I just got a used HP OEM RTX 2060 Super 8GB from eBay, it's meant to go in a Dell Precision system. This is the card:
View: https://i.imgur.com/JhlofCt.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/10BvVMg.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/AXFo38v.jpg
I tested the card in a higher-end system I have at first that has a very high-airflow case, and it ran fine usually maxing out at around 70C. When I tried it in the Dell I was constantly hitting temps of 84/85C and getting random crashes.
Many things to look into from the Dell side, but that's a whole other can of worms. One of the things I am looking into is seeing if repasting and repadding the card will help. I am by no means expecting miracles here, but it can help at times and certainly can't hurt. I took it apart and saw this:
View: https://i.imgur.com/Ldp7le6.jpg
Is that paste application normal? I know that you ruin the paste once you take the heatsink off and it can be hard to tell how it was applied, but to me that looks very dry and overly thin, it was also far dustier than I expected on the inside even though I tried to clean it, going to have to clean it even further.
Another thing is that I would near noises from the card. I wasn't sure if it was just coil whine, but I heard more than one noise and one was definitely coil whine when I was running tests that were hitting 1000FPS, so I assume the other might be fan noise.
So I was wondering if it's at all feasible or normal for people to replace the fans on their cards too? Here are pictures of the fan:
View: https://i.imgur.com/f0L0cOV.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/svVylf5.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/6poDPBK.jpg
Yeah, the model number is clearly listed on the fan, but all that gives me is results of the same exact fan, or a set of fans intended for cards that had 3 fans in them. I have no idea if I need to get that exact same model, or if it's a specific type of fan and I have other options. And if I do, if there are any good ones one can recommend. Or is it pointless to try to replace the fan?
(Still need to find where my calipers are too to measure the thickness of those pads I want to replace)
View: https://i.imgur.com/JhlofCt.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/10BvVMg.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/AXFo38v.jpg
I tested the card in a higher-end system I have at first that has a very high-airflow case, and it ran fine usually maxing out at around 70C. When I tried it in the Dell I was constantly hitting temps of 84/85C and getting random crashes.
Many things to look into from the Dell side, but that's a whole other can of worms. One of the things I am looking into is seeing if repasting and repadding the card will help. I am by no means expecting miracles here, but it can help at times and certainly can't hurt. I took it apart and saw this:
View: https://i.imgur.com/Ldp7le6.jpg
Is that paste application normal? I know that you ruin the paste once you take the heatsink off and it can be hard to tell how it was applied, but to me that looks very dry and overly thin, it was also far dustier than I expected on the inside even though I tried to clean it, going to have to clean it even further.
Another thing is that I would near noises from the card. I wasn't sure if it was just coil whine, but I heard more than one noise and one was definitely coil whine when I was running tests that were hitting 1000FPS, so I assume the other might be fan noise.
So I was wondering if it's at all feasible or normal for people to replace the fans on their cards too? Here are pictures of the fan:
View: https://i.imgur.com/f0L0cOV.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/svVylf5.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/6poDPBK.jpg
Yeah, the model number is clearly listed on the fan, but all that gives me is results of the same exact fan, or a set of fans intended for cards that had 3 fans in them. I have no idea if I need to get that exact same model, or if it's a specific type of fan and I have other options. And if I do, if there are any good ones one can recommend. Or is it pointless to try to replace the fan?
(Still need to find where my calipers are too to measure the thickness of those pads I want to replace)