Noisy fan
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Noisy fan
The fan on my graphics card makes an intermittant and odd noise. Any ideas what could be causing it? I have tried blowing any dust off but problem persists.
. (New fans don't cost much)
The Oracle
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TURIN,
If you are very careful, you can take the fan apart and clean the inside. If the dust has already damaged the inside of the fan, there is not much you can do, other than replace it. It would really help knowing the make and model of the video card, in order of offer options to you.
Take Care,
Richard
If you are very careful, you can take the fan apart and clean the inside. If the dust has already damaged the inside of the fan, there is not much you can do, other than replace it. It would really help knowing the make and model of the video card, in order of offer options to you.
Take Care,
Richard
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Not a fan of ASUS
Richard
NVIDIA V7700
Already asked and no fans are available. Let's hear it for ASUS.
Their graphically pretty SmartDoctor fan-monitoring software (see their site's front-page) must have cost them a pretty penny. Pity they didn't spend those pretty pennies on fans with quality bearings. Of course once the graphic card has failed you cannot see the failure message anyway (so they spend a lot of time telling you that your fan is about to fail). I've been seeing that message and hearing the grinding bearing for many months now.
But I guess planned obsolescence must build in an Achille's Heel - and the fan bearing is as good as any. 99.89% of ASUS fans just wouldn't go out and buy a new one - they'd go buy another ASUS graphics card (so goeth the ASUS marketing strategy anyway).
Unctuous
NVIDIA V7700
Already asked and no fans are available. Let's hear it for ASUS.
Their graphically pretty SmartDoctor fan-monitoring software (see their site's front-page) must have cost them a pretty penny. Pity they didn't spend those pretty pennies on fans with quality bearings. Of course once the graphic card has failed you cannot see the failure message anyway (so they spend a lot of time telling you that your fan is about to fail). I've been seeing that message and hearing the grinding bearing for many months now.
But I guess planned obsolescence must build in an Achille's Heel - and the fan bearing is as good as any. 99.89% of ASUS fans just wouldn't go out and buy a new one - they'd go buy another ASUS graphics card (so goeth the ASUS marketing strategy anyway).
Unctuous
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If it's so poor, why fit another of their fans anyway? GeForce 2 GTS fans are easily replaced. See here. Get yourself something like the Thermaltake Crystal Orb.
