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Need Help Finding the Right Adapter for EVGA RTX 2070 GPU Fan Issue

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2025/02/02 09:02:44 (permalink)
Hi everyone,
 
I’ve been troubleshooting a major issue with my old EVGA RTX 2070 GPU and could really use your help.
 
Here’s what’s happening:
 
When I boot my PC, the GPU fans spin as expected.
 
As soon as Windows loads, the fans stop spinning, and stats show:
 
GPU PWR: Always 0W
 
GPU FAN: Always 0 RPM
 
When I start a game, the GPU throttles hard and then crashes.
 
After a restart, the fans spin again, and I can play games, but the stats still show 0W and 0 RPM.
 
I’ve reinstalled Windows, replugged all GPU cables (fans and the sensor cable), and tried multiple overclocking and monitoring tools, but none of them detect the GPU fans.
 
My next idea is to bypass the GPU’s fan control completely by connecting the fans directly to my motherboard using an adapter, so they run at full throttle all the time.
 
However, I’ve had no luck finding the right adapter. I’ve purchased the wrong ones twice now. Based on my research, I think I need a mini 4-pin PH2.0 male to standard 4-pin PWM fan adapter, but I can’t seem to confirm this for sure.
 
Here’s the fan I’m working with (connector size shown in the link):
EVGA RTX 2060/2070/2080/2080Ti Fan Replacement
 
If anyone has experience with this or can recommend the exact adapter I need, I’d greatly appreciate it!
 
Thanks in advance for your help!
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    lNewFaithl
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    Re: Need Help Finding the Right Adapter for EVGA RTX 2070 GPU Fan Issue 2025/02/02 10:12:19 (permalink)
    I had same issue on 2060 super with new nvidia drivers. My only solution was to roll back to 537.58 driver. Drivers bricked my fan control on EVGA card and i have NO IDEA why that happens. This "

    1/2/2025 7:35:48 PM: Open - NvAPIWrapper.Native.Exceptions.NVIDIAApiException: NVAPI_ERROR
    at NvAPIWrapper.Native.GPUApi.GetClientFanCoolersStatus(PhysicalGPUHandle gpuHandle)
    at NvAPIWrapper.GPU.GPUCoolerInformation.<get_Coolers>d__2.MoveNext()
    at System.Linq.Enumerable.<SelectIterator>d__5`2.MoveNext()
    at System.Linq.Enumerable.<SelectManyIterator>d__19`2.MoveNext()
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    is error fan control gives but apart from that i have no idea what that is. If you get some resolution with EVGA(ticket make note here i am sure many ppl have same issue without even realizing)
    It is bricking gpus in very nasty way.
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    Re: Need Help Finding the Right Adapter for EVGA RTX 2070 GPU Fan Issue 2025/02/02 11:57:30 (permalink)
    I'll certainly try that out this week! I'll let you know if I works.
    How'd you manage to get those logs? Is it just in windows events?
    I also want to say, thanks for the reply. I really didn't think anyone would get back to me on this. 
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    Re: Need Help Finding the Right Adapter for EVGA RTX 2070 GPU Fan Issue 2025/02/02 12:12:16 (permalink)
    This logs came out after "FanControl" software couldnt detect fans on my gpu. You can find logs where software is installed. But again, none of the sofwares could detect GPU fans because they got bricked by new driver. As soon as i installed old driver they started working. Both fans and softwares dectecing them. Just make sure to use very old driver i used 512.77 and 537.58. Not sure about others. But i am 100% sure new one dont work at all. Just make sure to install old drivers and select clean install in options and reboot ofc.
    post edited by lNewFaithl - 2025/02/02 12:15:34
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    Re: Need Help Finding the Right Adapter for EVGA RTX 2070 GPU Fan Issue 2025/02/02 12:28:21 (permalink)
    Sounds exactly like what I'm seeing, I'll pop a post later this week once I've tested it out. Thanks so much for the info. 
    If this fails I'll be going back to trying to figure out how I can get the fans to always be on. 
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