Question Broken GPU Fan Blades

User1990

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Hello, I have an rtx 2080 aorus extreme with 3 fans.
One of the fans is missing 2 blades which makes the fan unstable and makes the card tremble when fan hits high speed.
I tried removing the cable of the problematic fan but for some reason the other one goes crazy if I do that.
Is there a way around it ? I just want to remove the broken fan and keep the other 2.

Temps are fine but if I remove 1 fan the other goes 100% on idle.
 
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User1990

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Yeah will probably have to buy a new 1.
Do they lose sync when one of the fans is disconnected or something ?

28$ with shipping to replace it aint that bad tbh.
 
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User1990

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Will try that. Maybe it counts as the main one and it happens for that reason.
Other way I though of doing it is breaking every blade of the broken 1 so it doesn't lose balance when its working tbh.
 

Eximo

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Yeah, neat that they sell the single fans, but they are charging an awful lot. On ebay or aliexpress you can get the whole set for the same amount.

Since these aren't purchased all that often, hard to say how good quality is.

You can also try reaching out to Gigabyte directly and see if they will send you or at least sell you a spare.