Noisey GT Cooler

[KWJay]

Hi. Just got my Gainward 7900gt 512s from OCUK and one of the coolers is making a very annoying whiney noise. The other just makes normal fan noise, but the other produces a high pitch whine. I was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of this. i know its the fan as when i booted with just other card in there was no whine, and with this one on its own there was. and when i quickly pushed down on the fan to stop it spinning for a second at boot up the whine stopped.

Anyone got any ideas how to get rid of it? (other than buy a Zalman that is!)

 

[easyrider]

no sounds like the cooler is just a noisey one.

Get a zalman like you suggested.

 

[Darkwave]

It's a dodgy fan. I have had tons of fans in the past that went quiet if you tapped/stopped them for a moment, it's usually something to do with the bearings from what I have been told. It will also never go away and will decrease the life-span of the cooler.

Were I in your position I would RMA the card to OCuk while it's still covered by the warranty, with a full description of the problem and your technique for temporarily fixing it. They will either: -

a.) Fit a new cooler entirely and send the card back with warranty intact.
b.) Send the card back to Gainward and send you a whole new card.
c.) Send the card back to Gainward, who will replace the cooler and send it back.

The other option, as you know, is to buy a Zalman VF900-Cu (which really is always a good idea, faulty cooler or not) but you'd be getting the urges to buy two if you're using SLi.

 

[KWJay]

Thanks Exsomnis, thats what i thought. To be honest im fed up with RMAing things since the prblem with my other pair of GT's and since its payday on monday i think i'll just order the Zalman for the card with the noisey fan then wait til next payday to order the other one! Thank god i can leave my pc alone after that until DX10 cards become the norm and more affordable. That is unless AMD release some kinda Uber chip in their new socket!!

 

[Darkwave]

Yeah it can be a pain, but it's better to be safe than sorry. One of my Akasa case fans was just like your cooler, it had to be tapped or it would grind a lot.

It recently died. Luckily that was not a GPU cooler I had to throw in the bin.

 

[KWJay]

Yeah, specially with these puppies! luckily they alread have heatsinks on the ram chips so i don't have to shell out for them!