Jabberwocky
True Synaesthete
Last night my video card started making a bad noise. It's definitely coming from the fan, which sound gets higher and higher pitched as it continues running. It sounds like a bearing is going out to me (but I dunno if video card fans even have those). That's why I'm asking for help here!
Incedentally, while playing a game it seems that the card gets overheated (fan goes beserk with the bad noise and screen eventually becomes pixelated.) I think the problem is the fan though, as nothing has changed on my rig in a year and I haven't had a problem with overheating before. Any thoughts??
Edit: I took the card out of my case and found that a thin plastic membrane on the top of the card's encasement had started peeling up and was interfering with the fan. I removed it completely and so now the noise problem is solved. Hopefully the overheating problem too - I blew the be-jesus out of the case with a can of air duster and re-arranged my Audigy Zs and networking card to give the GTX some more breathing room. Crossing my fingers...
Incedentally, while playing a game it seems that the card gets overheated (fan goes beserk with the bad noise and screen eventually becomes pixelated.) I think the problem is the fan though, as nothing has changed on my rig in a year and I haven't had a problem with overheating before. Any thoughts??
Edit: I took the card out of my case and found that a thin plastic membrane on the top of the card's encasement had started peeling up and was interfering with the fan. I removed it completely and so now the noise problem is solved. Hopefully the overheating problem too - I blew the be-jesus out of the case with a can of air duster and re-arranged my Audigy Zs and networking card to give the GTX some more breathing room. Crossing my fingers...
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