alex.p_8159802e7
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Hello,
I have an MSI Nvidia RTX 4080 Ventus 3xOC GPU (used with Intel i9-13900k on a MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk Wifi Motherboard) for about 1.5 years (all bought new).
My GPU is making horrible (rattling?) sounds during Windows bootup. This started (again*) some days ago.
The same sounds are heard during a clean (re)install of the Nvidia drivers (regardless of picking Game-Ready or Studio version).
I'm convinced it's the GPU at fault as those sounds are heard during Nvidia drivers installing.
I know how my PC sounds normally when I start it (for people saying it's normal to 100% fan speed on bootup), however what I'm hearing now is an unholy abomination.
During normal usage, I don't hear these sounds. I haven't ran games/apps that stress the GPU in the last 3 months.
As such, I'm convinced it's a software issue.
What I tried:
- cleaning the PC of dust (my PC case is rather well ventilated)
- power off, discharge (hold boot button 20-30 sec), let it disconnected for 1 day, reconnect all cables (outside the PC case)
- reset CMOS (motherboard button, no direct access to the battery and I don't want to dissassemble)
- checking for cables obstructing the GPU
- reinstalling 2-3 different Nvidia drivers versions (clean and/or express install)
I am afraid to set a manual fan curve or undervolt as:
- idk how to do that at all (and I'd rather not, instead of poking around)
- I'm used to "don't touch it if it works"
- I have no video output of the BIOS on regular bootup, it just stays with no signal and gets to Windows in a few seconds
(and if I specifically want to get to BIOS on restart, it just stays with no video output and the horrible fan sounds until I press the boot button to restart normally)
* I say again because in the past, my fix was to randomly keep reinstalling 2-3 different Nvidia drivers versions, Intel Management Engine Driver (+ IME Center?) (which was replaced with some other Intel utility and now it's called Intel Graphics Software), some CPU drivers and built-in Intel UHD Graphics 770 drivers, use the sfc and dism tools until it fixed it.
If I didn't hear the GPU fan sounds during the drivers installation, the issue was then fixed.
I could never find a deterministic way to fix this issue.
The issue would randomly occur after a driver or Windows update (not initiated by me) or me installing a new game. I'd have it for days up to weeks then it would be gone either with my aforementioned "fix" or a new driver/Windows update.
I can't do that any more because the last time I uninstalled drivers I ended up with no video output whatsoever and I had to blindly navigate logging in to Windows and using the CLI to force a Windows update to reinstall graphics drivers.
I'm terribly dissappointed in my PC (and my ability to fix its issues) and I didn't need to read up and take care of my old laptop that much compared to this PC.
I have an MSI Nvidia RTX 4080 Ventus 3xOC GPU (used with Intel i9-13900k on a MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk Wifi Motherboard) for about 1.5 years (all bought new).
My GPU is making horrible (rattling?) sounds during Windows bootup. This started (again*) some days ago.
The same sounds are heard during a clean (re)install of the Nvidia drivers (regardless of picking Game-Ready or Studio version).
I'm convinced it's the GPU at fault as those sounds are heard during Nvidia drivers installing.
I know how my PC sounds normally when I start it (for people saying it's normal to 100% fan speed on bootup), however what I'm hearing now is an unholy abomination.
During normal usage, I don't hear these sounds. I haven't ran games/apps that stress the GPU in the last 3 months.
As such, I'm convinced it's a software issue.
What I tried:
- cleaning the PC of dust (my PC case is rather well ventilated)
- power off, discharge (hold boot button 20-30 sec), let it disconnected for 1 day, reconnect all cables (outside the PC case)
- reset CMOS (motherboard button, no direct access to the battery and I don't want to dissassemble)
- checking for cables obstructing the GPU
- reinstalling 2-3 different Nvidia drivers versions (clean and/or express install)
I am afraid to set a manual fan curve or undervolt as:
- idk how to do that at all (and I'd rather not, instead of poking around)
- I'm used to "don't touch it if it works"
- I have no video output of the BIOS on regular bootup, it just stays with no signal and gets to Windows in a few seconds
(and if I specifically want to get to BIOS on restart, it just stays with no video output and the horrible fan sounds until I press the boot button to restart normally)
* I say again because in the past, my fix was to randomly keep reinstalling 2-3 different Nvidia drivers versions, Intel Management Engine Driver (+ IME Center?) (which was replaced with some other Intel utility and now it's called Intel Graphics Software), some CPU drivers and built-in Intel UHD Graphics 770 drivers, use the sfc and dism tools until it fixed it.
If I didn't hear the GPU fan sounds during the drivers installation, the issue was then fixed.
I could never find a deterministic way to fix this issue.
The issue would randomly occur after a driver or Windows update (not initiated by me) or me installing a new game. I'd have it for days up to weeks then it would be gone either with my aforementioned "fix" or a new driver/Windows update.
I can't do that any more because the last time I uninstalled drivers I ended up with no video output whatsoever and I had to blindly navigate logging in to Windows and using the CLI to force a Windows update to reinstall graphics drivers.
I'm terribly dissappointed in my PC (and my ability to fix its issues) and I didn't need to read up and take care of my old laptop that much compared to this PC.