How do I fix a Grinding GPU fan?

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How do I fix a grinding GPU?

It grinds around at a certain speed, 55-70 and stop at any speed lower and higher than those numbers. Happens when I stress my GPU from video gaming or 3D rendering.

The sound came after I was done wiping dust off my GPU fan. Did I do something?

Please dont say I need to buy new one, I don't have money. Any home-style fixed I could do to sort such technical problem. :(
 
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some company's like XFX will send you a new fan under warrantee or look over at e-bay for used pull out fans

http://www.ebay.com/sch/GPU-Cooling-Fans/80151/bn_648942/i.html

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=gpu%20fan&Submit=ENE


https://www.amazon.com/Graphics-Card-Fans/b?ie=UTF8&node=3015421011

just have to hunt and match up for your card I used fans that were not for a card like one from a old 6850 sapphire in to a 7850 powercolor

size was smaller and mounting holes did not match up but a small drop of ca glue fixed that

also try to remove your fan and then pull the sticker back and theres a hole with a plug [most times] pull out that plug and put a small drop of oil in it...
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some company's like XFX will send you a new fan under warrantee or look over at e-bay for used pull out fans

http://www.ebay.com/sch/GPU-Cooling-Fans/80151/bn_648942/i.html

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=gpu%20fan&Submit=ENE


https://www.amazon.com/Graphics-Card-Fans/b?ie=UTF8&node=3015421011

just have to hunt and match up for your card I used fans that were not for a card like one from a old 6850 sapphire in to a 7850 powercolor

size was smaller and mounting holes did not match up but a small drop of ca glue fixed that

also try to remove your fan and then pull the sticker back and theres a hole with a plug [most times] pull out that plug and put a small drop of oil in it to lube the fan bearings [I used a drop of dextron 3 ATF last time I had to lube a fan for example ]

3 in 1 ,sewing mech oil , wd40 ect,,,,,,, any house hold lube oil or light machine oil should do the trick


http://www.overclock.net/t/773256/prepping-a-sleeve-bearing-fan-for-work
 
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by any chance is it threatening to my GPU life span?

 
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try to oil it like I showed above and may be fine you may of pushed a speck of dust in to the bearing not a big deal in my opinion it would need to be one heck of a wad dust to throw it that bad off balance I got a card with one fan blade broke off and not doing that bad then I super glued it back on works fine for years
 
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If i can't unfix this, would my GPU still last a year /w a grinding / scratching fan or would it die out in months cause of it? :(
 
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as long as its cooling properly if nothing else you may find a old unused card with a good fan and scab it in ? I got a 7850 with a 6850 fan in it mounting hole did not line up / the same but I just used a drop of CA glue to hold it in to place .

with out being there for any hands on to see what you really got going on hard to say for sure . should be just 3 little screws holding the fan in just pop them out and flip fan over pull back the sticker and remove that plug thing and add a small drop of oil /lube

unless you physically damaged the fan my old case fand I got to lube about once a year or so or they get noisy

http://www.overclock.net/t/773256/prepping-a-sleeve-bearing-fan-for-work

any light mech oil should do as like I listed above a drip can of 3 in 1 about the best all around use

https://www.3inone.com/products/multi-purpose/

just about any place sells something like it maybe your mom got sewing machine oil a round ??
 
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The oil worked! No more grinding sound. Thank you so much! T.T Now I don't have to find work to buy a new GPU fan.

Though I just found there's another problem in which my GPU temps are abnormally higher by 10c during web browsing from 33c to 50c+ T^T and i need to re-apply thermal paste. Sigh.
 
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