Hey guys, I discovered one of my fans on my hd7950(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026) is not spinning. When I boot up my rig, it looks like it starts to spin, then decides not to. Any help would be great since I don't want to rma it yet.
Update: My fan that was not working will work at 80% or higher. If there was a way to make it run 24/7 but at lower % that would be great( plus it looks to be going as fast as the other fan.)
Just in, the second fan is working..... only at 100%
Try punching it or slapping it against something.
On a serious note, take it out and move that fan with your finger, examine it and make sure there is nothing restricting it. Make sure the fan power cable is fully plugged in. I don't know anything other than that.
Sounds like your motor is going out, either RMA it or try fixing it yourself. If I have to guess it's a 92mm fan. There's lots of aftermarket fans out there that you can replace it with. The fans on a card have PWM pins that connect to the card just like any fan that connects on a mobo.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608027
I agree with this guy. If you don't want the hassle of an RMA you could get an aftermarket heat sink/fan for it or even possibly a water cooler that'll give you better overclocks. Of course there's a lot of things that could go wron in that mechanical motor and you could fix it yourself if you've got the know-how.
Here's an example of a GPU fan mod, very easy and you can apply the same in replacing the fan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhkYrzST7V4
to everyone asking, it is still in warranty
then rma the card. ☺
you could try to look if one of the fan connectros is maybe loose. But dont take of the heatsink your self, you will lost your warrenty.
That will depend on the manufacturer though. Some will let you remove it w/o voiding warranty to indulge in LN2 cooling for extreme OCs.
any cooling recommendations?
Do you live in a city with a computer hardware store?
NCIX, Tiger Direct, Canada Computers?... joes-computer-warehouse??
If yes, you do have mainstream stores are in your city - go and look at their cooling aisle and look at a box for compatibility. You're likely looking at a 50-75$ purchase on a GPU cooler.
RMAing the card and selling it when it returns sounds pretty attractive, don't you think?
All the standard cooling manufacturers make coolers for GPUs, not just CPUs. So, hop over to the likes of Thermaltake, Artic Cooling, Zalman, Gelid, just pick one and browse their products.
If you do not overclock your card - you'd be fine with whatever compatible coolers they have.
This is a nice option
https://teksyndicate.com/videos/nzxt-kraken-g10-installation-and-test-kraken-x40-tutorial
I live in Alaska,...... soooo no computer stores but local ripoff ones. Which means i need to wait a week for parts from newegg
ohh and btw this it the card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026