GPU running under full load when pc is idle

YagamiZ

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Mar 10, 2013
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I have a MSI Ati Radeon HD 6850 cyclone edition

So i left the computer for the toilet and when i was back i could hear the loud noise of the gpu fan as if a game was running or something i check the temperature as i run speedfan and it is 53° degrees.
Note that when idle my fan is usually around 1200 1300 Rpm and the temp is between 32° - 35°c
When watching a video it gets up to 43°
And in games up to 56°
So this is quite odd to me, and as i came to the computer and started checking things all went back to normal as if though it is an idle thing.
Also that something like this happened months ago and i resolved it by reinstalling the display drivers however this time it did not work.
Any ideas what seems to be the issue?
 
Open case, have canned air in hand, blow GPU Fan and components for dust bunnies. Otherwise, it sounds like it was helping to run the screensaver (yes I actually seen this happen) and overheating it a bit. Keep a eye on it, but I am more suspicious of it probably just dust bunnies.
 

YagamiZ

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No my friend i am always monitoring the dust and it is not the dust as that will result in a permanent temp rise not a suddan rise when pc is idle and everything else is fine.

I have installed the beta driver and got rid of the ccc hoping this may be a solution.