So my friend bought a used PC from OLX(India) and after a few days, his GPU started overheating badly, it was hitting 60–70°C on idle and would just shut down while gaming. I told him to check the GPU and turns out one fan was completely rusted and not spinning and the other fan's wire was broken and only worked when he pressed on it. We tried fixing it by going to a well known local electronics market, spent hours there, but no one could help. I couldn’t find Zotac’s service center either. So I told my friend I’ll fix it myself. We ordered third-party fans online (one even came with a bent blade which I had to superglue), I cleaned all the dust and rust from the GPU using isopropyl alcohol, reapplied thermal paste, managed the long cables and put everything back together. Now the GPU works fine, idle temps are 35–37°C and while gaming it stays between 65–70°C. It’s running smoothly now.
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Nice job panjeet
i deshrouded mine , repasted it and put a bunch of be quiet fans on it
best choice i made so far.
I’m surprised you couldn’t find any tech support in India.
Something I want to do in the future. Good job on fixing up the graphics card OP! Your friend must be very grateful to have someone like you as a friend
what gpu is that? curious
I also had replaced the fans on a Zotac 2070 Air card and a 6700xt Pulse. I like the Zotac, its easy to take apart and the fan connectors can be undone without ripping out the heatsink.