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12-30-2011   #1


Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
 
 

Graphics card squeal - is it normal with a GPU fan?

Is it true that fan-related squeals from graphics cards are normal? I have NVIDIA GeForce 9300, and it emits a low squealing noise that stops after around 5 minutes. It comes up randomly again and stops again after a matter of seconds. So far nothing has happened. It HAS a GPU fan, so I'd like to know what the case is.

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12-30-2011   #2


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 / Ubuntu 11.04 x64
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by UdAkDev View Post
Is it true that fan-related squeals from graphics cards are normal? I have NVIDIA GeForce 9300, and it emits a low squealing noise that stops after around 5 minutes. It comes up randomly again and stops again after a matter of seconds. So far nothing has happened. It HAS a GPU fan, so I'd like to know what the case is.
After constant use the grease in the bearings for the fan may start to either harder or run out. On a GPU that old I would say its normal if its coming from the fan and not some other component like a capacitor or a voltage regulator.
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12-30-2011   #3


Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
 
 


Thanks! What happens if it DOES come from a capacitor?
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12-30-2011   #4


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 / Ubuntu 11.04 x64
 
 


Basically a capacitor acts as a buffer and "cleans" the electricity by preventing ripple currents

If a capacitor goes bad it will look like this:

If a capacitor goes bad it could interupt the electrical circuit on the GPU and cause issues like excessive power draw or even killing the GPU altogether because it cannot protect it form power spikes.
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12-30-2011   #5


Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
 
 


Does that cause squealing noises as well?
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12-30-2011   #6


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 / Ubuntu 11.04 x64
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by UdAkDev View Post
Does that cause squealing noises as well?
Capacitors that start to go bad may sqeal, but once they go bad they generally dont make any more noise because there is no more electrical current that can pass through it.

What I would do is watch the GPU fan from the moment you power on your pc and see if there is any correlation to the noise.
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12-30-2011   #7


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1
 
 


when i had a squeaking noise, to determine the source, i stuck my finger in the gpu fan to stop it momentarily, to see if noise went away, and it did.. source found lol.

do that at your own risk though, i had great cooling the gpu from front and side to keep it cool during my experiment, and had my finger dangling over the power button just incase things got warm
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