My Geforce 128mb TI 4600 is making noise in my PC

[Uppie1414]

Sounds like the fan is trying to run, but it's struggling to keep going? Any ideas? :-(

 

[mwmorph]

maybe oil it up a little until you have the time to replace the fan. I used WD-40(it's not conductive) to fix noise on my old Geforce 2 ultra. It's fine after all this time( a couple months now)

 

[blckgrffn]

New fan for you!

Nat

 

[Uppie1414]

Yeah, it struggles to turn....maybe I'll WD it up

Thanks! Any other ideas?

 

[Munky]

I remember the same thing happened to my old radeon 9000p. It made a loud squeal, and a few days later it stopped working altogether. Lucky for me, the card ran fine with the fan off, just on passive cooling, but I dont think a gf4600 is gonna survive without a fan. I'm not sure if oiling it is gonna help, (maybe temporarily), but it sounds like either get a new fan, or get ready to be shopping for a new card.

 

[VIAN]

or if it has lots of dust. Vacuum it.

 

[Uppie1414]

Originally posted by: VIAN
or if it has lots of dust. Vacuum it.

you were right, thanks!