Fix for GTX970/980 Fans Randomly Turning On issue

[Killersjp]

Hi Guys. How do you actually download the file. I have clicked where it says the rar file and nothing happens, also went to a link on here where the file is shown as a zip file and then it directs me to a login screen in German. I have the gtx980  I know which batch but just cant download it ..  FORGET THIS POST I FOUND THE LINK FURTHER UP THIS THREAD. CAN THE MOD PLEASE DELETE MY POST. THANKS.

 

[maidos]

is it worth updating ur vbios when u have none of those issues?

 

[CalinTM]

I think u have them But didnt noticed, look at the fans in idle, with ur eyes from like 10 mins.

 

[DarkSlim]

Thanks again! everything seems to work perfect now

 

[PythonJ]

Hi Guys. How do you actually download the file. I have clicked where it says the rar file and nothing happens, also went to a link on here where the file is shown as a zip file and then it directs me to a login screen in German. I have the gtx980  I know which batch but just cant download it ..  FORGET THIS POST I FOUND THE LINK FURTHER UP THIS THREAD. CAN THE MOD PLEASE DELETE MY POST. THANKS.

Just for anyone reading this thread and wondering where the links are, you need to log into the forum to see them. I thought I was going blind this morning as I couldn't see a download link.

 

[edkiefer]

Every time i try to flash the fix on my GTX980 my screen freezes and i have to manually shut off my computer. Wth!

That sounds like you didn't uninstall or disable the card in device manager before trying to flash it .

You can't flash 9xx cards with drivers loaded , same with extracting bios with GPU-Z but the latest version disables driver auto before extracting it .

 

[Zorder]

Hi!

I've been keeping an eye on this forum for a while since I've been experience some issues with my 970 but only now I registered so I could ask about a few things.

According to MSI Live Update 6 my current VGA BIOS is called MH-V316 version NV316MH.126 and my S/N is 03S so, should I download NV316MH.182 eitherways, despite Live Update showing my current version as .126?

Just one more question... when you mention to unninstall Nvidia drivers, should I just go to Control Panel and delete everything that is related to Nvidia or should I just unninstall Nvidia Experience or what?

Thank you in advance and accept my apologies for having to deal with folk like me who understand nothing about what they're doing

 

[boogeyman]

Hi!

I've been keeping an eye on this forum for a while since I've been experience some issues with my 970 but only now I registered so I could ask about a few things.

According to MSI Live Update 6 my current VGA BIOS is called MH-V316 version NV316MH.126 and my S/N is 03S so, should I download NV316MH.182 eitherways, despite Live Update showing my current version as .126?

Just one more question... when you mention to unninstall Nvidia drivers, should I just go to Control Panel and delete everything that is related to Nvidia or should I just unninstall Nvidia Experience or what?

Thank you in advance and accept my apologies for having to deal with folk like me who understand nothing about what they're doing

I had the same Card designator as you and same bios. I downloaded NV316MH.182 and extracted to a new folder on my desktop. I went into Programs and features in the control panel and uninstalled the Nvidia driver only. Did not reboot when prompted. I ran the 182.bat from the extracted folder (right click on 182.bat and run as admin). pressed Y when asked. When it's finished the cmd box will close.

Rebooted PC and installed 344.48 drivers only, rebooted. Even though Liveupdate still shows bios version 126, the fan start/stop at idle is fixed.

 

[Synner]

Just one more question... when you mention to unninstall Nvidia drivers, should I just go to Control Panel and delete everything that is related to Nvidia or should I just unninstall Nvidia Experience or what?

Thank you in advance and accept my apologies for having to deal with folk like me who understand nothing about what they're doing

You only need to remove the display driver itself, you can leave everything else.

Alternatively you can go to Device Manager and temporarily disable the device (your video board).  If you aren't comfortable with that sort of thing then just uninstall/flash/reinstall.

 

[NiHaLus]

Greetings. In my case i have two gtx 970 gaming in SLI. Is the procedure for flashing the cards the same? Can i Select witch card to flash then?
Or do i have to remove one card and update one at a time? (god nooooo.... )

 

[CalinTM]

U did wrong uninstalling the driver.

Use DDU in safe mode to uninstall the nvidia drivers.

http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/

 

[Zorder]

You only need to remove the display driver itself, you can leave everything else.

Alternatively you can go to Device Manager and temporarily disable the device (your video board).  If you aren't comfortable with that sort of thing then just uninstall/flash/reinstall.

Thanks for the replies both of you. I've done as you said and disabled the GPU via the Device Manager but when I choose to run the bat file as admin the cmd box opens and closes in a second. I assume something is not right since it didn't even asked me to press the "Y" key. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

 

[Boogie37]

mine starts with 03sb to so i assume 182 its the one i should use right?
Other thing is as i use ddu from nvidias forum, is it still ok to use it to remove drivers before flashing the bios?
I was about to download the new drivers as i saw .65 came out and i usually remove all with ddu before installing new version, so its a good time to flash the card at the same time.
While looking for s/n i opened the case and the fans indeed stop and start every few seconds as people mention both here and on nv forums.
Otherwise couldnt see it as i didnt watched the fan monitor in afterburner for a longer time so 
Btw as i write about AB i would need to disable/uninstall the afterburner too before flashing i guess? usually close it when installing drivers.
Sorry for the questions, never before was i forced to flash gpu bios so little scared aboout it 

 

[CalinTM]

mine starts with 03sb to so i assume 182 its the one i should use right?
Other thing is as i use ddu from nvidias forum, is it still ok to use it to remove drivers before flashing the bios?
I was about to download the new drivers as i saw .65 came out and i usually remove all with ddu before installing new version, so its a good time to flash the card at the same time.
While looking for s/n i opened the case and the fans indeed stop and start every few seconds as people mention both here and on nv forums.
Otherwise couldnt see it as i didnt watched the fan monitor in afterburner for a longer time so 
Btw as i write about AB i would need to disable/uninstall the afterburner too before flashing i guess? usually close it when installing drivers.
Sorry for the questions, never before was i forced to flash gpu bios so little scared aboout it 

I uninstalled the driver in safe mode using DDU. Then booted normally, then disabled all software, including AB. Leaved all vanilla. Then clicked on the .bat file. With admin rights at firsrt. But doesnt work to right click and select "run as administrator", u need to just double click on it, and it will show a message and click ok.

Then the flashing procedure begins. Will prompt u to press y several times. Then the CMD window will close automatically. And u reboot the PC, then u install the drivers.

And ur good 2 go !

 

[boogeyman]

Thanks for the replies both of you. I've done as you said and disabled the GPU via the Device Manager but when I choose to run the bat file as admin the cmd box opens and closes in a second. I assume something is not right since it didn't even asked me to press the "Y" key. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

No need to disable device, I didn't. No need to uninstall drivers in safe mode, I didn't. The instructions in the first post don't mention doing either of those. Follow the instruction in my post above if you want because it worked for me.

 

[Zorder]

No need to disable device, I didn't. No need to uninstall drivers in safe mode, I didn't. The instructions in the first post don't mention doing either of those. Follow the instruction in my post above if you want because it worked for me.

Alright I'll give it a try. Also, why did you installed the 344.48 instead of the recent 344.65 drivers? Does the old driver have better performance for you?

 

[boogeyman]

Alright I'll give it a try. Also, why did you installed the 344.48 instead of the recent 344.65 drivers? Does the old driver have better performance for you?

I didn't have .65 downloaded at the time plus it's a game ready driver for the new games out which I don't own.

 

[Zorder]

I didn't have .65 downloaded at the time plus it's a game ready driver for the new games out which I don't own.

Got it, worked as it was supposed to and Live Update is showing version 182. Thank you for your help!

 

[boogeyman]

Got it, worked as it was supposed to and Live Update is showing version 182. Thank you for your help!

Glad you got it. After scanning in the system info tab mine also shows 182 now.

 

[KingDazza]

For those flashing sli, its very straight forward.  NVflash will simply flash one card, then tell you it has found another and just repeat without exiting NVflash.  Once it has no further cards to flash it will tell you.  There is no need to be uninstalling cards etc.

Hope that helps.