A strange loud really annoying humming sound started coming from my computer, upon investigation I have determined that it is being produced by the way the fan on the graphics card is connected to the graphics card. I disconnected the fan from the graphics card, with the fan still running and the humming was gone, put it back on and the annoying noise started up again, Now my question is what can i do to fix this problem? The fan is attached to the graphics card by 2 springloaded plastic rods, and there is some white goo between the fan and graphics card.
Problem with graphics card fan..?
if it's under warranty, send it back for a replacement. if it isn't under warranty, you'll have to fix it yourself. you might as well just remove the whole cooling assembly and buy an aftermarket VGA cooler at this point (doing this will void your warranty if it hasn't already expired).
Zalman makes popular VGA coolers that are pretty universal. they're bigger than your stock assembly, so you'll have to leave the PCI slot next to your vid card open. but they cool better than stock coolers, so you might notice a slight performance increase.
that white goo is thermal paste, and it's necessary to help transfer heat from your card to the heatsinks. don't take it off unless you're putting a new cooler on.
Problem with graphics card fan..?
yeah davedave0 is right get a new vga cooling kit vantec have a complete kit for 20 bucks and it includes the fan hetasinks 3-4 pin adt thremal tape and thermal grease
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