pc principal Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:42pm
Accidentally moved wire too close to Video Card Fan, what happens?
I was moving some stuff around in my PC, and I accidentally moved a wire too close to the fan on the video card, and now my computer is making a LOOOOT of noise. It personally doesn't bother me much because I have headphones, but is this going to affect my computer?

Should I get a new video card?

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_I_ Jun 17, 2015 @ 7:00pm 
move the wire away from the gpu and other fans
a wire rubbing on a fan can damage the wire and slow down the fan
Adelin Jun 17, 2015 @ 10:34pm 
Hello,
I experienced this problem but with the stock i5 4670K heatsink's fan
There Was a big noise and the cpu fan cable few second later blocked the cpu's fan.

I couldn't remove the cable while computer was on, then i did a shutdown.
I had to unloop the cable, and put plastic rubber on it, there was copper wire visible.

Back to you:

If it's the gpu own cable:
You won't have problem with wire blocking the gpu fan the cable is usally short enough, and there is a wire guide.
But with time it may cut the cable and fan speed could reduce a bit..
And please do it while your computer is shutdown, i cut skin from my finger trying to stop manually a fan one day ;)

If it's anything else, lol good luck if you didn't fix it yet.

Last edited by Adelin; Jun 17, 2015 @ 10:35pm
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Date Posted: Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:42pm
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