Asus GTX 970 Strix - Weird bumping noise?

[spenncerr]

Hey guys,

I've got the above card and recently, it has been making a weird bumping noise when the card is under load and the fans are spinning.

You can hear it here.

Any idea what this could be? I've googled high and low and not found anything that sounds like this.

Cheers.

 

[LordFeste]

I currently have a 970 Strix and I got absolutely no idea where on the card a noise like that could come from. Are you certain it's the card?

 

[spenncerr]

Hey LordFeste,

Was my mistake, I have the card at the bottom of my case and the wire for USB3.0 on my motherboard was stopping the right fan from spinning and was causing this clicking noise! Hopefully this hasn't damaged the card at all! I feel very silly.