Accidentally bumped my video card

keigo_kanzaki

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So, I was planning on reseating my GPU card (GTX 680 Windforce OC). Once I removed it from the motherboard, I was holding it in my left hand and paying my attention to something else, then my left hand shifted position and the graphic card bumped slighty into my casing. The bumped part was only the right section of the shiny black plastic cover like this:

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The bump wasn't that hard, it was only slight. but I was wondering if it could affect the card or the fans.

Any thoughts?
 
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Honestly, I wouldn't be so concerned about rattling.
You could try very gently pushing on the shroud to see if it quiets down.

It could also be a case resonance issue.

keigo_kanzaki

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AFAIK, nothing broke or snapped, but after I installed back and use it, there's a only a slight rattle noise whenever the fan is running 100% on boot or entering BIOS. The rattle vanished after it entering Windows as the fans slowed down.

I could only hear it when I close my ear to the case.
 

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I think so. The thing is, I already RMA'ed 2 of these cards, and each time I got a brand new card. The reason for RMA is the same thing: rattling noise but occured differently (the first card rattled during 100% fan AFTER I flashed it to newer BIOS; the second card rattled during idle fan at 38%).

I just got the card yesterday, and after I installed it in the afternoon, I didn't recall any noise. This morning I tried to re-seat it again because I think the I/O port wasn't perfectly aligned. It got bumped during the process and now the noise appears.

I just listened to it again and the noise is only slight "wrrrrrr"

I don't want to RMA it again (I think this time is my fault :( ), but I want to be sure that the slight noise (or the bump) is nothing to worry about.
 

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I brought a windforce 760 last week and the plastic casing is so long it doesn't fit in my case.
So I took a pair of scissors and cut off the casing as far back as I could without cutting off the actual fan. I was pretty rough with it when cutting (plastic was really hard!)
Now it fits and works perfect.
 

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I tried to push the shroud gently from the side, touching the center fans (more like touching it with very little pressure), but the noise remains.

Very well then, I'll try not to concern about it as long as the card still running fine. Thanks for the help, guys.