Asus Directcu II 780 GTX Noise Issue

[Malakai432]

Hello Community,

I have an Asus Directcu II 780 GTX that's making an odd noise (*under load only). It's not noticeable when the computer is idle. With these older 700 series cards, the fan always spins also so it's not chipping or clipping against the card. For example when I start Shadow of War, right when I enter in game it starts. It can get incredibly loud and when I actually open up the computer and briefly stop the fan it will go away. If it was clipping, at least I would know what's causing it. When the fans are stopped temporarily, then speed back up it goes away until it stabilizes and the noise comes back.

The noise itself sounds like a hard drive under load. It's a rapid clicking noise that only seems to start when I'm playing a game. At first, I actually thought it was my HDD. It's extremely frustrating. I've taken the card out and re slotted it and that didn't seem to work.

I'm not sure if I should just deal with the noise for now or if it's something that would be an easy fix.

Any ideas are welcomed.

Thanks,

Malakai

 

[Dugimodo]

Sounds like maybe the fan bearing is going. It might be possible to re lubricate it, I've seen some posts where people say they've managed that. Otherwise maybe look for a replacement fan.