Recently, GPU fan on my Nvidia 250 GTS started vibrating like crazy and it's making noises like a jet engine that is about to start.
I have no clue about what could be the problem, the fan is not blocked, GPU is perpendicular to the floor, I completely disassembled and reassembled the fan thinking that it was because of the dust (it wasn't even dusty).
Opening the case and manually stopping the fan (touching it) for a second makes it spin silently(as it should) for about 5 minutes then it goes into crazy mode again.
Anyone have any clues?
EDIT: Shit, the title is supposed to say GP[B]U[/B].
Fan is getting old, or a program is fucking with your fan speed.
[QUOTE=Kialtia;32324015]Fan is getting old, or a program is fucking with your fan speed.[/QUOTE]
It's not that old , about a year or so, had much older and crappier fans running for several years without any problems.
I'm 99% sure that don't have any program capable of controlling the fan speed installed.
Try MSI Afterburner and slow down the speed, maybe it's not meant to spin as fast as it is and is vibrating.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;32324197]Try MSI Afterburner and slow down the speed, maybe it's not meant to spin as fast as it is and is vibrating.[/QUOTE]
It wasn't vibrating so much before but I'll try that anyway.
Bad bearings maybe? How old is it?
[QUOTE=Warship;32335201]Bad bearings maybe? How old is it?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Jack Trades;32324057]It's not that old , about a year or so.[/QUOTE]
Mine does it too, i might get some rubber O-rings to dampen the noise where the fan screws onto the pcb
I remember my old 8800 GT was obnoxiously loud, but later broke due to new manufacturing (I'm still pissed about that because it was expensive at the time). Is this an Nvidia issue? I know the temperatures for Nvidia cards are pretty high. For the record, I'm not trying to start a flame war; I just haven't used Nvidia ever since I got screwed over the first time, so I don't know what the current cards are like.
[QUOTE=rodent-man;32429239]I remember my old 8800 GT was obnoxiously loud, but later broke due to new manufacturing (I'm still pissed about that because it was expensive at the time). Is this an Nvidia issue? I know the temperatures for Nvidia cards are pretty high. For the record, I'm not trying to start a flame war; I just haven't used Nvidia ever since I got screwed over the first time, so I don't know what the current cards are like.[/QUOTE]
It's not so much about Nvidia as it is the OEMs, see Nvidia only make the actual processing unit and a reference design for the card, then companies like XFX, EVGA and such buy the rights to manufacture the card and sell it, so if your 8800 died then it's not Nvidias fault, it's probably got more to do with the manufacturer. Well, you could debate it's partly Nvidias sunce they provide the reference design and if the reference design has inadequate cooling or something that makes the card overheat then yeah it is Nvidias fault I suppose, but a fan failing has more to do with the OEM and the fan manufacturer.
Well, turned out the bearings on the fan were quite unbalanced so I put some grease in there and now it's running smooth and quiet.
[QUOTE=Jack Trades;32472044]Well, turned out the bearings on the fan were quite unbalanced so I put some grease in there and now it's running smooth and quiet.[/QUOTE]
Did you use petroleum based grease? if so it's gonna sieze up and ruin that fan in no time.
[QUOTE=chipset;32472921]Did you use petroleum based grease? if so it's gonna sieze up and ruin that fan in no time.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, I've got no idea. I just found a spray can of "Electronic Grease" and decided to give it a shot.
Get a new GPU or a 3rd party cooler for the 250, It sounds like the bearings as mentioned above. Not sure you can really stop it.
[QUOTE=SiMoN 23259;32482143]Get a new GPU or a 3rd party cooler for the 250, It sounds like the bearings as mentioned above. Not sure you can really stop it.[/QUOTE]
Well, after I greased it, it's been running smoothly for the last few days.
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