- Aug 25, 2001
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Both of my probably 2.5-year-old Gigabyte GTX460 1GB OC WindForce cards, seem to have a failing fan.
One card it's the first fan (slow RPMs reported). The other card, it's the second fan.
Should I RMA them, will Gigabyte give me two new fan shrouds for the cards? Or will they replace them with some other card? (Hopefully NOT a 192-bit GF114-based "V3" model.)
The cards themselves seem fine otherwise. And because they have two fans, and not just one, the other non-failing fan seems to keep temps in check, at least according to the temp sensor read by Precision.
Edit: Do you think I could contact them about some replacement fans/shrouds? Would I have to remove the heatsink, unscrewing from the back of the card, to replace the fan shrouds? Or do they just clip on? I think that the fans are plugged into the PCB using a connector that can be removed.
I don't really want to mess with the heatsink, I would be concerned that I would screw it up, but if the fan shrouds snap off, then I would replace them.
Edit: Hmm, just tried taking one of them apart. Apparently, you have to take the whole heatsink off, using the screws on the back of the card, to get the front plastic shroud with the fans off. Sucks.
Will probably have to RMA them.
One card it's the first fan (slow RPMs reported). The other card, it's the second fan.
Should I RMA them, will Gigabyte give me two new fan shrouds for the cards? Or will they replace them with some other card? (Hopefully NOT a 192-bit GF114-based "V3" model.)
The cards themselves seem fine otherwise. And because they have two fans, and not just one, the other non-failing fan seems to keep temps in check, at least according to the temp sensor read by Precision.
Edit: Do you think I could contact them about some replacement fans/shrouds? Would I have to remove the heatsink, unscrewing from the back of the card, to replace the fan shrouds? Or do they just clip on? I think that the fans are plugged into the PCB using a connector that can be removed.
I don't really want to mess with the heatsink, I would be concerned that I would screw it up, but if the fan shrouds snap off, then I would replace them.
Edit: Hmm, just tried taking one of them apart. Apparently, you have to take the whole heatsink off, using the screws on the back of the card, to get the front plastic shroud with the fans off. Sucks.
Will probably have to RMA them.
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