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Answer» I have had an ATI Radeon 5870 graphics card for about a year now. Yesterday, it started to make this annoying and loud humming noise, I have never heard before. I have tried to turn the fan down to its lowest setting, but it still makes the sound. I have tried opening the computer and manually spinning the fan, but I don't hear any noise, it only happens around 20% fan speed (which is the DEFAULT lowest speed). I bought this computer through Dell, so the card has no warranty for ATI itself. I have had an ATI Radeon 5870 graphics card for about a year now. Yesterday, it started to make this annoying and loud humming noise, I have never heard before. I have tried to turn the fan down to its lowest setting, but it still makes the sound. I have tried opening the computer and manually spinning the fan, but I don't hear any noise, it only happens around 20% fan speed (which is the default lowest speed). I bought this computer through Dell, so the card has no warranty for ATI itself. Have you ever checked your temperatures? Maybe your card is faulty? I used to own an Old ATi, except it was a crap 4800 series... :/ As like you said, I would consider contacting ATi Support as well, that's all I can tell you... Let me revise that and ask a few more questions... Is your case well-vented? If you put it into another PC, does it still make the noise? I know sometimes my PC makes a loud humming noise, this is due to manual vibration of the PC itself (HDD, Fans, self-generated vibrations, etc) That can drive the floor nuts and personally I had to give my PC a slight tap to make it stop buzzing, but now it doesn't do that anymore because I got my DVD Drive changed... Have you tried re-seating your PC? How is your PC tower placed? I know, stupid questions but they can actually be useful... What is the noise coming from, have you tried to find it's source? And...Have you done any overclocking? I'm not that experienced with computers but these notes are the best detail I know of, to maximum (and slighty tired) extent. Hope this helped, DGPHA quick Google search reveals that noisy 5870s are not unknown. In fact noisy GPU fans are quite common. One thing to check is that the casing of the GPU has not come LOOSE and is being rubbed by the fan blades. It is possible that the fan is on the way out. Is this card made by ATI or "powered by" ATI (That is, made by XFX, Sapphire, Asus, Cypress etc)? You can buy replacement coolers if the fan TURNS out to be dying. Wow, lots of questions, THANKS for the responses: No, I have never overclocked any components. My case is an Alienware, so it gets decent airflow. It makes noise in other PCs. The temps are around 54 C at idle according to GPU-Z. Tapping the case does not cease the noise. PC tower is placed vertically. Putting it on its side does not stop the sound. The card is made directly by ATI. About checking the GPU casing: how would I do that? I would rather not open the card up, because I have never done something like that before, but when I took the card out of the PC, the casing felt secure, and when I manually spun the blades, I didn't feel any resistance. I'm worried the ball bearing might be going out, but I can't find a place to put in new lubricant. About buying a new cooler: would it be a difficult job? I have never opened up system components before and this is a very expensive card.ATi only produce the chipsets for the graphics cards, manufacturing companies like XFS, Sapphire, Asus, etc; Create their own expansion cards containing the chipset, the cooling systems are also designed by the card manufacturer. Some companies specialising in computer cooling have started to make custom heatsinks and fans for graphics cards now: http://www.zalman.co.kr/Eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=385 As for installation difficulty I don't know, but I did once pull off the casing, heatsink and fan to an Ati Radeon 3870 to clean it right out and it's still working now. That wasn't very complicated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Official Monster Raving Loony party MANIFESTO proposals: Commas with dots Semicolons should be banned; No-one knows when to use one anyway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from: Accessless on January 03, 2011, 02:30:17 PM ATi only produce the chipsets for the graphics cards, manufacturing companies like XFS, Sapphire, Asus, etc; Create their own expansion cards containing the chipset, the cooling systems are also designed by the card manufacturer. Not so; ATI make graphics cards under their own name and they also supply chipsets to other makers. That is why I asked whether the card was "made by" or "powered by" ATI. I see from your sig that you don't know how to use semicolons - you don't use a capital letter to start the next word after a full or semicolon. Quote from: Salmon Trout on January 03, 2011, 02:41:41 PM Not so; ATI make graphics cards under their own name and they also supply chipsets to other makers. That is why I asked whether the card was "made by" or "powered by" ATI. That's not a signature, just a quote I added to take the mick out of myself and ironically I changed my sentence to match the quote. Quote source: http://www.loonyparty.com/index.php?page=more-proposals Also, so they do. I didn't realise that Firepro was directly ATi. My mistake Hmm, I was thinking of buying a new cooler, but I cannot AFFORD to have it any bigger than the standard cooler. I have a card right below the 5870 that I cannot move. Also, I'm rather nervous about having to open up the actual case itself. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. |
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