Very helpful, thank you for posting this! I had virtually the same fan failure and using your video as a guide I easily replaced all three fans with brand new ones.
Are tou taking about the soft thermal "stuff" at 3:52 in the video? I'm not a pro so what would be better than this? Perhaps I should have replaced this "stuff"aswell?
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 Yes, the thermal pads around the VRM can be re-used so don't worry unless you want piece of mind. My reference 980Ti has thermal pads around the memory, wonder why ASUS didn't do the same.
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 yes, that is on the VRM. It should have that on top of the memories as well (squares around the gpu chip), but since this is asus strix "premium" aka. cheaply built overpriced shit you dont get it
fans have been busted for a while now, gpu overheating and a bunch of flicker on the monitors even on idle. they make a loud rattling sound and even ended up making a super high pitched noise at one point. fans basically tried spinning, failed, and restarted every 20 or so secs, whining every time. finally got the new fans i ordered after like a month of waiting and ended up stripping one of the screws on the first step.... rip.
The same fan on my Strix 980ti started messing up a while back and I attempted to fix it. I saw the screws were accessible between the blades and I located the connector and managed to free it although it was a quite tedious to do without feeling like I was about to damage it. I wish I did more research and followed the proper steps to removing the heatsink and all because I ended up cracking the mounting bracket the fan sits on. I accept that this is my fault, however I must say that the mounting brackets ASUS put on these is far too flimsy and weak as well as one of the screws stripped out with hardly any force. Anyways any ideas on how I could fix the mounting bracket? I don't know how much experience you have tinkering with these but any advice would be appreciated. I do have a 3d printer now I just started using about two weeks ago. I wonder if I could somehow 3d print a new mounting bracket... just would have to come up with a way to attach it.
Yeah that is tough and amazed you got that far on the connector without taking it apart. I too was surprised by the fan mounts. Really light material! Hmm re 3 d printer,,,,, som sort of z shaped bracket, but attaching to the top shroud. Really not sure how to do this unless you can fuse the bracket somehow to the shroud then screw down the other side in the original hole. Keep me us posted curious if you get it back together
Oh shoot. That sucks! Can you score a flat line into it with a hacksaw (blade held by hand) and then use a flat screwdriver? Just a thought. Lots of variables in this suggestion.
I have the same Graphic card and I've never pay attention but none of the fan run. Just to confirm, are the fans supposed to be on at all times or only at a certain temperatures. Thanks
Hmmm good question. My set up allows me to set the fan curve based on temperature of the gpu. So when it's not working hard the fans turn slowly. And when it works hard (create more heat) the fans ramp up and spin quickly. If your not running any third party software to control the fan curve I believe that the there could be a time when the fans don't spin,such as when the gpu is not in use. But I would say if your gaming with it and using the gpu, then I would assume the fans should be on, at least somewhat to help cool the gpu. I'm not an expert though. I use after burner software and that allows me to set the fans to spin at a certain speed based on gpu heat.
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 I don't play games and am not a gamer so I don't pay attention until recently my computer won't load every now and then with a long beeping sound. Besides that, when it does load up it would go into a blue screen with a prompt saying " video TDR failure". This is when I realized that none of the fans for the Asus GTX 980ti Strix GPU spin. Then again, these fans haven't spun for over a year now but didn't give me any problem so I thought it was normal due to the fact that it runs around 48 to 52 Fahrenheit. I wish there's a way to test if the fans are working or not. Unless the default set up from factory is that it run all the times and increase in speed if it gets hotter.
I can't say for sure what the default setting for the fans are. I wonder if you could down load after burner, or some other gpu controller software (normally used for over clocking the gpu) and just use it for controlling and testing the fans on the gpu. I know o. afterburner you can literally use a slide bar for the fans and manually control how fast they spin just by sliding it higher. That way you know they work. I can't answer the question as to what the stock settings are for the fans but the temps you mentioned are safe enough. Having said that I don't think cooling further is a bad thing, so even if you used afterburner or the like to control the fans on the curve based on the heat of the gpu, then at least you know the fans are working. I can't really help with the error code you get. And hope my advice above helps some. Let me know what you end up figuring out though.
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 Thank you for informing me about After Burner software. I just downloaded afterburner and now my GTX 980ti all three fans are running. Should I just have it set to run full-time? I guessed the factory setting is to have it off maybe until it reaches a certain temperature. At least now I know fans are working, not defective. It's kind of weird that the factory software doesn't allow you to control it.
Good to hear, at least we know they work. In after burner there are profiles you can save with a bunch of different things you can program. One of them is the fan curve. I would program the fan cure to you desired hear vs fan apped setting and then save that to a profile. So when you turn on after burner you can just choose the profile number and then it is set. If you don't care about sound of the fans you could. Just turn them to a low speed and leave them on but that is up to you. To program the fan curve in after burner it's in the menu options. I had to watch a video on how to program it the first time.
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Thank you for the video! One of the fans broke down, ordered a kit an followed you instructions. 980Ti lives again!
man, i love videos like that. got the same card recently and just having a video before opening it myself is so reassuring
Just replaced the thermal paste on that GPU. Thank you very much for showing us how to do it! :)
Glad it was helpful!
Boy, it has massive heatpipes. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you I need to replace fans and thank you for this my fans are busted in this card
You are welcome! Glad it helped
Very helpful, thank you for posting this! I had virtually the same fan failure and using your video as a guide I easily replaced all three fans with brand new ones.
Happy to hear this! Glad it helped!
Very nice video, insightful and helpful. Got my fans changed without major problems :)
That is great to hear! Glad it helped.
For a Strix model, I'm surprised the memory didn't have thermal pads incorporated. Just picked one of these up yesterday and did a teardown.
Are tou taking about the soft thermal "stuff" at 3:52 in the video? I'm not a pro so what would be better than this? Perhaps I should have replaced this "stuff"aswell?
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 Yes, the thermal pads around the VRM can be re-used so don't worry unless you want piece of mind. My reference 980Ti has thermal pads around the memory, wonder why ASUS didn't do the same.
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 yes, that is on the VRM.
It should have that on top of the memories as well (squares around the gpu chip), but since this is asus strix "premium" aka. cheaply built overpriced shit you dont get it
OMG...Thank you for this video!!!
You are so welcome!
lifesaver just picked one up in japan for $20 that had bad fans
🙇 thank you sir!
Glad it helped!
fans have been busted for a while now, gpu overheating and a bunch of flicker on the monitors even on idle. they make a loud rattling sound and even ended up making a super high pitched noise at one point. fans basically tried spinning, failed, and restarted every 20 or so secs, whining every time.
finally got the new fans i ordered after like a month of waiting and ended up stripping one of the screws on the first step....
rip.
The same fan on my Strix 980ti started messing up a while back and I attempted to fix it. I saw the screws were accessible between the blades and I located the connector and managed to free it although it was a quite tedious to do without feeling like I was about to damage it. I wish I did more research and followed the proper steps to removing the heatsink and all because I ended up cracking the mounting bracket the fan sits on. I accept that this is my fault, however I must say that the mounting brackets ASUS put on these is far too flimsy and weak as well as one of the screws stripped out with hardly any force. Anyways any ideas on how I could fix the mounting bracket? I don't know how much experience you have tinkering with these but any advice would be appreciated.
I do have a 3d printer now I just started using about two weeks ago. I wonder if I could somehow 3d print a new mounting bracket... just would have to come up with a way to attach it.
Yeah that is tough and amazed you got that far on the connector without taking it apart. I too was surprised by the fan mounts. Really light material! Hmm re 3 d printer,,,,, som sort of z shaped bracket, but attaching to the top shroud. Really not sure how to do this unless you can fuse the bracket somehow to the shroud then screw down the other side in the original hole. Keep me us posted curious if you get it back together
what is that long rectangle piece that look slike thermal paste? mine left some on the MB.
Can you tag the minutes where you see this piece in my video. Maybe I can help if I know exactly what you're talking about
i stripped a screw on my seahawk 980 ti, now im stuck with a dead pump on it until i get a dremmel
Oh shoot. That sucks! Can you score a flat line into it with a hacksaw (blade held by hand) and then use a flat screwdriver? Just a thought. Lots of variables in this suggestion.
Did anyone else have a chunk of glue on top of one of the screws while removing the heat sink part? What a bunch of jerks.
That's annoying! Did you get through it and get it seperated?
I have that aswell. How did you remove it
I managed to get it off, but had to remove the neckring from the socket
I have the same Graphic card and I've never pay attention but none of the fan run. Just to confirm, are the fans supposed to be on at all times or only at a certain temperatures. Thanks
Hmmm good question. My set up allows me to set the fan curve based on temperature of the gpu. So when it's not working hard the fans turn slowly. And when it works hard (create more heat) the fans ramp up and spin quickly. If your not running any third party software to control the fan curve I believe that the there could be a time when the fans don't spin,such as when the gpu is not in use. But I would say if your gaming with it and using the gpu, then I would assume the fans should be on, at least somewhat to help cool the gpu. I'm not an expert though. I use after burner software and that allows me to set the fans to spin at a certain speed based on gpu heat.
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 I don't play games and am not a gamer so I don't pay attention until recently my computer won't load every now and then with a long beeping sound. Besides that, when it does load up it would go into a blue screen with a prompt saying " video TDR failure". This is when I realized that none of the fans for the Asus GTX 980ti Strix GPU spin. Then again, these fans haven't spun for over a year now but didn't give me any problem so I thought it was normal due to the fact that it runs around 48 to 52 Fahrenheit. I wish there's a way to test if the fans are working or not. Unless the default set up from factory is that it run all the times and increase in speed if it gets hotter.
I can't say for sure what the default setting for the fans are. I wonder if you could down load after burner, or some other gpu controller software (normally used for over clocking the gpu) and just use it for controlling and testing the fans on the gpu. I know o. afterburner you can literally use a slide bar for the fans and manually control how fast they spin just by sliding it higher. That way you know they work. I can't answer the question as to what the stock settings are for the fans but the temps you mentioned are safe enough. Having said that I don't think cooling further is a bad thing, so even if you used afterburner or the like to control the fans on the curve based on the heat of the gpu, then at least you know the fans are working. I can't really help with the error code you get. And hope my advice above helps some. Let me know what you end up figuring out though.
@@waldorfsrandomworldofthoug203 Thank you for informing me about After Burner software. I just downloaded afterburner and now my GTX 980ti all three fans are running. Should I just have it set to run full-time? I guessed the factory setting is to have it off maybe until it reaches a certain temperature. At least now I know fans are working, not defective. It's kind of weird that the factory software doesn't allow you to control it.
Good to hear, at least we know they work. In after burner there are profiles you can save with a bunch of different things you can program. One of them is the fan curve. I would program the fan cure to you desired hear vs fan apped setting and then save that to a profile. So when you turn on after burner you can just choose the profile number and then it is set. If you don't care about sound of the fans you could. Just turn them to a low speed and leave them on but that is up to you. To program the fan curve in after burner it's in the menu options. I had to watch a video on how to program it the first time.