Sapphire 7950 fan about to go?

[warhawk187]

I woke up this morning from a clicking sound coming from one of the 7950s in my main rig. It had been a mining workhorse for 4 months and forgot to turn it off in the latest instance of cgminer (i am now aware of the no-gpu option).

Does anyone know if the bearing is about to go, and if there are any directions on how to replace this easily? I could always RMA it, still within warranty, but I don't feel like waiting a month or more to get back my gaming card. Any help would be greatly appreciated in the form of btc tips based on how useful your info is. Thanks!

[ssateneth]

search ebay for replacement fans

[Zanatos666]

Can also go the route of the zip-tie.  Thats what I did with my 2 5830's back in the day.  Fans went out, bought them off someone on the boards so couldnt RMA, so I just took the shroud and fan off and strapped a 120mm fan to one, and a 92 delta to the other (it was under a desk, needed the extra cooling).