nVidia Card driving me nuts!

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Alias~-

I have an nVidia card that has a fan that sometimes makes a lot of
racket. I have used a can of air to clean out the fan and no joy.
Sometimes I turn on the computer and it makes no noise at all, other
times it makes noise. It doesn't matter if the computer's been on for
awhile or has been off all night. I am assuming the card is defective so
I want to revert to the onboard video card for now. What is the
procedure for uninstalling the nVidia and reverting back to the onboard
card?

I think I should do the following but I am not sure:

1. Uninstall the drivers for the nVidia card in Device Manager.

2. Turn off the computer.

3. Remove the nVidia card from the AGP slot.

4. Connect the monitor to the onboard card.

5. Boot into BIOS and enable the onboard card and disable the AGP.

6. Boot into Windows from the BIOS and install the onboard card's
drivers from the MB CD.

7. Remove all nVidia crap from MSCONFIG.

Thanks,

Alias
 
Alias~- said:
I have an nVidia card that has a fan that sometimes makes a lot of
racket. I have used a can of air to clean out the fan and no joy.
Sometimes I turn on the computer and it makes no noise at all, other
times it makes noise. It doesn't matter if the computer's been on for
awhile or has been off all night. I am assuming the card is defective so
I want to revert to the onboard video card for now. What is the
procedure for uninstalling the nVidia and reverting back to the onboard
card?

I think I should do the following but I am not sure:

1. Uninstall the drivers for the nVidia card in Device Manager.

2. Turn off the computer.

3. Remove the nVidia card from the AGP slot.

4. Connect the monitor to the onboard card.

5. Boot into BIOS and enable the onboard card and disable the AGP.

6. Boot into Windows from the BIOS and install the onboard card's
drivers from the MB CD.

7. Remove all nVidia crap from MSCONFIG.

Thanks,

Alias
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I'd like to add that if I turn on the computer and it makes no noise, I
can leave it on all day and there's no noise.

Alias
 
The VGA fan might have a sensor which will trigger the motor when the GPU
(graphic processing unit) temperature starts to climb higher. It is very
important that the processors (CPU & GPU) remain at a relative "cool"
temperature or they will fry / melt.

You can locate after-market replacement fans and water-coolers. Follow
instructions to the letter.

As for removing the nVidia completely, you need to also locate Driver Cleaner
Pro. Most video card driver uninstall process leave "left-over" files that
can cause problems.

Step to remove nVidia video cards.

1) Uninstall video drivers in Add/Remove programs.... (Do not reboot yet...)

2) Uninstall nVidia card in Device Manager. (Still do not reboot.)

3) Run Driver Cleaner Pro and select nVidia as the driver to clean.

4) Reboot and quickly access the BIOS.

5) Activate onboard video card.

6) Shutdown PC and remove the card

7) Connect monitor to onboard video card

8) Start the PC. Let XP detect the video card.

9) If XP is asking for the drivers, let it detect it and install the "default"
ones for now.

10) Locate the video card in Device Manager and look on the manufacturer's
web site for the most recent version of the drivers. This should provide you
with a more complete driver set (higher resolutions, better DirectX/OpenGL
support)
 
Yves said:
The VGA fan might have a sensor which will trigger the motor when the GPU
(graphic processing unit) temperature starts to climb higher. It is very
important that the processors (CPU & GPU) remain at a relative "cool"
temperature or they will fry / melt.
Click to expand...

Are you saying that the noise means it's too hot or that I need a fan?
You can locate after-market replacement fans and water-coolers. Follow
instructions to the letter.
Click to expand...

That's what I'm going to do.
As for removing the nVidia completely, you need to also locate Driver Cleaner
Pro. Most video card driver uninstall process leave "left-over" files that
can cause problems.
Click to expand...

Is Drive Cleaner Pro a part of XP or a third party application. If the
latter, where do I get it and is it free?
 
Yves said:
I mean that the fan sensor is noting a climb in temperature and will spin
faster to cool it down (thus increasing the noise.)
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It can make the noise after being off all night as soon as I push the
start button to turn on the computer. Sometimes it won't. Sometimes, if
it's been on a long time and I turn the computer off, it will make
noise. Sometimes it won't. So, I think we can rule heat out.
OOPS! The should be Driver Cleaner Pro and not Drive Cleaner Pro.
Driver Cleaner Pro is not part of XP but it is free!
(http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.php)
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Thanks, I found it and a tech friend of mine is taking a look at it to
figure out how it works.

Alias
 
Alias~- said:
I have an nVidia card that has a fan that sometimes makes a lot of
racket. I have used a can of air to clean out the fan and no joy.
Sometimes I turn on the computer and it makes no noise at all, other
times it makes noise. It doesn't matter if the computer's been on for
awhile or has been off all night. I am assuming the card is defective
so I want to revert to the onboard video card for now. What is the
procedure for uninstalling the nVidia and reverting back to the
onboard card?

I think I should do the following but I am not sure:

1. Uninstall the drivers for the nVidia card in Device Manager.

2. Turn off the computer.

3. Remove the nVidia card from the AGP slot.

4. Connect the monitor to the onboard card.

5. Boot into BIOS and enable the onboard card and disable the AGP.

6. Boot into Windows from the BIOS and install the onboard card's
drivers from the MB CD.

7. Remove all nVidia crap from MSCONFIG.

Thanks,

Alias
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Most likely the bearing on the fan are on the last leg....


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Alias~- said:
Could be but what's strange is that the card is only 6 months old at most.

Alias
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You going by the manufacture date on the card, or when you got it? Could
be a dry bearing.
 
Bob said:
You going by the manufacture date on the card, or when you got it? Could
be a dry bearing.
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I'm going to replace the fan this weekend and see if that fixes it. I've
had the computer on now for 30 hours and no noise. It only happens --
sometimes -- when I turn it on after leaving it off all night or,
sometimes, for an hour or less.

Yesterday, when I turned it on, noise. I turned it off and used
compressed air to clean it. Turned it back on, noise again. Turned if
off, waiting a half an hour, turned it back on, no noise, and it's been
on ever since.

Alias
 
Had bushing fans like that before, they wobble a bit when first starting
and make a heck of a racket, then they will center up and spin quietly.
If you want to futz with them a drop of oil in the bearing will "fix"
that initial "orbiting" on the shaft, otherwise just replace the fan.
 
Bob said:
Had bushing fans like that before, they wobble a bit when first starting
and make a heck of a racket, then they will center up and spin quietly.
If you want to futz with them a drop of oil in the bearing will "fix"
that initial "orbiting" on the shaft, otherwise just replace the fan.
Click to expand...

I'll try the oil as taking the fan off and replacing it with a new one
doesn't really appeal to me.

Thanks, Bob.

Alias
 
Only a drop. Use a toothpick or such to apply.

Alias~- said:
I'll try the oil as taking the fan off and replacing it with a new one
doesn't really appeal to me.

Thanks, Bob.

Alias
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