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My video card's fan is grinding.
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Yesterday the fans in my computer got noticeably louder. Performance wasn't affected and temperature was fine, but I figured I should open it up and figure out what was going on. Process of elimination has identified the video card's fan (or at least, something on the card) as the culprit.
The fan isn't obviously obstructed and appears to spin freely when I flick it with my finger, but when it's on it sounds like it's vibrating more than it should, or there's a piece of paper caught in it or something. I'm out of compressed air (should go buy some anyway I suppose), but I cleaned it out as thoroughly as possible, and didn't notice any change. So, I have a few questions:
- Is an onboard video card fan something that's cheap or even possible to replace? It seems like the housing should detach from the card, but I didn't really want to mess with it.
- Obviously the card could fail if it isn't being cooled enough, but is there any risk it could take anything else with it?
- Should this even be something I'm worried about if I don't notice any performance/heat problems?
The card is an geforce 8400 GS, if that makes any difference
The fan isn't obviously obstructed and appears to spin freely when I flick it with my finger, but when it's on it sounds like it's vibrating more than it should, or there's a piece of paper caught in it or something. I'm out of compressed air (should go buy some anyway I suppose), but I cleaned it out as thoroughly as possible, and didn't notice any change. So, I have a few questions:
- Is an onboard video card fan something that's cheap or even possible to replace? It seems like the housing should detach from the card, but I didn't really want to mess with it.
- Obviously the card could fail if it isn't being cooled enough, but is there any risk it could take anything else with it?
- Should this even be something I'm worried about if I don't notice any performance/heat problems?
The card is an geforce 8400 GS, if that makes any difference
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:edit: It seems a few people have mentioned the Zalman VF-700 will fit, but it's kind of a do at your own risk thing since it's not official. Link to the fan, around $23. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117&cm_re=zalman_vf700-_-35-118-117-_-Product
that said, it's fairly easy to simply replace the unit with some generic "VGA cooler"... all you have to do is research a bit and see if one will fit (they attach via push pins around the GPU).
look around here:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=576&name=VGA-Cooling
but again, keep price in mind.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat