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Radeon Control Centre Messing With Fan Speed
I have an AMD/Radeon R9 280 GPU. It works great for the limited gaming that I do, and performs really well, even at ultra settings. The only problem with it is that the automatic fan control in the driver software package does not work and never has. I can merrily play a game and the card's fan will stay at 20% until it overheats and practically catches fire. At least the card stops working before it causes damage and I can shut down.
I usually have the fan set manually at 65% and this covers me for even intense gaming, as the card never breaks 45C that way.
I noticed a problem the other day when I was playing a game. I could smell something getting really hot and I checked my temps. The GPU was over 70C and the fan was running at 20%. Just then my monitors went black and the audio continued in the game. My card had shut down. Checking the fan control when I got the PC rebooted, it was set to Auto and 20%. I reset the fan control to manual and 65% and everything was fine. Until I rebooted, then the fan control went back to Auto. I can set the card to manual but the settings will not persist like they used to over reboots.
AV scans came back negative, and I haven't updated the driver for over a month. This has just happened in the past few days. I can't figure this out.
I'm out of ideas and would really appreciate any advice. I won't even mind heckling from you Nvidia guys out there. :)