X700 Heat Sink and Fan

[tplarkin7]

I noticed something strange with the fan and heat sink on an ATI x700 PCIe card. After replacing the fan, it makes noise on boot up. If I touch the heat sink with the tip of a screw driver, the fan immediately operates normally.

Is this static buildup?

 

[rolli59]

Sounds more like vibration.

 

[tplarkin7]

You may be right, but I'm not holding it with the screwdriver. I simply tap the heat sink for a breif moment. Perhaps that's all that's needed to settle the card from vibrating.

The next time I boot, I'll experiment to verify if it's just vibrating too much.

Thanks!

 

[tplarkin7]

You were correct rolli. It's vibration. By holding the heatsink, the fan stopped vibrating and making noise.

On boot up, all of the fans blast at 100% which appears to be too much for the graphics card fan.

 

[tplarkin7]

Best answer selected by tplarkin7.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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