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What's happening to my Sapphire 7950 dual x? Audio snippet below.


 


I get this weird kind of buzzing noise. I don't think it's coil whine. It mostly happens ingame (weirdly enough not always when manually adjusting the fans). It happens mostly between 45-55%. I purchased the card a couple months back and it has gotten worse (slightly). 


Snippet: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0PVIpgOVXWB


It's the hnngggg sound that sounds like it's grinding on something. 


 


Can I fix this myself, is it normal or should I take it back?


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I am not sure if it's coil whine, but I'd RMA it.

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how hard are your fans spinning?

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Are there any wires that may get caught in the fan?

 

@Anubikai gave me an idea - are the screws holding the card in screwed in tightly?

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What's happening to my Sapphire 7950 dual x? Audio snippet below.

 

I get this weird kind of buzzing noise. I don't think it's coil whine. It mostly happens ingame (weirdly enough not always when manually adjusting the fans). It happens mostly between 45-55%. I purchased the card a couple months back and it has gotten worse (slightly). 

Snippet: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0PVIpgOVXWB

It's the hnngggg sound that sounds like it's grinding on something. 

 

Can I fix this myself, is it normal or should I take it back?

 

 

its not normal. Maybe its the vibrations of the fans? when my two corsair fans are ramped up on my h80i they make a similar sound but i only hear it when the case door is off and my cpu is hot. I dont have a rubber vibration isolating mounts....im using stock h80i fans........other than that my pc is silent =)

 

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There are some bugs in it and they're getting chopped up.

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how hard are your fans spinning?

 

54% in the clip. 

 

Are there any wires that may get caught in the fan?

 

@Anubikai gave me an idea - are the screws holding the card in screwed in tightly?

 

No wires anywhere. Only a network card a couple PCIe slots down. Should I try to tighten or to loosen the screws? I'll go check them now. 

 

its not normal. Maybe its the vibrations of the fans? when my two corsair fans are ramped up on my h80i they make a similar sound but i only hear it when the case door is off and my cpu is hot. I dont have a rubber vibration isolating mounts....im using stock h80i fans........other than that my pc is silent =)

 

-Anubikai

 

I'm using the define R4 so everything is pretty muted already but the way the sound forms is just really, really annoying. It's this grindy pitchy noise. 

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Every AMD card I've owned has had some kind of coil whine from barely noticeable to "oh my god my ears, why?!!".

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  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
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    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
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    Corsair RM 750W
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For the record: the GPU fan was indeed defective and the noise wasn't normal. Just took it back to the shop and I got credit for it under the standard 2 year warranty (EU). Got a Sapphire r9 280X Vapor-X  for €14 extra  :D

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Lucky duck.

My daily driver.

  • CPU
    Intel i5 6600 K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VIII Hero
  • RAM
    16 Gig of G.Skill TridentZ Series 3000 Mhz
  • GPU
    EVGA 1070 FTW edition
  • Case
    Fractal Design Define R5
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Series 250GB for boot + WD 2TB Black
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750W
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100 V2
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K 70 LUX
  • Mouse
    Corsair Raptor M45
  • PCPartPicker URL
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