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If you have some sort of syringe you could maybe apply some oil in the gap between the fan case and the fan rotor thingy and let it fall into the motor for an hour or two, wipe and run for an hour on light load, dismounted from the GPU. OpenhardwareMonitor could help you keep your temps in check for that while.

 

Since you seem to have two fans that is, I'd believe one fan should be able to keep your gpu cold at desktop.

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Hello,

 

I have a Zotac GTX 970 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500362). Unfortunately, one of the fans feel stiff (?) and its no longer spinning smoothly or as fast as the other fan. I was wondering if I could get some help finding a replacement because I'm having a bit of a hard time finding one (I have no clue actually). I would like the fan to be purchasable on Amazon preferably, but if there's no other option I'm willing to buy it from another website.

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Take the fan off and put a bit of oil on the bearings. 

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7 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Take the fan off and put a bit of oil on the bearings. 

I've tried doing that, under the sticker it was closed off by what I'm assuming was plastic. Even so underneath that there was no bearing unless I'm missing an extra step.

Sorry about the double post, I'm new here.

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If you have some sort of syringe you could maybe apply some oil in the gap between the fan case and the fan rotor thingy and let it fall into the motor for an hour or two, wipe and run for an hour on light load, dismounted from the GPU. OpenhardwareMonitor could help you keep your temps in check for that while.

 

Since you seem to have two fans that is, I'd believe one fan should be able to keep your gpu cold at desktop.

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17 minutes ago, Petoovee said:

If you have some sort of syringe you could maybe apply some oil in the gap between the fan case and the fan rotor thingy and let it fall into the motor for an hour or two, wipe and run for an hour on light load, dismounted from the GPU. OpenhardwareMonitor could help you keep your temps in check for that while.

 

Since you seem to have two fans that is, I'd believe one fan should be able to keep your gpu cold at desktop.

I'll give it a shot.

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