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2015/12/27 14:04:51 (permalink)
A few days ago, I noticed that my SC GTX 950 (the one that only has one fan) was running at a significantly higher temperature than it normally does. The fan also spins while on the desktop at around 350RPM (it's not supposed to spin at all during idle.) Another interesting thing is that during gaming, the temperature does not change. My rig has not changed in any way, aside from the installation of a new hard drive which does partially cover up an intake fan, but that happened a bit before the problems with the 950 started, and there are other intake fans for the system. I haven't noticed any heat spikes in the CPU, and GPU usage is at normal levels. I have scanned for malware, and nothing showed up.
 
Any help is greatly appreciated, and if this has been asked before, or belongs in a different section I apologize in advance.
 
EDIT: I forgot to mention that this only happens when running Windows 10 Pro. In Fedora 23 with NVIDIA Drivers installed, the GPU runs at normal temps.
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    Re: GTX 950 running at higher than normal temps during idle 2015/12/27 14:23:12 (permalink)
    Please tell us your monitor resolution, your monitor refresh rate, and how many monitors you have installed. Also, please tell us the GPU's core frequency while idle.

    Often, this issue is caused by the card not being permitted to downclock due to a high monitor requirement due to high resolution, refresh rate, or multiple monitors. If your monitor has a 120 hz or 144 hz refresh rate, please try decreasing the desktop refresh rate to 60 hz. If you have more thanone monitor connected, please try again with only 1 monitor connected. But, it may also be caused by malware using your computer as a bitcoin miner while idle. Or, it may simply be a software or driver issue.

    More information, please.
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    Re: GTX 950 running at higher than normal temps during idle 2015/12/27 15:44:40 (permalink)
    Sorry, I should have included this stuff in the original post. I'm running two monitors, a 1080p@60Hz connected with DisplayPort as my primary, and a 1280x1024@60Hz connected with a DVI to VGA adapter as a secondary. At idle, the GPU's clock is at 1151MHz. I've had both of those monitors for as long as I've had the card with no issue, but I did disconnect the secondary monitor for about ten minutes, and the temperature did not change. 
     
    I'm not sure the exact day this issue started, but I did install a new driver from Geforce Experience recently, so that might have had something to do with it. If the problem isn't fixed by the next driver release, I'll try to remember to post an update when I install it.
     
    Thanks for the quick reply.
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    Re: GTX 950 running at higher than normal temps during idle 2015/12/27 15:47:32 (permalink)
    Here are the top causes of why a GPU would run at full clocks at idle...
     
    #1 You're running multiple monitors. Fix: Enable mutil display power saver using nvidia inspector.
    #2 Your machine has a virus. Fix: Scan computer using malwarebytes.
    #3 One or more programs running in the background are using your GPU. Fix: Perform a clean boot of windows.
    #4 Power management mode inside the nvidia control panel is set to prefer maximum performance. Fix: Set power management mode to adaptive then reboot your computer.
    #5 Running a resolution of 2560x1440 @ 144Hz. Fix: Change refresh rate to 120Hz.
    #6 K-Boost is enabled inside Precision X. Fix: Disable K-Boost.
    #7 Shadowplay is enabled inside geforce experience. Fix: Disable shadowplay inside geforce experience OR completely uninstall geforce experience from your machine (highly recommended)


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