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July 14th, 2016 12:00
alienware 17 gpu fan working but not working !!!
hello , i have an alienware 17 ( 2014 model ) the fan is not really working in games at all i could never feel it and plus i have downloaded HWinfo64 and tried to start the fans manually and it appeared to be cpu fan is fully working but gpu fan is not working and here is the weird thing which i could never explain when i turn on the laptop both fans start working for about 3 seconds then stop but when i log in windows only cpu fan working and also i did the diagnose in the alienware startup and it told me that gpu fan is working ????? how comes its working but not working in games does anyone know how to fix this problem ?
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Alienware-L_Por
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July 15th, 2016 14:00
How did you realize that it isn't working on games? Is the machine reaching high temperatures in the GPU? Have you checked those recently?
ashknani
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July 15th, 2016 16:00
because when i play dota 2 i can never feel the air from the gpu fan , but today when i played overwatch the temp's were 74-75 i felt just a little bit of air coming out of the fan i remember when bought the laptop in 2014 the fan was kicking so much that i would feel the air 1m away but now i can barely feel it and btw the laptop has 880m have u guys configured the gpu fan to run too low with this gpu or what ?
Bombatomba
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July 16th, 2016 04:00
I'm also interested in an answer to this question, since I seem to have the same problem. I have an Alienware 17 that I bought in 2013. On startup both fans work for a few seconds and then the GPU fan stops. It does not start when I try to stress the GPU and I can't force it to start spinning using HWinfo64, only the CPU fan responds to that.
In my case this does not result is a heat buildup, but a *** overall performance. Somehow while the GPU (GeForce GTX 765M) claims to be working 100%, the fps during games is only about 1/3 of what it used to be and the temperature stays around 50C without the fan spinning (it claims to actually be using the GeForce card, not the integrated graphics card). Anyone got any ideas? Maybe something got broken in the last driver updates?
ashknani
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July 16th, 2016 04:00
The new alienware model 2016 that comes with i7 6700hq and 970m , that laptop fan starts kicking at 65c degree, mine barely kicking at 75c degree cant u guys update the bios or something coz I would love not to make my laptop get hot :)
ashknani
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July 16th, 2016 12:00
U know it really may be a gefore issue because i didnt have this issue until recently before everything was fine
Alienware-L_Por
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July 18th, 2016 13:00
Try a different video driver in this case. Also, make sure you all have the latest BIOS available.