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| Thread ID: 65662 | 2006-01-26 05:58:00 | gpu fan making erratic noises | Mirddes (10) | Press F1 |
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| 424349 | 2006-01-26 05:58:00 | the cpu fan on my 6600 grapchis card is makign loud noises. like its carching on somethign , but just barly, its really really loud and strated hapenign abuot 10 min ago and got worse, quite quickly. what shoudl i do? the grapchis card is abuot 3 months old. the sound sickens me. it just doesnt sound healthy |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 424350 | 2006-01-26 06:07:00 | Open the case and inspect the fan. Make sure no nearby wires are touching the fan unit. Also check to see if the fan blades are hitting the fan case. | Jen (38) | ||
| 424351 | 2006-01-26 06:09:00 | i touched the fan before, seeing if it was the one makign the noise, and it became louder after i did it. so i assume thats teh cause. apart from being really loud is there anythign bad that can come from the fan makign all this noise. woudl my warrenty cover it? |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 424352 | 2006-01-26 06:15:00 | Your warrenty will cover this as it is a fault. Did you just push down in the centre of the fan when you checked it out and it became noiser? Try stopping the fan using a pencil (or pen) to confirm it is the device responsible for the noise. Even though your GPU shouldn't get over hot with normal computer usage, I wouldn't continue to use it if the noise was really loud. You don't want to risk further damage. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 424353 | 2006-01-26 06:17:00 | i just placed my finger against the center of it to slow it down, the noice vanished then when i let go it made alot mroe noise. perhaps if i cant get it replaced i shall buy an aftermarket fan. maby an 80mm one. then ill only have 80mm fans in my case =) |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 424354 | 2006-01-26 06:27:00 | Sounds like the fan itself is coming loose. I have no idea how serviceable the fan unit is with access to the screws and whether it is advisable to DIY, but it should be covered by your warranty. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 424355 | 2006-01-26 06:32:00 | the fan/heatsink ect just clip off. standard issue mounting pins ect... if i had the money id jut buy a new fan. such as this img.ncix.com but im broke so replacement is the only option ive just noticed that this hsf woudl be bad for me since i only have 2 pci slots next to my graphcis card. and i kinda am using them. the networkcard is probably low profile enough to not be in teh way but unpluging the cable from teh port woudl be a reall pain in teh ass since the vga port blocks acess to the clip that holds the network cable inplace, and thats why the network card is in the 2nd pci slot. damn this noise is really starting to bug the hell out of me. |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 424356 | 2006-01-26 07:39:00 | Just take it back - it shouldn't fail that soon, its under warranty so make them fix or replace it. | pctek (84) | ||
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