Geforce GTX 1060 Fan Not Spinning Issue
I discovered this problem when I opened up my computer to see if all the fans were spinning, because I heard a weird buzzing sound coming out of my computer. The buzzing sound was caused by a wire that was hitting one of the Geforce GTX 1060's fans. I tied a cable to the wire to clear it away from the fan, and I started the computer.
At first, the fans for the Geforce GTX 1060 spun, but after it booted into Windows. The fans would stop. I thought this was strange, because all the graphics cards that had before had spinning fans. I downloaded MSI Afterburner, which is a program which enables you to monitor the temperature of your cpu, gpu, and fan speeds. I checked MSI Afterburner, and the fan speed was 0 rpms.
I played with the fan settings and adjusted the fan speed, and the fan began to spin. I checked some FAQs on the internet to see what this was all about. I read somewhere that these new GTX 10 series graphics cards were programmed to not spin on idle. I decided to change the settings, so the fan would spin at 45% all the time.
Heat on components creates accelerated wear. I want my hardware to last a long time. Did Nvidia do this intentionally, so graphics cards would fail faster thus enabling them to sell more video cards?
MSI Afterburner Download Site
• https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner