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Vibrating

Gabbatek

Gabbatek

Gabbatek

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Hello i have a 280x toxic which i bought about a month a go. When the fans spin up it does this annoying vibrating noise.

what can i do? do you think its a fan bearing?
 
They use bearingless fans so it aint that!! ;)

Check its fixed down right and also check nothing is touching the card.

It should not vibrate !
If it did my missus would be round like a shot! :D I wish.... :rolleyes:
 
Pretty sure its all in correctly. It did it before i changed the motherboard. Happens at certain rpms. Mrs is playing sims and i can hear it above the fans :(
 
Manual fan control on catalyst control at 42% causes it to do it. But anything between 40-46 does it. Its coming from the first fan sounds like its rubbing on the heat sink
 
Can be a defective fan, can be something else that gets on the same frequency as the fans and starts to vibrate, can be something else becoming loose (like a screw).
 
My custom 7950 had the same problem, one of the fans made a vibrating noise. I later found out that it was due to the protective hard plastic of the cooler, i put a pencil on the PSU to hold that plastic cover just a few mm higher than normal and the vibration is gone :)
 
I'll give it a try later, will prop card up and also take it out have a proper look. Anybody know what the return policy is regarding this issue? Or the warranty?
 
All sorted, examined the card and a few screws were loose around the card.

Also gave me the chance to do some cable management as im lazy
 
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Help, still doing it. I've checked everything, i've just managed to lower the vibrating a little to only do it at 41%

is this something i can return to the manufacturer ?
 
Gabbatek said:
is it something that is not covered under warranty?

it clearly just needs a few fan or some more spacing between the fan wire and the fan.


GRRRRRR
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Try it, I just didn't want downtime. It's probably the weight of the card making it so heavy it's not straight.
 
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