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Originally Posted by enaberif  I'd pull the heatsink off and make sure none of the thermal pads are interefering with the fan blades. The thermal pads on these things aren't that great.
I suggest load up rivatuner or ati tool and crank the fan speed up and see if it gets louder. |
I've stopped the fan with my finger and the ticking/clicking continues. I also removed the heat sink, applied my own thermal grease (their grease & thermal pad job was terrible) and the ticking/clicking still mocks me. It is the strangest thing I've ever witnessed with a card. I've got the card setup as a RMA return now as after a conversation with XFX it seems that this sound may be coming from the power conditioning portion of the card, from a faulty inductor specifically. But, I'd definitely like to hear other possibility before I ship this otherwise perfectly running card away for a week.
