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Name: dsarosh
Date: November 27, 2007 at 11:09:54 Pacific
OS: Win XP+SP2
CPU/Ram: 2.53Ghz, 1GB, xfx 6800xt
Product: Assembled
Comment:

Hello Guys,
For the past 2 days my gpu fan was making loud noises. I removed my gpu out and cleaned lot of dust from the fan and put it back in, but it still made loud noises.
Today evening I turned on my pc and the noise was suddenly gone, it was dead silent.
I opened the case and found the gpu fan was not rotating, and the cpu temperature in nview was 114C.

I immediately turned off the pc, and wanted to remove the gpu thinking I would have to send it for repair. However, I gently rotated the fan with my finger, and tapped it a few times and started my pc again, and the fan is working again and the temp is again 59C, as it usually is.

However, I am not sure how safe this is. What would happen if the fan fails again? I leave my pc on all day, and I am not always in my room to monitor the temperature. I have set the nview software to give me a warning when the gpu temperature crosses 90C.
I thought the xfx gpu fan would be more reliable, however I have been using this gpu 16+ hours a day ever since I have had it, and it seems to have broken the fan a bit.

Sarosh



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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: November 27, 2007 at 11:40:13 Pacific
Reply:

Over-use didn't break the fan...the problem is due to dust in the fan bearing. All you can do now is clean it as best you can. As a precaution, you could remove the fan & add a drop of oil to the bearing. But if you're concerned that the fan might seize up & overheat your GPU to death, you should consider replacing the fan with a new one or at least shutting down the PC when it's not being used.

In the future, clean the inside of your PC on a more regular basis.



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Response Number 2
Name: dsarosh
Date: November 28, 2007 at 02:53:55 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Jam,
Your right about the dust, there is too much of it in there. Its almost got stuck to some parts in thick layers.
My card has a think plastic plate covering it, and if I can remove that plate I can clean the fan much better. I couldnt open the small screws with the screw drivers I have, I'm going to buy one.

You think cigerete smoke in an enclosed room could go and collect on the fan in this way?

Sarosh


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Response Number 3
Name: dsarosh
Date: November 28, 2007 at 13:12:58 Pacific
Reply:

Hello again,
As a precaution I have removed the 6800xt and put my older fx 5200 in.
Can you tell me how I can check the temperatures of this card? I cant find it in the latest nvidia control panel, and neither can I figure out how to check the temperature in riva tuner.

Sarosh


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