How To Repair GPU Fans

[@pred4tor713]

Its nice to see agent 47 enjoying his retirement

[@beanwag2225]

Yeah what’s going on with that..

[@fireball75677]

They had a 24 hour live stream a few days ago & when they reached the donations goal he shaved his head

[@johnmachter40]

i concure. its onepunch man

[@josetrejo3688]

Bro it’s the bad kid from Toy Story

[@KOT-ANGRY]

Its NOT repair, its "Fan Change"

[@akanalan]

Thanks i owe you 14 min of my life

[@ZeginMakesMusic]

You can't really fix the fans. Once they start making noise..... Your best bet is to replace it. The fans are built by machine on an assembly line and although it is possible to repair, It takes a tremendous amount of skill.

[@WiktorOkk]

​@@ZeginMakesMusic Adding oil is that hard?

[@waseemh3863]

The broken fan was making Brett lose his bearings 😂😂😂

[@peterpain6625]

As long as it's just bearings not marbles ;)

[@serpent035]

Well done, and let me warn everyone about the cables, I once had to solder my own cable because I was a bit too coarse. They are reasonably firm but remain careful

[@Aturnadagar]

It was so painful to see how you pull out the fan cables by the actual cables ( 8:16 ) . Folks don't risk it, pull it by the plastic connector.

[@UFDTech]

If my fingers were tiny enough, sure.

[@Aturnadagar]

@@UFDTech True, my bad, I forgot you tall. But was a miss to try a IFIXIT tool there, maybe next time. =)

[@ryantownsend2720]

OMG. I had no idea the fans were hot swappable. Fixed my card in 2 F'n minutes. Thanks!

[@Primal2229]

Man wish I seen this sooner. My GPU fans started to crap out years ago to the point one had to be taped in place just so it stops rattling, now the other one drops from 3k RPM slowly down to 900. Fans are ordered, huge thank you. I was on the verge of doing the Linus Red Green fix with zip ties >_>

[@Christamaiztha]

Honestly I have to know! Is there anybody else who just owns a regular laptop or worse but watches all these youtubers going on about rigs and componenst because it's so gosh darn exiting to learn abou tech? :D

[@Christamaiztha]

I mean I use a Dell school laptop from 2011 that bearly runs win7

[@salk1n616]

Thanks for the explanation on how to remove the shroud of the graphics card (remove screws and just pull it away but look out for cables) - it really helped me cleaning my old GTX 980 TI which resulted in almost always 10°C cooler temperatures. I wasn't sure if I can just pull it away but after watching your video I tried it with a bit more force and it worked great.

[@Boop__Doop]

His GPU: zzzzzzzzz. Him: THIS DRIVES ME INSANE. My gpu: TIKTIKTIKTIKTIKTIKTIKTIK. Me: this is fine

[@triplecheeseburgerwithfries]

They did surgery on a graphics card

[@khitrikarim6052]

They did surgery on a graphics card.

[@emilianodiaz3840]

They did surgery on a graphics card

[@CerealFapist]

They did surgery on a graphics card?

[@retrosauce]

They did graphics on a surgery card

[@LFX141]

I am so upset on how easy this is. Been wanting to upgrade my GPU because I didn't think the fans could be saved and he worked on the model i have in the video........ maybe there is a god

[@chrispauldupre]

for future reference when you replace 1 i would go ahead and replace all 3. when 1 goes bad it usually means the other 2 are on there way out.

[@jackcarroll6892]

did you have to buy that 1080ti cause you licked it so many times in stream or was that a different one? great video Ifixit is awesome

[@prunn]

Most of the time you don't need to replace the fan, just lift the sticker on top, add some oil in the fan

[@xttocx]

Oh really?

[@Arandolor]

Some of iFixit's repair guides have been very useful xD

[@jasoncreamer5747]

This video is exactly what I needed, my 1080TI has had its two fans doing the work of three for the past month. Drives me bonkers.

[@lucas__ttt]

bonkers

[@yobonez]

bonkers

[@notkurumi]

bonkers

[@damiengreen1769]

wouldnt you need to replace the thermal paste, i once opened an old radeon card not knowing what was thermal paste and after replacing the heat sink without putting new paste on my card melted xD I also heard that once the paste has been heated if you remove the heat sink it causes air bubbles as it breaks the seal which would make the cooling worse

[@rainbash81-ttv95]

had noticed my 2060s fan was not fully functional, have ordered one today, cheers for the video guide, didnt think it would be too full on. cheers mate

[@schmeggix4604]

Where do you buy those replacement parts??

[@rainbash81-ttv95]

look up make and model, didnt cost much, was an easy switch over on the 2060. others might be a bit harder no idea

[@Bengy22]

Not going to lie this came in at a good time one of my 970's fans is going bad, Thanks!

[@Azzaros]

"How to replace GPU Fans"

[@ShahiedJohaadien]

lol yes I also found the title misleading

[@oscala11]

Same here, came to see how to fix them, not replace them.

[@phil.4688]

Thanks so much, I was afraid of killing my card by pulling the wrong thing... Ended up re-pasting the die and changing both fans, just got 10° improvement across the board (awesome) and rather silent (Zotac fans suck me thinks, wish I could slap Noctuas in there). Your video was by far the most helpful, others just speed up without talking it's nigh useless if you don't have the exact same model. So I'm engaging with a like and comment because people need to see this one first! Cheers, UFD

[@cee128d]

I hate sending things in for RMA when I can easily and more importantly quickly fix them myself. The OEM said it would take 6 to 8 WEEKS turn around time when I called them about my vid card. Needless to say I zip tied a case fan to the shroud temporarily while waiting for the new fan from Ebay and did it myself. The cost of the fan delivered was actually cheaper than the shipping cost to send in the card under warranty so I actually saved money.

[@chavezmarchant2766]

This should be called "How To 'Replace' GPU Fans"... I was looking for a legitimate repair guide.

[@coachnutt61]

Oh nice little switch up on the fan. The first one you tried to plug in didn't have the proper connector.

[@Mike_Hogsheart]

Honestly, if this ever happens to me I will probably try to slap some Noctua fans on there. Two of their new 120mm fans would probably be about right for a card this size and it would probably be better cooled and quieter than with the stock fans.

[@marcobonera838]

I don't hear you, over the sound of my sapphire, with smart replacement fans. EDIT: oh, yeah, exactly like at 3:40.

[@filiprozic9313]

Zotac has worst fans. My 1060 fan bearing broke and i had to buy new fan. Now i have spahire rx570 nitro+ and its dead silent. i have no side panel on my case and during load i can bearly hear it.

[@nivondesilva4581]

finally, thnx for the video @UFD Tech.

[@nopenada2271]

Same thing same zotac 1080ti amp edition one fan is pissing me off so i ordered a new one on ali express just been too lazy to install it... proly still under warranty but do i really wanna rma a card for an easy fix ?

[@Raivo_K]

Same thing happened to my Zotac GTX 1080 AMP. After a while one of two fans started making an unbearable sound. Almost like touching the housing while spinning. Lowering the fan speed helped but then i lost performance due to Pascals temp to clock link. So eventually i said screw it (open) and replaced the whole cooling block with Raijintek Morpheus II and 2x Corsair SP120 120mm fans. Now it's super quiet albeit 4 slots thicc. Still - worth it. Seems to me like Zotac puts some cheap fans on their cards.

[@11ofspades62]

Hope ill never need to do that but if i need i know were to come. Keep it up💪💪💪

[@dominic.h.3363]

I just yanked out the broken fan and slapped an 80mm fan over the hole with double sided tape. It's not a pretty solution but sure is quick and quiet!

[@adamek1xd]

And how did u connect/power that fan since there are only micro pwm conectors on that card? Woud u buy converter or lose waranty by resoldering old connector?

[@dominic.h.3363]

@@adamek1xd I plugged it into a normal fan connector, I did not connect it to the video card. I do not need to control the fan through the video card, because the fans on the video card are usually slim fans. Slim fans are a lot worse at cooling than normal thickness fans, they usually do not have a casing either so the airflow is completely unregulated. With a normal 80mm fan the cooling is so much more efficient, that you just set it to a fixed value that still doesn't bother you, and you are good to go. Besides, even if that 80mm fan on that fixed speed being silent and all wouldn't be as good as the original fan was, there are other fans on the card too, so the decrease in overall cooling performance without any RPM control would be marginal in that case.

[@Jake-mn1qc]

*_"How To Repair GPU Fans"_* You're not repairing fans noob, you're replacing them.

[@memesgalore2676]

Why would I have to go in from the back and be forced to replace the thermal paste? I could just go in and open the fans up, then replace them thanks to the splitter. That's what I think I'm going to do with my 2080Ti.

[@notkurumi]

If you make the effort to replace the fans why not do the thermal pasting too? It helps in the temperature a lot

[@gazzacroy]

cool… and wow your hair grow back fast :) I wished I had some in the first place :) nice show

[@jeffmorse645]

Usually if I have a fan poop out on a card that's out of warranty but I still want to use I take the opportunity to put an Arctic Cooling Accelero on it.

[@DeviousRedbeard]

Where did you end up getting the replacement fans from?

[@tetleydidley]

I just got mine from Chyeeeenaaaa. Took 4 weeks to arrive jeez. The seller was from Shanghai.

[@tetleydidley]

Oh and for posterity, I posted the above comment on 23 May 2022, the world has moved past COVID but significant parts of Shanghai and Beijing are still under strict lockdowns because they can't accept 23 positive cases. The people there are only allowed to go out either to take COVID tests or to work for the government to force people to take those tests. And for this reason it took soooooooo long to get my replacement fans. It is my hope that 5 years later, the world's manufacturing hubs would be relocated to democratic countries in Asia (anywhere but China) and Africa, so that when SHTF, we are going to be sure voters would simply replace stubborn unscientific governments with more rational ones.

[@Anguillejoby]

this video is pretty great considering the fact that the fans of my graphics card had their propellers ripped off..

[@mrwang420]

I wish they made HBM in an SDcard form factor but with the same performance as an onboard HBM chiplet, and then just have a slot or two on gpus where if you don't have enough VRAM instead of needing a whole new gpu you can just buy HBM chips and just pop them in. I mean they most likely be a bit larger then an SDcard but you know what I mean. And make the slot it goes into underneath a heatsink. For cooling.

[@therblxhomies6175]

before I saw this tutorial, I legit put duct tape over the fan connecting to the shroud. lmaooo

[@thelastminuteman7513]

Any tips for cleaning fried spider off your heatsinks? Seriously out nowhere got home from work fired up the PC and the fan sounded like crap. Thought here we go now im going to have to order fans. I just cracked it open and I'll be damned if the fan blades aren't wacking Charlotte's corpse.

[@mirosalvzimcak5169]

This fans is doing it from new. That is the problem of this Zotac Extreme edition. I have 2 and both doing it from new. What I was done is start fans at 70 :D They almost never reach this temp, so they run in passive mode all time :)) Best card, ever .-)

[@UNICORNSF3ProgameplayProRACER]

Great job👍

[@tstokemb]

Sent a used 1080Ti I bought off of Ebay for rma work. Same issue where one fan wasn't working properly causing the other two to rev up. Currently waiting on them to finish the repair. Have my old 1080 working extra hard to keep me going meanwhile I wait.

[@ingolf17]

There is a difference between REPAIRING and REPLACING... change your title

[@facundoranipe7018]

You didn't repair it, you repleace it

[@WarbossRB]

What's the part number? I have to replace that same fan on my Zotac 1080Ti

[@jupo.]

I dont even remember what he looked like with hair anymore xDDDDD

[@MrV8Sverige]

Thanks 😃 we fix the graphics card broken fans using your video.

[@magichackerv8]

Title says “how to repair a fan” and he shows how to replace a plug and play fan. Lol

[@msonisama8656]

can't find fan replacement for my old 1060, apparently it has buckled fans rather than one with holes for screws, like these CF12915S

[@cspc2570]

Brett Nvidia has a "better" way of fixing your last years gpu lol

[@med4511]

DONT UNPLUG THE PLUGS BY PULLING THEM FROM THE ACTUAL CABLES... IT F**** HURTS WATCHING THAT...

[@attackLive]

My zotac1080ti does the same thing, I just disabled fans below 60c via afterbirner

[@Haddley333]

attack what do you do when it’s above 60? Headphones?

[@xttocx]

Question to everyone - One of my fans is making a pulsing/whirring/beating noise constantly, it's like a once every 0.8 seconds kinda thing and the intervals get quicker the faster the fan speed goes... this ISN'T crossing the threshold and ramping up and down like Google is obsessed with telling me, its not. But... what is it? Dead baring, something else that's virtually ungoogleable?

[@nitechicken3951]

Loving these vids

[@spatscannon]

Asus motherboards will turn on then off and then back on again if you turn off the power at the power supply or set the ErP to S5.

[@TerraVFX]

Thanks, my dumbass accidentally put my finger in the gpu fan and broke 2 fan blades off...

[@charlesbrock5172]

The hot swap fans are 🔥

[@Urkt]

lmao you look so much better with a shaved head. Before was like watching a kid now you do look like a badass man

[@feeterican]

Dude it looks like you could have just left the heatsink on the card and taken the shroud off.

[@UFDTech]

On this one, actually yeah. But that’s not the case with all cards.

[@feeterican]

@@UFDTech You are correct sir. I just noticed that when watching the vid. But it was good to show people that it isn't hard to take off the heatsink if they have a different card.

[@swervothegod5728]

My gpu the fans completely died, I salvaged the gtx 960 fans to use on the powercooler red devil 5700 xt, they barely fit but work flawlessly, it's only 2 fans unfortunately but still cools the gpu

[@juguetes123]

Whats that open bench case called? Looks sweet.

[@JessePike5]

Came here for repair like title says not a replace

[@skittlesjayden956]

I have a gigabyte gtx 1070 rog strix and all 3 fans dont work, would this mean that the fan controller type thing would have failed and not the fans? If so would water cooling be the only efficient solution

[@mehmetbaser904]

This video is teaching how to change gpu fans. Not reparing. If you read this comment look for another video.

[@dodgytube]

Did you fix the fan?

[@lenechris65]

now where tf do I get the fans?

[@homegrowntwinkie]

Can..... Can you see it?..... Nah... I must be hallucinating, it's gotta be a video glitch or something...... I can see your *hair*

[@beyung8481]

So he made getting that gpu led cable off look unrealistic asf cause I’m stuck here unable to get that off no matter what I use or what I do

[@johnmachter40]

"i dont know if you guys can hear it..." (MUSIC SCREAMS IN THE BACKGROUND...)

[@WRBL69]

What about dropping fans from a different GPU, what about the Amps and stuff?

[@dannysmith713]

I really wish that hair would grow faster, he looks like the bald one from Rugrats

[@RMBOYD81]

repairing or replacing?

[@randomrc601]

Did u replace thermal pads and better paste ?

[@lonewolf9188]

I want to replace my Zotac 3090 Ti's 100mm fans but only can find 92mm , would it still fit? is it ok to install smaller fans?

[@sicariodesviado678]

Have you ever met Ninja and Yolandi?

[@kryststar6800]

Nice, thank you love you :)

[@gigsnbots527]

Hey man i have the same card and has a fan problem can u provide me with the link from where you got the replacement fan ?

[@glbernini0]

If your system is makin noise put it in a Fractal R6!

[@tjrisk9922]

Still looks like a vanilla milk dud 😂 Love ya Brett

[@daryladams2553]

I liked the video, but then you changed the name. the old bait and switch. I see your games Breet :P

[@boblolo872]

What do you do if new fan is the same model but has a large 4pin and your gpu is a small 4 pin?

[@King-sj7no]

What happend to your gpu? How long u used the gpu? Im afraid it happend to me. I have similar gpu

[@mentalost]

Yup I better replace the fans now ! So I can watch anime. (Anime is best)

[@agsechogd6406]

Dominik I think your are better off playing a game

[@vsevolodalipov4375]

Did Linus drop it?

[@agsechogd6406]

COMPL!CATED yes actually, I witnessed it

[@videographyskills4857]

Not a fix here! You just replaced the fan

[@mrwang420]

I replaced my GT 1030 fan with the same brand fan but better and faster but now it won't stop going 100% which is now 3200rpm instead of 1500rpm. How do I fix this. I've tried everything including nTune and MSI after burner, and firestorm. Nothing working.

[@vittu69koipina]

How to *replace* a GPU fan. Not Disassembling and actually repairing the fan itself.

[@waseemh3863]

THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING☺️

[@DarkW8]

when you showd the 1070 i was fainly a video that can help me but you just replaced the fan i dont have money for new fan

[@HuugTheSeal]

i have this issue as well on my gtx 970, but they sell 5-pin and 4-pin fan connectors on the fan and i dont know wich one to get :/

[@itsdeonlol]

Thanks for this!

[@shaban96]

i just need a kit for my gpu thats all. what is the cheapest option?

[@Haddley333]

Dear god around 7:30 you had me freaking out

[@darknessviking]

i have the palit 2080, its incredible

[@ryand1683]

That’s because it’s a zotac card.

[@jimmy37591]

Guys, I found the source of the mysterious ticking noise. It's a pipe bomb.

[@soultakerm]

how to replace GPU fans, not repair

[@LOLHAXGUN]

yep, it's not hard to see the difference.

[@coreyphillips4496]

How to I figure out a PC build like what you have?

[@everythingvideos24]

Can you help me find a fan to replace on My 4pin PNY rtx 2060?