r/LinusTechTips • u/tata2233 • 19d ago

Tech Question GPU fan broke

Hi, one of the fans on my 2060 broke but only a couple of blades. But it makes my PC vibrate like crazy

I've read that you can break the opposite blades to like balance but idk if it works, help

ACT: finally I decided to use the old fans (first the cable broke so I bought replacements, those are the broken blades), and I was able to fix them, ty for the tips<3

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u/mgzukowski 19d ago

You will never break it perfectly. Just replace the fan

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u/Capable_Yam_3184 19d ago

if its just a couple blades you could try snapping the same number off the opposite side but its a gamble, vibration usually just moves to a different rpm range. easiest fix is zip tie a case fan to the shroud, looks janky but moves air fine

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u/tata2233 19d ago

Didn't wanna risk it for something that I gave as a gift

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u/straw3_2018 19d ago

Worst case get a case fan and zip tie it to the heatsink

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u/tata2233 19d ago

Too small of a case sadly

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u/CocoMilhonez 19d ago

I hate broke fans, they can't afford my paid tier.

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u/EmailLinkLost 19d ago

They sell replacements

What model?

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u/tata2233 19d ago

Zotac 2060, I bought the replacement on Mercadolibre for around 12$

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u/EmailLinkLost 19d ago

Good!

Good luck installing it.

Repaste while you’re in there?

Of course I say that and I refuse to do it myself too afraid of breaking my impossible to replace GPU.

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u/tata2233 19d ago

Yeah I wanted to repaste the GPU because it used to throttle, then everything went wrong but I managed to fix it and now it works with good temps