UH OH!

[iWearKiltz]

so basically I've had my sapphire 2gb 7850 since july 2012 and i just realised the front fan (furthest from i/o bracket) is not spinning. this is the card here http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007JRGRPO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

im not sure when it stopped, but I've been over clocking it and playing a lot of battlefield.

 

right now I'm going to check if the PCIe lanes are drawing too much power (a lot of things plugged into them right now!)

 

then I'm going to cry (LOL!)

 

i no longer have the box it came in, and i didn't buy it from amazon themselves, but one of the traders on amazon.co.uk

 

 

 

 

any advice anyone?

[Levent]

sapphire has very crappy fans ,mess around with fan cables i have the same card and i've had the same issues but pushing cable did seemed to help but it took way too long to find the spot where it worked.

[Virgule]

My advice would be : see if warranty is still available and what's needed to honour it (receipt, box, ...). If you can manage to have everything you need, send for rma. When you get a new card back, don't open it. Sell it on ebay and buy a 7970 or a 280x.

[flibberdipper]

That's why I like cards like mine that run cool to begin with.

[iWearKiltz]

That's why I like cards like mine that run cool to begin with.

yeah i have no problems with temperatures anyway even with just the one fan spinning surprisingly! 

[iWearKiltz]

Managed to fix the issue. i believe it was to do with what i first predicted of the PCIe lanes and not enough power or something along those lines

 

took out a third party usb 3 adapter and the fan started spinning when it was reconnected to the power.

 

thanks for any suggestions - the 7850 lives to produce pixels another day!

[legopc]

just buy an aftermarket cooler 

[iWearKiltz]

just buy an aftermarket cooler 

for a graphics card? it is already non-reference and i was attempting to fix, not replace lol

 

either way its solved now (key point here is that the topic is *mark solved*