Sapphire 7950 Fan Issue.

Kangarang

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Jun 12, 2013
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Long story, bear with with me. so I was mining dogecoin, I heard what I thought was my GPU fans ramping up. I paid no attention to it until I heard a bang, and then a rumble. I shut down my PC and opened the side panel. A fan blade has come off of my sapphire 7950 dual-x. My theory is that the fan began to wobble as the RPM went up and a fan blade hit the heatsink. My evidence is the scratches on the bottom of the broken fan blade.

So Toms Hardware, what do I do? I have these choices.
1: buy a replacement 85mm fan.
2: buy a replacement heatsink 3: RMA with sapphire
4: Ask sapphire to mail me a new fan
5: Superglue and sticky tape

EDIT: What are your guys thoughts on Sapphire customer support? How was your previous experience?

Thanks in advance!
 
Sapphire isnt know for the best service, but its not bad by any means.
Personally ordering a fan would void the warranty
A replacement heatsink isnt worth it unless you need lower temps
Asking sapphire for a fan well see next options
Might as well RMA it, it will stay under warranty, you know you will get it fixed right, and you dont have to worry about it, again.
Living in the sierra nevadas I would like to recommend the tape method, but my PC side says no.