Weird overheating pattern on my brand new pc :/

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

I recently bought a new pc and for some reason I have found that on the menu screens of some games it all of a sudden out of nowhere starts overheating, or atleast thats what I think it is doing as the fan starts making weird noises like those small electric cars that you can drive around with remove control, when I actually go in those games the weird sound stops, my graphics card can handle games perfectly (gtx 1080) with no lag whatsoever, but the thing that is giving me a headache is the weird overheating pattern, if someone knows why this is occuring or how I could resolve it please let me know, thank you in advance

Multipack · Jan 2, 2017

Have you tried monitoring temps with On-Screen Displau using Afterburner or similar? If you could establish which fans are being used and what temps you are hitting it'd help work out what the issue was.

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

Multipack :

I am trying to download afterburner but I am using windows 10 and its a .rar file so it keeps opening in internet explorer :/ Would you know how I could fix this and run the setup? And also how does afterburner work as I am new to it.

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

Multipack :

I managed to find out how to install it but what do I do next?

Multipack · Jan 2, 2017

First, also install HWInfo and run that so you can see the min/max values of various things. You wont be able to see this in game, but as long as its installed it'll record more info like cpu fan speeds etc https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

Afterburner you will see in the corner of the game screen.. Ok, setup Afterburner OSD by following this guide, and choose to monitor all available stats https://www.msi.com/blog/setting-up-osd-with-msi-afterburner

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

Multipack :

Ok and then after I do that how will I know what is the issue with the fan? Im new to this

Multipack · Jan 2, 2017

Thats cool, is pretty simple, really. You need to check temps of GPU and CPU, and also GPU fan speed in OSD.

If you run a game for a few minutes until the issue happens, you can then exit and check HWInfo to see what things maxed out and post results/screencap here to see what is causing it.

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

Multipack :

Ok and then after how will I be able to resolve this? Like how are issues like this fixed?

Multipack · Jan 2, 2017

By setting better fan curves on the loud fan when you identify which one it is, while making sure it isn't something going wrong and overheating first of course.

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

Multipack :

Oh, ok, and how would I do that? Is it complicated?

Multipack · Jan 2, 2017

Depends, but nope not complicated, just using software to make the fans run slower or with a more gentle increase (curve).

PcGamerMLS · Jan 2, 2017

Multipack :

So like from the afterburner decreasing the fan speed? If so, could you tell me how?

Multipack · Jan 2, 2017

Depends which fan it is as to what you use. Afterburner will only control the GPU fan, not the CPU or chassis ones.

Try running a game and seeing what stats you get. If you have a problem the last thing you want to do is lower fan speeds, so check first.

PcGamerMLS · Jan 3, 2017

Multipack :

So then what do I do to fix it?

PcGamerMLS · Jan 3, 2017

Multipack :

And also how do I know what the problem is? What does a problem look like?

Multipack · Jan 3, 2017

Post a pic of your HWInfo stats after you hear the noise.

Hard to say how to fix something when I dont know what the problem is lol, but overheating, abnormally low clocks and irregular voltages are just some things that could be wrong with a system. The list is kind of endless.

PcGamerMLS · Jan 3, 2017

Multipack :

Yeah... I installed hwinfo and msi afterburner but I have no idea how to use them and how to get to the important info, could you help me out a bit?

Multipack · Jan 3, 2017

Sure, but this guide I posted above is easy to follow https://www.msi.com/blog/setting-up-osd-with-msi-afterburner

And you just open HWInfo. Not much else to it really. It then lists all your min/max temps/voltages etc. Can you take screencaps?

Weird overheating pattern on my brand new pc :/

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