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Title: Looking for someone to repair XFX HD5870 fan. Post by: mintymark on February 02, 2012, 09:27:37 AM I have a machine with 3 HD5870's in, and one of them shows a much higher temperature than the others.
All 3 cards work fine, but inspection reveals that one of the cards has a 'stiff' fan that in use doesn't even rotate. That would be the reason for the running hot then. The performance of the hot one is apparently a bit lower than the other cards, especially once hot, and I surmise that it throttles back as its temperature limit is reached, and that that is what has saved the card from a hot death, in fact. Its midwinter now, and cold where these are running , so it may not be too bad. But I'd like to get this fixed. Seems like a new fan is whats needed. Anyone know anyone who can provide this service? Or is it not possible to do this and should I just let the card continue to fry ? Title: Re: Looking for someone to repair XFX HD5870 fan. Post by: BinoX on February 02, 2012, 02:56:46 PM Try pushing on the fan really hard (while supporting the card from the other side)... sometimes the fan mechanism pops off the bearings a little bit
Title: Re: Looking for someone to repair XFX HD5870 fan. Post by: jake262144 on February 02, 2012, 11:11:23 PM Awesome DIY hotfix by P4man here. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=62325.0)
Title: Re: Looking for someone to repair XFX HD5870 fan. Post by: mintymark on February 03, 2012, 12:45:48 PM Have ordered what SAC suggested from a Uk supplier. Lets see if it does the job.
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