One of my GPU fans wont spin

[Mythos]

I have an RTX 2060, one of the fans will not spin, I started by trying to manually start it and spin it and it work a few times, but now it wont spin at all and I cant play games as the frames drop as it is not cooling down, I am not too sure what to do, Do i need to replace the fan or get a new GPU? I dont know what to do, any advice?

[_I_]

ziptie mod
take the gpu out, remove the fan adn cut its shroud
use zipties to hold a case fan to the cooler, plug it into a free spot on the board, and set bios to control its speed from cpu or case temp

[Vox]

If the fan is dead and you're sure it's plugged in and not catching on anything, you can get replacement ones.

[_I_]

gpus do not use standard fans
they are custom to their cooler

[Vox]

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gpus do not use standard fans
they are custom to their cooler

Hence why I said they can get replacements

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Take the GPU to any computer repairing shop in your area, they will give you solution.
They usually have plenty of junk spare parts laying around, including fans and connectors of various sizes.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Replace the fan. You can buy proper replacements for gpu fans on ebay.. the bearing within the fan is probably bad

[76561198334930909]

its in your radeon settings , update the latest drivers, then go into the customs for fins and set them to be on, they are default set to off for some reason, and you must turn them on manually and set them to run, this could cause heating issues to your GPU if they are not on, why radeon did this is crazy. i have a RX series and it suffers the same issues, there is nothing wrong with the fans they just need to be turned on in the software.


open the software for AMD, goto performance, then goto tuning, this "tuning" section is for fan control settings, you can set the speed and tempature graph, so the hotter it gets the faster the fan runs, often you will hear the fan spin up faster when turning on or shutting down the pc.

use manual setting you can use the graph to adjust the fan control
make sure fan tuning is enabled
mine runs at about 900 rpms and non gaming temp of 29.C

this increases as games are played.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Sometimes they will not spin unless they have to., There are settings in the driver. Like mentioned above. Check the settings.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Has nothing to do with GPU Drivers. It's the GPU firmware as that is what contains the default settings for fan curve behavior.

But if you can manage gpu fan settings within the Radeon GPU software, please look into that.

[Heretic]

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gpus do not use standard fans
they are custom to their cooler

Some manufacturers tend to rely on specifications already out there which can work on a number of different cards. It's just a case of finding them and hoping they work with the card's controller properly. If he removes the fan it should have a model number underneath which he could look for on ebay or amazon.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I often search a gpu model and the word fan after it in ebay search and can often find replacements

[MonkehMaster]

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ziptie mod
take the gpu out, remove the fan adn cut its shroud
use zipties to hold a case fan to the cooler, plug it into a free spot on the board, and set bios to control its speed from cpu or case temp

sorry but that is a horrible suggestion, why would you suggest someone destroy their gpu to ziptie a case fan on it....

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gpus do not use standard fans
they are custom to their cooler

you can buy almost anything second hand, tons of people part out broken hardware and sell the working parts.... heck there are shops that do that as well.

pretty sure some of them are new and sold as "replacement kits".

also it would make zero sense to sell $600+ gpus with non replaceable fans or shrouds for that matter.

amazon, newegg, ebay, walmart, ect... ect... a simple google would have shown you this.

[_I_]

why buy another fan from teh same model gpu thats already going to die soon?

ziptie is not destroying anything other than the fan shroud, a working fan is better than no fan or stopped fan

[MonkehMaster]

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why buy another fan from teh same model gpu thats already going to die soon?

ziptie is not destroying anything other than the fan shroud, a working fan is better than no fan or stopped fan

cause they all dont die immediately.... and like mentioned you can buy used replacements for quite cheap, or even better new replacement fan kits can be bought as well...

that being said, anyone who values the money they work for isnt going to destroy part of their $600+ gpu and ziptie a freaking case fan to it....