Cryorig XT140 Ticking Noise

[Stipz]

It's making a ticking sound similar to when a drive needle is acting up during a read cycle, one of the scariest things I don't like hearing from my PC.

 

I thought at first it was either of my hard drives creating the noise because those are fairly new and not much data has gone through them.

 

 

I was able to isolate the noise and surprised to find out that it was coming from my CPU Cooler which is a Cryorig R1 Universal

the noise is coming from the thin fan, the XT 140, I unclipped it from the heatsink and checked the axle lock,

that thin plastic washer that keeps the bearings in and prevent them from coming off has loosened.

 

I flattened the plastic washer and put it back in and the noise is gone, a day later it's making a noise again and most likely the washer came off again.

 

Not sure if taking a plastic washer from a different fan would solve the problem because I'm think it's likely to come off again since it's of the same material.

 

I'm thinking of other ideas for a fix at the moment, maybe someone else had this problem too and I would like to know how others repaired theirs.

 

 

[Stipz]

overbending this plastic washer somehow fixed it. It's no longer coming off to make that ticking noise again so far. I'll look into making a clip lock by bending paperclips if those could work.

[LogicalDrm]

If its still under warranty, RMA. They should accept that for just fan.

[aisle9]

I don't have too much experience with the XT140, but I have had bearing issues with its big brother XF140. Cryorig was very responsive and very quick with the RMA.