Diagnose wiring GPU fan – (is this a sign of trouble?)

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About a month ago I upgraded my GPU to a Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro+ Vapor-X 24GB. After a few days is started making a bit of a wiring noise when the PC is powered on. Over the last few weeks this noise has is got louder. To see what I mean please check this link.

During gaming the fan isn't noisy, it just seems to happen on start-up. Does this mean by GPU is faulty and should be returned?

In the video please overlook:
  • The stupid noise my Edifier G2000 speakers make when they are powered on (I should work out how to disable this).
  • My dusty case. In real life it does not look at bad honest!
  • Cable management
 
That is indeed the sound of a fan clipping something. It might be helpful to lay the PC on it's side so you can observe and record the GPU fans during the startup (assuming it is that).

If you get your head in there and listen closely (putting aside the coincidence of a recent gpu change), does it sound like it's coming from the GPU? It could be you(or whoever) switched the GPU, disturbed some wiring whilst fiddling around and now a front fan(or any fan) is catching a wire or loose/unused connector, or even a cable tie.

If you got ears and 5 minutes it shouldn't be hard to narrow down exactly where the origin is, and if it is the GPU and there's no obvious obstruction to the fans, then maybe there's a faulty fan on the GPU (lay PC on side, observe fans during startup).
 
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Thanks all, In the end it was quite hard to diagnose (so I ignored it for a while longer). It tuned out to be the GPU sagging down. When I lifted the unsecured end of the GPU up one millimetre with my finger the noise when away. I now have a GPU support stand and the noise is gone.
 
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