- Feb 24, 2014
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Going to go into detail to make sure nothing's left out, here goes:
The fans on my HD 7870 have been bad for a while. One of them stopped running completely a long time ago (no idea when, it was a long time before I thought to actually check the fans themselves), and the other has been rattling, making that whining/squeaking sound. I don't have the money to replace the GPU (if I did I'd get a 1050 Ti, which is only marginally better but still way out of my price range), and the GPU has never really run over 70-80 Celsius since the big cleaning (mentioned below), and that's only when playing graphically demanding games.
A month or two ago I did a massive cleanout of the computer, including removing the CPU stock cooler, cleaning it, removing/reapplying the thermal paste, etc. This included the fans on the computer and the GPU fan. It seemed to work a bit better after that, though I'd still hear minor rattling at times.
Over the last couple of days I've heard a louder sound, and finally realized that it was the GPU again. I used compressed air (standard can size) on it, and at one point a *bit* of that mist came out, hitting it. I waited a few minutes and blew more air on it (that didn't mist) to make sure it was dry and back to a more normal temperature. When I blew the air, I noticed that the fan was spinning fairly free, though I'm not sure if it was the right direction (I know that spinning it in the wrong direction can be bad, and stopped as soon as I noticed).
I plugged everything back in, turned the computer on, and didn't hear anything from the GPU. I noticed that I had the HDMI plugged into the wrong slot (had it in the mobo instead), plugged it into the GPU, and the display came on. There was a message along the lines of an error, something (I forget what, it's been a while and my memory is terrible) followed by "change to 1920 x 1080," or something like that. I unplugged the HDMI from the GPU, plugged it back into the GPU, and it came back on without that message. I don't know if that message was from the computer or the monitor.
That's when I looked down under the GPU again - neither fan was spinning, now. I ran Speccy to see if it was being recognized - it is, and it's running at a normal temp. So I checked SpeedFan just to be certain...and it started running (the one running fan). Nothing abnormal, sounded like it has recently (before the increase in vibration). As soon as I stopped SpeedFan, the fan stopped again.
Is there any explanation for this? Is the GPU bad? I'm going to replace it as soon as I can anyway, but that might not be for a while. Any information or help would be really appreciated. Thanks.
EDIT: I restarted the computer, ran SpeedFan again, this time the fan isn't working. At all. It's still being recognized in Speccy.
The fans on my HD 7870 have been bad for a while. One of them stopped running completely a long time ago (no idea when, it was a long time before I thought to actually check the fans themselves), and the other has been rattling, making that whining/squeaking sound. I don't have the money to replace the GPU (if I did I'd get a 1050 Ti, which is only marginally better but still way out of my price range), and the GPU has never really run over 70-80 Celsius since the big cleaning (mentioned below), and that's only when playing graphically demanding games.
A month or two ago I did a massive cleanout of the computer, including removing the CPU stock cooler, cleaning it, removing/reapplying the thermal paste, etc. This included the fans on the computer and the GPU fan. It seemed to work a bit better after that, though I'd still hear minor rattling at times.
Over the last couple of days I've heard a louder sound, and finally realized that it was the GPU again. I used compressed air (standard can size) on it, and at one point a *bit* of that mist came out, hitting it. I waited a few minutes and blew more air on it (that didn't mist) to make sure it was dry and back to a more normal temperature. When I blew the air, I noticed that the fan was spinning fairly free, though I'm not sure if it was the right direction (I know that spinning it in the wrong direction can be bad, and stopped as soon as I noticed).
I plugged everything back in, turned the computer on, and didn't hear anything from the GPU. I noticed that I had the HDMI plugged into the wrong slot (had it in the mobo instead), plugged it into the GPU, and the display came on. There was a message along the lines of an error, something (I forget what, it's been a while and my memory is terrible) followed by "change to 1920 x 1080," or something like that. I unplugged the HDMI from the GPU, plugged it back into the GPU, and it came back on without that message. I don't know if that message was from the computer or the monitor.
That's when I looked down under the GPU again - neither fan was spinning, now. I ran Speccy to see if it was being recognized - it is, and it's running at a normal temp. So I checked SpeedFan just to be certain...and it started running (the one running fan). Nothing abnormal, sounded like it has recently (before the increase in vibration). As soon as I stopped SpeedFan, the fan stopped again.
Is there any explanation for this? Is the GPU bad? I'm going to replace it as soon as I can anyway, but that might not be for a while. Any information or help would be really appreciated. Thanks.
EDIT: I restarted the computer, ran SpeedFan again, this time the fan isn't working. At all. It's still being recognized in Speccy.
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