Off-topic: Asus RTX 3060ti Dual fan clicking sound.

[Ashuran]

Hello everyone. Anyone techie here can help me regarding my GPU fan?

My GPU fan has begun making some clicking sound like an old HDD at certain fan speed. Higher speed seems to remove the clicking sound.

I saw some suggest to lubricate the fan but am not sure if this is good. And if it is how do I go about it. Some say to completely remove the fan from its bearing to lube before snapping it back to place while some say there is a sticker on the back of the fans that we just peel to access the bearings to lube.

Help is appreciated thanks.

[orthostatic]

I don't have your GPU, no tips to offer except some very basic:
1) Watch this video. Be honest with yourself about whether or not you trust yourself to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vx-CIObV4
2) If you don't, find a local computer or electronics shop, go visit them, show them the video, and ask them how they'd approach the work.
3) Repeat 2 until you find someone you're comfortable with.

Fans break down eventually. If you're unlucky, they break down on the earlier end of the spectrum.

[Ashuran]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

I don't have your GPU, no tips to offer except some very basic:
1) Watch this video. Be honest with yourself about whether or not you trust yourself to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vx-CIObV4
2) If you don't, find a local computer or electronics shop, go visit them, show them the video, and ask them how they'd approach the work.
3) Repeat 2 until you find someone you're comfortable with.

Fans break down eventually. If you're unlucky, they break down on the earlier end of the spectrum.

Yea this is only 3 years old. My older 1060ti lasted 8 years without any problems

[Ashuran]

Originally posted by Geist:

Originally posted by Ashuran:

Yea this is only 3 years old. My older 1060ti lasted 8 years without any problems

I had a 3090ti that lasted for only 3 months before it died. You never can be sure, it can last 3 days or a decade.

True. At least yours is within instant replacement warranty. Mine just went beyond warranty lol

[Jon]

Sounds like a bearing wearing out, does no sound if you manually spin it when its turned off? You have to disassemble it regardless in order to get to the bearing to lube it.

[Cirrus]

Originally posted by Ashuran:

Originally posted by orthostatic:

I don't have your GPU, no tips to offer except some very basic:
1) Watch this video. Be honest with yourself about whether or not you trust yourself to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vx-CIObV4
2) If you don't, find a local computer or electronics shop, go visit them, show them the video, and ask them how they'd approach the work.
3) Repeat 2 until you find someone you're comfortable with.

Fans break down eventually. If you're unlucky, they break down on the earlier end of the spectrum.

Yea this is only 3 years old. My older 1060ti lasted 8 years without any problems

Asus has 3 year warranty on certain regions. You already went over that? This could be warranty case...

[TREXINATUX]

Ticking is usually one of or a combo of three things:
1. Overheating Issues
2. Power Supply Issues
3. Fan Issues

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Ashuran:

Off-topic: Asus RTX 3060ti Dual fan clicking sound.
Hello everyone. Anyone techie here can help me regarding my GPU fan?

My GPU fan has begun making some clicking sound like an old HDD at certain fan speed. Higher speed seems to remove the clicking sound.

I saw some suggest to lubricate the fan but am not sure if this is good. And if it is how do I go about it. Some say to completely remove the fan from its bearing to lube before snapping it back to place while some say there is a sticker on the back of the fans that we just peel to access the bearings to lube.

Help is appreciated thanks.

In general harmless. I recommend a on view check with dusting and checking the screws. If you cannot find anything which makes you weary it is probably just borderline software issues, where the heat is between two profiles by 1° and it has troulbe to maintain one profile due to borderline stress.

Use MSI Afterburner to adjust the fancurve and eventually make a custom reaction fancurve. I have mine adjusted quite aggressive since I know about some weird behaviour with games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Pathfinder - you can set the fans to 100% while the game is running, and you should not have any more troubles.

[jrf773]

Look inside with a flashlight to make sure nothing is hitting the fans (like a wire or a zip tie off a wire)

Give it a good cleaning, then see what happens. Can of air.

If that doesn't do it, do the bearing grease thing if you feel up to it, if not, contact a local tech support type.

[Ashuran]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Ashuran:

Off-topic: Asus RTX 3060ti Dual fan clicking sound.
Hello everyone. Anyone techie here can help me regarding my GPU fan?

My GPU fan has begun making some clicking sound like an old HDD at certain fan speed. Higher speed seems to remove the clicking sound.

I saw some suggest to lubricate the fan but am not sure if this is good. And if it is how do I go about it. Some say to completely remove the fan from its bearing to lube before snapping it back to place while some say there is a sticker on the back of the fans that we just peel to access the bearings to lube.

Help is appreciated thanks.

In general harmless. I recommend a on view check with dusting and checking the screws. If you cannot find anything which makes you weary it is probably just borderline software issues, where the heat is between two profiles by 1° and it has troulbe to maintain one profile due to borderline stress.

Use MSI Afterburner to adjust the fancurve and eventually make a custom reaction fancurve. I have mine adjusted quite aggressive since I know about some weird behaviour with games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Pathfinder - you can set the fans to 100% while the game is running, and you should not have any more troubles.

Yep am using MSI afterburner.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to answer.

Update: I opened my PC and removed my GPU. I lubricated it a bit and so far it is quiet now. I did not remove the fan though and just sprayed carefully between the fan and its base and hoped the lubricant seeped down into the bearing. Syringe would have been better but I did not have it so I needed to be very careful so that no lubricant would fall into the chipset of the GPU since the straw can still blast a bit of lube in a spread. I think at most some lube might have gotten to the upper metal heatsink though I did not see any. I waited a few minutes for the lube to dry out while laying the gpu flat on its back with the fans pointing upward so that the lube would seep down while I occasionally spin it in the hope that it spreads the lube around better. So far so good though very quiet. Again thanks everyone.

I used Blaster Silicone Lubricant just in case people want to know.