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This CPU fan has been making a whine/clicking noise on and off for months, often it goes away by its self, other times i have to stop the fan with my finger then it starts up again silently. After adding a few PCI cards my mobo (Asus P5Q Pro Turbo), said "CPU fan error". Now the noise is WAY louder and consistent regardless of dusting, cleaning and re-inserting the power. Cold booting make it worse.
So is this fan failing? If so am i able to simply buy another fan and attach it to the heat sink, since i REALLY want to avoid changing that? The fan seems to have two "clips" that attach to the heat sink; if i buy another Arctic Freezer 7 Pro could i simply detach the old and attach the new and problem solved? Also I don't know which version i have as it doesn't seem to say on the fan (but i bought it over four years ago) and only Version 2 is available so are the fans backwards compatible? Finally can i buy this as a replacement? It says its a "case" fan and i don't see any "clips" so don't know if it would fit. Thansk
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-017-AR&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=820
So is this fan failing? If so am i able to simply buy another fan and attach it to the heat sink, since i REALLY want to avoid changing that? The fan seems to have two "clips" that attach to the heat sink; if i buy another Arctic Freezer 7 Pro could i simply detach the old and attach the new and problem solved? Also I don't know which version i have as it doesn't seem to say on the fan (but i bought it over four years ago) and only Version 2 is available so are the fans backwards compatible? Finally can i buy this as a replacement? It says its a "case" fan and i don't see any "clips" so don't know if it would fit. Thansk
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-017-AR&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=820
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