How To Repair GPU Fans

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Thanks to Reece Hill for filming the video!
Thanks to Rikus Strauss for editing the video!

[predtor]

Its nice to see agent 47 enjoying his retirement

[KOT-ANGRY]

Its NOT repair, its "Fan Change"

[waseemh]

The broken fan was making Brett lose his bearings 😂😂😂

[Aturnadagar]

It was so painful to see how you pull out the fan cables by the actual cables ( 8:16 ) . Folks don't risk it, pull it by the plastic connector.

[serpent]

Well done, and let me warn everyone about the cables, I once had to solder my own cable because I was a bit too coarse. They are reasonably firm but remain careful

[jackcarroll]

did you have to buy that 1080ti cause you licked it so many times in stream or was that a different one? great video Ifixit is awesome

[salkn]

Thanks for the explanation on how to remove the shroud of the graphics card (remove screws and just pull it away but look out for cables) - it really helped me cleaning my old GTX 980 TI which resulted in almost always 10°C cooler temperatures.
I wasn't sure if I can just pull it away but after watching your video I tried it with a bit more force and it worked great.

[chrispauldupre]

for future reference when you replace 1 i would go ahead and replace all 3. when 1 goes bad it usually means the other 2 are on there way out.

[Christamaiztha]

Honestly I have to know! Is there anybody else who just owns a regular laptop or worse but watches all these youtubers going on about rigs and componenst because it's so gosh darn exiting to learn abou tech? :D

[damiengreen]

wouldnt you need to replace the thermal paste, i once opened an old radeon card not knowing what was thermal paste and after replacing the heat sink without putting new paste on my card melted xD I also heard that once the paste has been heated if you remove the heat sink it causes air bubbles as it breaks the seal which would make the cooling worse

[ryantownsend]

OMG. I had no idea the fans were hot swappable. Fixed my card in 2 F'n minutes. Thanks!

[Arandolor]

Some of iFixit's repair guides have been very useful xD

[nopenada]

Same thing same zotac 1080ti amp edition one fan is pissing me off so i ordered a new one on ali express just been too lazy to install it... proly still under warranty but do i really wanna rma a card for an easy fix ?

[ingolf]

There is a difference between REPAIRING and REPLACING... change your title

[prunn]

Most of the time you don't need to replace the fan, just lift the sticker on top, add some oil in the fan

[Boop__Doop]

His GPU:
Him: THIS DRIVES ME INSANE.
My gpu: TIKTIKTIKTIKTIKTIKTIKTIK.
Me: this is fine

[LFX]

I am so upset on how easy this is. Been wanting to upgrade my GPU because I didn't think the fans could be saved and he worked on the model i have in the maybe there is a god

[chavezmarchant]

This should be called "How To 'Replace' GPU Fans"... I was looking for a legitimate repair guide.

[memesgalore]

Why would I have to go in from the back and be forced to replace the thermal paste? I could just go in and open the fans up, then replace them thanks to the splitter. That's what I think I'm going to do with my 2080Ti.

[dominic.h.]

I just yanked out the broken fan and slapped an 80mm fan over the hole with double sided tape. It's not a pretty solution but sure is quick and quiet!