Graphics Card Rumbling

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I recently decided to clean out the dust from my computer for the first time since December of 2018.  And I thought at the same time maybe I would try to fix this weird rattling sound that pops up out of nowhere from time to time from my PSU.  I took my graphics card out of my computer and cleaned the dust off very carefully.  I also flipped my Corsair H60 (2018) radiator and fan right-side up because I had realized that it had been upside down this whole time but I'd never done anything about it.  When I put everything back in and started it up I noticed a new rumbling sound.  At first I had originally thought that it was from my hard drive.  It seemed pretty hot when touching it and I started to panic about data loss.  Then I lightly pushed against my GPU.  And the rumbling immediately disappeared.  Is there anything I can do about this? I also noticed that my gpu starts up at really high temps after being off for the whole night in my cold room.  And the fan speeds run super high for no reason.  

[Dravinian]

Have you reseated the GPU since you discovered this, might be as simple as not seated properly?

 

That 'might' lead to the GPU sending the wrong signal to the board, and the board trying to send it too much power, and causing it to overheat.  Might also explain the GPU, receiving huge amounts of power and saying hey fans get up here we are about to get super hot with this amount of power.

 

Otherwise, not sure.

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8 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

Have you reseated the GPU since you discovered this, might be as simple as not seated properly?

 

That 'might' lead to the GPU sending the wrong signal to the board, and the board trying to send it too much power, and causing it to overheat.  Might also explain the GPU, receiving huge amounts of power and saying hey fans get up here we are about to get super hot with this amount of power.

 

Otherwise, not sure.

Yes. I've taken it out two or three times now and I have tried my absolute best to make sure it was seated properly.  The first time I removed it I almost messed it up because it had been a whileeee but I made sure to do it correctly.  

[Dravinian]

When you say it runs hot, and the fans ramp up, is this before or after windows loads?

 

If after, it might be worth doing a full uninstall of the drivers and reinstalling them?  It is an easy thing to do to test whether that is the problem.

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2 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

When you say it runs hot, and the fans ramp up, is this before or after windows loads?

 

If after, it might be worth doing a full uninstall of the drivers and reinstalling them?  It is an easy thing to do to test whether that is the problem.

It usually happens after I load into windows. Are you saying through Geforce Experience? I have a Gigabyte 1070 ti Windforce OC.

[Dravinian]

I don't use Experience, but if you can uninstall drivers and reinstall them through Experience then do that.

 

If that doesn't work, I would suggest trying DDU (Display Driver Uninstall) a program that removes all traces of your drivers, and then try and reinstall the latest drivers, as some times fragments have been known to cause issues.

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2 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

I don't use Experience, but if you can uninstall drivers and reinstall them through Experience then do that.

 

If that doesn't work, I would suggest trying DDU (Display Driver Uninstall) a program that removes all traces of your drivers, and then try and reinstall the latest drivers, as some times fragments have been known to cause issues.

Thank you.  And what about the rumbling? Should I just try reseating it again? Or just deal with it.

[Dravinian]

You might find the rumbling is a byproduct of the card getting really hot and the fans ramping out of control.

 

If you are lucky, then perhaps fixing that problem will result in no rumbling.

 

The one thing I would say, given what you said earlier, is that usually on a PCIE slot there is a little catch that clicks onto the back of the GPU, bit like the clasp for your RAM, and perhaps you should look at that, maybe it is loose or broken causing your GPU to move more than normal creating the rumbling sound.

 

I say that, because you mentioned earlier that when you touched it the sound stopped.

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44 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

You might find the rumbling is a byproduct of the card getting really hot and the fans ramping out of control.

 

If you are lucky, then perhaps fixing that problem will result in no rumbling.

 

The one thing I would say, given what you said earlier, is that usually on a PCIE slot there is a little catch that clicks onto the back of the GPU, bit like the clasp for your RAM, and perhaps you should look at that, maybe it is loose or broken causing your GPU to move more than normal creating the rumbling sound.

 

I say that, because you mentioned earlier that when you touched it the sound stopped.

Thank you! Hopefully everything works

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18 hours ago, Dravinian said:

You might find the rumbling is a byproduct of the card getting really hot and the fans ramping out of control.

 

If you are lucky, then perhaps fixing that problem will result in no rumbling.

 

The one thing I would say, given what you said earlier, is that usually on a PCIE slot there is a little catch that clicks onto the back of the GPU, bit like the clasp for your RAM, and perhaps you should look at that, maybe it is loose or broken causing your GPU to move more than normal creating the rumbling sound.

 

I say that, because you mentioned earlier that when you touched it the sound stopped.

So I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling all drivers.  I've tried reseating it again.  It always just seems to get worse and worse.  It is definitely not normal.  I feel as if it might be because of the way I had tried to remove it the first time.  I never opened the little catch you were talking about.  I just started pulling, then realized i needed to open that.  So I opened the catch and removed it.  Ever since then it's been acting very strange.  It is by far the loudest GPU I have ever heard.  I've built my own PC, and 4 other PCs and none of the other GPUs have ever been this loud or even hot.  I'm just running out of ideas on what it could possibly be.  

[Dravinian]

You said it stopped making the noise when you touched the card, is that when you put pressure on the card and when you stopped putting pressure on the card, the noise started again?

 

i don't think we ever said what GPU it is, but might be useful for someone on the forum as it may be card specific.

 

My only thought, given the pressure stopping the noise, is that you could invest in a riser cable, a cable that plugs into the PCIE slot, and allows you to put the GPU else where.

 

I am assuming that your motherboard only has one PCIE slot, and that is why you have not reported back (after the reseating and damage catch testing) that you tried it in another slot and it still made that sound.

The riser cable would perhaps allow you to use the GPU without the rumbling sound, if there was room in your case to mount it.

 

You should have a number of the 'exits' for PCIE or other cards (network, sound etc) on your case, even if your motherboard doesn't support more PCIE slots, and you may find you have room to put your GPU in one of those exists with a riser cable and a janky system of using something to support the card.

 

The riser cable at the very least will tell you whether it is your GPU making the noise or your GPU being in a broken PCIE slow that is causing the noise.