[Ventilator] High-pitched noise RTX 3070 FE
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AluMinioume Posted messages 3107 Registration date Status Member Last intervention -
AluMinioume Posted messages 3107 Registration date Status Member Last intervention -
Hello hello,
I need your advice, I have an RTX 3070 FE and the right fan is starting to make this kind of noise when it exceeds a certain percentage of speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpg6-co4JK4
It makes this noise even if I tap on the bearing with my finger, if I push the fan down with my finger, if I position the graphics card vertically.
I watched this guy do a complete teardown of the FE but I'm bad at English, the part I'm interested in is at 23 minutes when he removes the fan:
https://youtu.be/JMsKvGb2_PY?t=1382
Well, we can see that these are still NVIDIA-specific fans.
I really don't have the courage to send the RTX back to LDLC, considering the GPU shortage and the repair time, the shipping of the package, without a replacement graphics card…. for a fan issue when the GPU works fine apart from that.
And strangely, on this type of GPU, there is no warranty tape.
The teardown video motivated me to do the same, I even think that you just have to unscrew the fan without disassembling the whole system, but unfortunately, there's the infamous glue on the fan connector and that's problematic, I don't know what this type of connection is called.
I would like to have your advice on how to proceed before I do something stupid.
1. First, to know what type this connector is, if this kind of fan can be found on the market, not necessarily the same brand/model just to replace the defective fan, I can't find anything online even with the reference of the guy in the video.
2. If that's not possible, I'd like to know if it's possible to change the entire cooling system to ultimately have a quieter result than the original stock, and if so, with what?
3. Or simply if it's possible to repair this fan with a product that acts as a lubricant? I've never done this kind of repair and I don't know what product to use or even if disassembling the fan is a good thing in itself.
Thank you for your time.
All advice is welcome.
I need your advice, I have an RTX 3070 FE and the right fan is starting to make this kind of noise when it exceeds a certain percentage of speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpg6-co4JK4
It makes this noise even if I tap on the bearing with my finger, if I push the fan down with my finger, if I position the graphics card vertically.
I watched this guy do a complete teardown of the FE but I'm bad at English, the part I'm interested in is at 23 minutes when he removes the fan:
https://youtu.be/JMsKvGb2_PY?t=1382
Well, we can see that these are still NVIDIA-specific fans.
I really don't have the courage to send the RTX back to LDLC, considering the GPU shortage and the repair time, the shipping of the package, without a replacement graphics card…. for a fan issue when the GPU works fine apart from that.
And strangely, on this type of GPU, there is no warranty tape.
The teardown video motivated me to do the same, I even think that you just have to unscrew the fan without disassembling the whole system, but unfortunately, there's the infamous glue on the fan connector and that's problematic, I don't know what this type of connection is called.
I would like to have your advice on how to proceed before I do something stupid.
1. First, to know what type this connector is, if this kind of fan can be found on the market, not necessarily the same brand/model just to replace the defective fan, I can't find anything online even with the reference of the guy in the video.
2. If that's not possible, I'd like to know if it's possible to change the entire cooling system to ultimately have a quieter result than the original stock, and if so, with what?
3. Or simply if it's possible to repair this fan with a product that acts as a lubricant? I've never done this kind of repair and I don't know what product to use or even if disassembling the fan is a good thing in itself.
Thank you for your time.
All advice is welcome.
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Hi, honestly given the noise it makes, personally I would have sent it back and requested a new one. Taking it apart could void the warranty and you’re not sure it’ll work again afterwards.
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I made a mistake, the noise is too loud in my video of the post ^^
The noise is quieter at my place, it's more of a humming sound like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5LzIDNeyuc -
Hi,
I recently had a similar problem with an Asus RTX 2060 card. The fan was making a high-pitched noise, much louder than yours, around 13 kHz.
In your case, the fan is rattling; the bearing might be nearing the end of its life.
On some fans, the center is covered with a sticker that you can remove; underneath there’s a hole that gives access to the bearing. If you have some fine oil or something like that, you can try to inject a little; sometimes it helps.
In my case, the center of the fan wouldn’t come off, so I had to replace it. Since these graphics card fans are not standard, you need to do a bit of searching; I found a compatible fan on AliExpress for my card (10 €). There were 4 screws on the center of the fan (to unscrew through the blades), plus one eccentric screw. In my case, the connector wasn’t glued but was hard to reach as it was located under the plastic shroud... I would have liked to remove this shroud, but it is riveted to the GPU cooler, and if you remove it, you have to put a conductive material back on later. Anyway, I removed the fan connector as best as I could by pushing with a screwdriver in one hand and pulling on the connector with the other.
I don’t know about Nvidia’s FE models, but for all these graphics cards, it’s relatively the same.
Regarding the glue, maybe try to soften it with a hairdryer.
As for the type of connector, it’s a PWM connector, but that just characterizes the signals of the connector; the connector itself varies depending on the manufacturers who make it their own way, which is another reason why the fan isn’t standard.
