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8800GTS (G80) running full fan speed constantly

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Hi People,

For the last couple of weeks, my 8800GTS G80, has been running full fan speed for no apparent reason.. is there anything I can make slow down with. I've tried using Rivatuner, to no avail.. is there anything else I could try?

If not, I am open to 3rd party coolers (but they look few and far between for G80 iterations of the 8800GTS).

Thanks, Jake.
 
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Take the case off and clean all of the accumulated crap from around the heatsink.

A friends 8800GTS 320 started running its fan @ full speed and after he cleaned out the crap (not just the crap on the fan) it went back to normal.
 
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Take the case off and clean all of the accumulated crap from around the heatsink.

A friends 8800GTS 320 started running its fan @ full speed and after he cleaned out the crap (not just the crap on the fan) it went back to normal.

I cleaned it out not that long ago to be honest.. there was a lot of crap.. but it didn't do much.. I also applied some themal paste to the GPU Core.

I will try the RivaTuner Guide, thanks billysielu.
 
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Says 50c-52c..

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Edit: I've been reading that my card may not support fan speed editing.. I only have 2 cables going to the fan in the card..

If this is the case, does any one of a 3rd party graphics card cooler?
 
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My 8800 only has one speed, I had to replace the fan a few months back because it had become too noisy. This was probably due to being run at full speed all the time.
 
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When you put the thermal paste on the GPU, did you disturb any of the wires? Seems like maybe the blue fan control wire might be loose?
 
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