.

What GTS 450 have you got? (PNY, Gigabyte, Sparkle, Galaxy...?)

I think Leadtek, that's what it says on the card. From what I know from the card, there isn't any wire connecting it to the power supply

pyromana said:

Dorado said:

silverstormz said:

You could take the card out and clean the pci slot and ensure the 4 pin is conected properly.

i agree with silverstormz, check it.
also check that the GPU fan power connector is correctly plugged in on your GPU.

What GTS 450 have you got? (PNY, Gigabyte, Sparkle, Galaxy...?)

I think Leadtek, that's what it says on the card. From what I know from the card, there isn't any wire connecting it to the power supply

then check the cable which connect the GPU's fan on the GPU.

I noticed later that when the fan stops, the gpu clock is 50mhz. Maybe that is the problem? How to fix?