Has anyone replaced/fixed a noisy fan on this card? After a few months of use mine now often makes a squealing sound.
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A drop of oil into the fan base will often solve this noise. Use a dropper for this.
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Yes. with little activity the fan hardly runs. With more processing it really blows. I found the problem with mine was some Toshiba installed gaming that was running all the time. causing the fan to run on high all the time. I couldn't figure out how to turn the game off (or how it even got turned on) so I just uninstalled it and my machine now runs quiet.
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John, I'm sorry. It turns out that the problem with my computer was unrelated to the card. As for upgrading your PSU, I'm not sure if I would be able to give you useful advice.
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It isn't significant running in typical environments. System intense rendering can get that fan humming but it still isn't annoying. I control the fan while running Bootcamp and crank it to max when gaming and only then is it very loud. However I am okay with that cause you need to keep a card cool for gaming.
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i have the same problem as well, the fan is really noisy when in the mode of battery saving!
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No but if you play games with high settings the fan sound because needed to cool down the graphic card. If you only you to play movies or use office the fan doesn't make any noise
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Mine works well, fans are very loud. They sent me replacements haven't installed yet...
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Mine does this too, I was told that the fan is turning on and for some reason it is surging. It only does this when in standby mode, does yours do it when in use as well or just stand by?
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Just one question that should fix the noise .. Have you cleaned the blades of the fans? They will get dirty and in 6 months very dirty.
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I've been using mine since the 680 first came out and I haven't had a single issue. It helps if you create a custom fan profile within EVGA Precision X in order to ramp the fans up higher and keep the card cooler. I've had it overclocked since I bought it and haven't had any artifacts or crashes, well no crashes because of the overclock. My advice to you would be to wait for the new 700 Nvidia cards to come out in the next couple months and buy one of those instead depending on the price.
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Does anyone who installed windows 8 have trouble with a very loud fan noise? I contacted acer support about the fan noise and they said windows 8 might be the problem.
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It has a slider that allows you to change the fan speed. If the fan is at the slowest setting it is pretty quiet, if it is at max it's a loud hum. It's been awhile since I installed the card and have forgotten how much my temp lowered, but it was noticeable.
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I ended up replacing mine. It was noisy and would stop on its own. I'd simply replace it!
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I have not had that occur. I wish I could tell you more about what is causing that noise. It might have done so, but I had mine installed by a professional and I was not there for the testing. I have not had a power failure so it has not had to kick in either, so I haven't heard it in operation.
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I only had this problem on my first two start up.The fan was very loud, not sure what the problem was.but now i had the laptop for about 2 weeks now it seem like the fan has quite down.
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No, I have had my fan since last year and it works fine. It is a little noisy, but apparently they all are. We love it.
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Hello Debby, The short answer to that is no, I have had two of these PW3500s and apart from the cooling fan which is very quite they make no noise, even on full load. John.