Topic: GPU fans started failing, had to improvise a little (Read 10449 times)

Can confirm, Sapphire rolls out some designs that are just shit. Their RX 470 4GB stock design cards were a similar shit design with exploding mosfets. I have had over 30 out of about 200 fail on me with the exact same mosfet issue. And the burn was so severe that sapphire has even refused RMA on two of those 30.
No other brand/model have failed for me - not even sapphires other models.

Nicely done... a true miner can't be stopped by a simple fan   
I have a few Gigabytes, they are working for more than 2 years and they are doing quite well, both in performance and fans (one had problems in one), and I also have MSIs, that are not so good in terms of performance, but are also doing good...
maybe I was lucky with the series or something... always heard that the Asus were prone to problems...

In my experience its the other way around, the ASUS brand seems to have held up the most and  Sapphire was the 2nd worst.

Don't know which model you are talking about with Sapphire but those Sapphire Dual-X 280X which had exploding MOSFETs and also featured crappy sleeve bearing fans which were as bad as Gigabyte pretty much.

The Gigabyte was a step up because their warranty was easier to deal with. With Sapphire you need to be original owner, have receipt and ship it overseas for repair. Something not worth doing for a simple fan swap.

Its all about the batch you had and the maintenance you do..

I have Gigabytes 280x Windforce (12 of them) and only a few needed fan repairs..

All my Sapphire 7950 VaporX fans are dead.. (+40 boards.. maybe 1 fan still working, all the rest replaced) after 2-3 years.


The culprit is the metal bushing... oil dries and they get stuck. Get fans with ball bearings and forget about troubles.

MY current Gigabyte AORUS 1070s are spinning like 1st day, after +2 years non stop.

Dont blame the brand, its the model you buy

Gigabyte GPU fan doesn't work anymore and also there are so many issues associated with it and people are actually complaing but I heard Sapphire is a good one

Gigabyte GPU fans are the worst you can ever imagine, don't even imagine it. If you want pace of mind then you go for Sapphire

Well, as I said previously, and in another thread in here, I've had many ASUS cards and they've all been doing very well. The dust-repellent ball-bearing fans they put on even the low-end entry-grade GPUs are very, very good. I can really recommend them. I just sold 14 ASUS RX 570 Expedition OC's and they were spotless after mining two and a half years in my attic.

Gigabyte is the worse of them and then asus, best is sapphire, hands down.

I've dealt with the bad Gigabyte Windforce fans since the 2013 Litecoin mining days when the Radeon 7950/7970 were constantly throttling due to at least 1 fan failing. These are the ones with the triple fan setup. They said that since it has 3 fans it would run cooler, quieter and fans are more durable, completely untrue.

I would RMA them and a few months later, same issue. It was usually the fans closest to the opposite of the DVI+HDMI outputs section for some reason.

Your best bet is just to pull the blade and re-oil them monthly or as needed, and it usually gets them going again. I think the reason why they fail in mining rigs is due to being mounted vertically instead of horizontally like in a PC case, it causes more stress and they die prematurely.

always clean GPU fans on a monthly basis. Especially if you are mining!

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It has become evident that there is clearly quality issues with the fans Gigabyte's Windforce series graphics cards. I have come across hundreds of forum posts with people claiming they have had the following issues:

- Loud fan noises
- Fans failing to spin
- Bearing failures
- Fans hitting other internal components

Upon attempting to return their faulty graphics cards to Gigabyte or their retailer in which they purchased them from, many have experienced complete denial of any issues with the fans, some have been told they were using them for GPU mining - when they weren't, and many have still experienced the same issues after the repaired or replaced graphics card has been returned to them.

In my case, I was unlucky enough to purchase 120 of these graphics cards for my IT business to sell - So far, we have had over half of these fail which has caused irreparable damage to my business as my customers who purchased the graphics cards did not want to use any Gigabyte products anymore and demanded refunds. Since returning the faulty cards to my supplier only 4 weeks after purchasing them, I was completely denied of any refund and the cards were eventually repaired and sent back to me.
Although offering a warranty repair is a better outcome than nothing, these cards have been still experiencing the same issues so they have absolutely no resale value - I mean, who would purchase a graphics card that can't even survive 4 weeks out of a 3 year warranty?

I have since engaged a lawyer and will be taking the matter further.

The reason I have started this petition is because I know that there are potentially thousands of people who have experienced this poor quality issue from Gigabyte. For Gigabyte to turn around and deny any quality issues is absolutely unacceptable. I mean, google even has an autocorrect for "gigabyte windforce fan issues".

As far as I am aware, this only involves the Windforce series graphics cards - but could involve others.

If your Gigabyte graphics card contains the word "Windforce" this could affect you!

If you have personally experienced any issues with these graphics cards - please get in contact with me

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I experimented a bit today, removed plastic shround with fans from my Palit Gamerock 1080ti and attached two 120x1200x25mm fans directly to radiator:

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These fans blow like crazy, 183 m3/h, 3100rpm.

It made no difference at all to the temperature    Very surprised. I expected quite large drop of temperature, but got nothing. Put original fans back.

Not necessarily bad, however, why didn't you just buy replacement fans matching your GPU? You could easily find on eBay or AliExpress, with the same diameter and they would have been plug and play.

I had a lot of these crap fans fail also.

Basically get some floss, pull the blade out and reoil the bearing. Should be good for a few more months.

It is possible, the fans are usually attached to the shroud, and depending on the card, the shroud is usually attached to the card through some screws (the gigabyte ones I had only needed 4 screws, but will require a magnetic screw driver as it isnt easy to reach screws spots).

All the fans on my gigabyte windforce 270's shit the bed I was going to start using them again until the gpu prices go down but I'll have to cob some fans on them so agreed gigabyte fans suck

Given that the OP was able to replace stock fans with a more power efficient one, i'm thinking of doing the same for all my GPUs. Electricity is more expensive from where i mine so this is would boost profitability considerably while keeping my GPUs cooler. 2 birds with 1 stone.

Just wondering, can the fans be placed back and the GPU restored to its original state incase resale is needed?
Any other pros/cons of doing the same as OP?
 

When ASUS begins to fully secure their coolers to the card, Ill consider them once again;  but it will be hard to sway me away from EVGA's quality.

ASUS's problem is most of the time their cooler isn't held on by much but the die's screws.    if you bump the card or PCIE cable slightly in the wrong way, you end up needing to disassemble and re-paste it.

Maybe on their most recent stuff they have begun to do this;  but last I checked, it was still the same old crap.

The best thing is to leave only the heatsink and mainboard and put some delta 3000rpm fans and forget it.

I was watching an old video about gpu fans and the person who was doing the video said that they need to be have oil applied to them every few months of constant use because they are rubbing against metal at one time if the oil dries out.
Which they will eventually.