manually stopping one of the GPU fans with finger

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Omar Strobe

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i had a question. i was hearing a buzzing noise while playing a game and i wanted to find out if it was my graphic card doing that so i went ahead and opened up my case and i put my index finger on the fan to stop it for 1-3 seconds and it turns out it wasnt the issue. so my real question is, did me doing that put my gpu at risk to get damaged or make the fan likely to mess up later? i feel bad for doing this(never done this before) and i wanted to know if i put my gpu at risk? i have a r9 280x turboduo power color