GTX 1060 Fan Rattling?

[Tiress]

So I got this 1060 about a year ago, and i'd say about maybe <6 months ago this weird thing would happen where I would hear the gpu fan rattling. When I went to look, only one fan was spinning (the right one) and the other was not. I started the left one manually by spinning it and the rattling noise went away. Now note, this sound didn't happen unless I got the fans worked up by playing a game. I have no heating issues. Today, I got MSI Afterburner and set the fan speed until I heard the rattling. It seems that above 95% or so, the rattling stats, however both fans are spinning at the time. Not sure what the problem is..

 

[rhoban]

Perhaps one of the blades is not centered or there's something inside the cooler.
Take it out and inspect t it, shake it around a bit.

 

[photonboy]

Probably nothing obvious to "fix" and I doubt shaking will help but it likely won't hurt.

*but...
I have two different RPM's (EVGA GTX1080), or rather a very narrow RPM RANGE where my fans make annoying noises... I solved this by making a CUSTOM FAN PROFILE.

I have my fan ramp (temperature vs RPM) jump up so when it hit say 50degC it goes from 1000RPM to 1200RPM to avoid this problem. So a VERTICAL LINE that's high enough to again jump above the RPM range that's problematic.

Also...
See what TEMPERATURE you are getting to at this point. You may be able to drop the RPM ceiling down... if the problem was at say 60degC then lower the RPM a bit (which will raise the temperature but may avoid the noise issue).

Pascal throttles at roughly 82degC (it's a bit more complicated than this) but basically just play with the fan RPM profile.

(you can also JURY RIG a case fan like the Noctua NF-S12A to blow across the card to reduce its temperature thus you can lower the RPM profile of the card)

So TWO different solutions in software:
1) keep RPM low enough to avoid issue, or
2) jump ABOVE the RPM issue