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Video card making strange noise.
Name: CQReborn Date: November 16, 2006 at 07:45:23 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 1 gig Product: Home made
Comment:
Alright, heres my problem. I went to bed last night after turning off my computer and when I woke up and turned it on it started making a strange clicking noise, it would go really fast click,click,click,click.. than it would slow down to click....click...click... and speed up again. With a bit of investigating inside my computer I pin-pointed the noise to be coming from my video card fan, now. Can I just replace the fan or do I have to get a new video card or what do I do? TYVM in advance =(
Name: CQReborn Date: November 16, 2006 at 07:46:22 Pacific
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Also, my video card is a Geforce 7600 GS
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Response Number 2
Name: TMP-Man Date: November 16, 2006 at 08:59:43 Pacific
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If you bought your video card recently, then I would try to contact the manufacture and ask them for an RMA (Return Manufacture Authorization) if the fan does not spin. If the fan is making a loud noise, I will first try to contact them and ask them if they are willing for RMA. Generally video card fan are small and they spin upto 4000-5000RPM and can generate some unpleasent noise, so if that noise is not relatively loud, then I don't think they will allow you to RMA it. If you want a quiet fan for your video card, then you can always replace it with a 3rd party maker like zalman. I bought my zalman VF700 for $24.99 to replace my stock fan and put it to 5v mode. Now its totally slient and my temperature dropped ~9C at idle/load...
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Response Number 3
Name: jam Date: November 16, 2006 at 11:45:28 Pacific
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'Clicking' is not a normal fan noise. Are you sure it's not coming from the hard drive?
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Response Number 4
Name: Dark Sky Date: November 20, 2006 at 16:47:46 Pacific
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if it does go get a third party fan. better cooling than the stock.
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