Topic: Replace fans Sapphire 7970 11197-03-40G? (Read 1291 times)
Thank you for your help, I will check it out.
What makes you think its the fans? Is there a sound from them? You may try to replace thermal paste. If the fans are failing, replace them with 2 usual 80mm fans.
No they sound normal, just the cooling degradation. Does the paste fail?
Yes, the paste can fail - it dries up. You can see its bad when you separate the heatsink from the processor.
You can pick up a new 7970 fan on ebay, which may be worth changing while you have the cards off line. But start with a good vacuum clean through the heatsink vents.
The oil you see probably isn't from the fan, but from the heatsink pads for the ram chips.
What makes you think its the fans? Is there a sound from them? You may try to replace thermal paste. If the fans are failing, replace them with 2 usual 80mm fans.
No they sound normal, just the cooling degradation. Does the paste fail?
What makes you think its the fans? Is there a sound from them? You may try to replace thermal paste. If the fans are failing, replace them with 2 usual 80mm fans.
Sapphire 7970 11197-03-40G. I think that I have a fan failing on this card & I wonder if any of you found a way to replace these fans. I noticed some oil on the pcb. Would that be from the fan motor? It no longer cools as effectively as it did. Thank you.
Have you thought about re-applying the thermal paste? Maybe it has dried out.
You can buy a aftermarket cooler and replace the stock one. However, tempering with the gpu will void your warranty so you way not want to do that.
Another solution is to buy a box fan and point directly at the gpu.
Another solution is to buy a box fan and point directly at the gpu.
Sapphire 7970 11197-03-40G. I think that I have a fan failing on this card & I wonder if any of you found a way to replace these fans. I noticed some oil on the pcb. Would that be from the fan motor? It no longer cools as effectively as it did. Thank you.
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