How To Replace the Fans on a GPU Graphics Card – Save that GPU!

In this video I show how to disassemble a GPU, clean it, replace the fans and replace the thermal paste and thermal pads. This AMD Radeon HD 7950 was about to be toast, replacing the fans was inexpensive and added years of life to this Graphics Card.

You may notice that I spread the thermal compound evenly, that’s just a preference from the training I received in the military working on high thermal output devices. Current philosophy is that you can put down a line or a few dots and let the compression spread it. Your choice!

I’ve done similar repairs to nVidia GPU’s and the same process applies to these cards as well.

Here are some affiliate links to the items I used in this video:
Replacement Fans: https://amzn.to/2VLbb6G
Thermal Paste: https://amzn.to/3CCTHtK
Silicone Thermal Pads https://amzn.to/3CzU34x
Rexbeti Digital Caliper https://amzn.to/2VKRgVq

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Spin Testing the Fans
00:57 Remove board from radiator
01:48 Thermal Pads and Thermal Compound
02:20 Removing Fan Assembly
02:40 Clean the Radiator Fins
02:50 Measure the Old Fan and Mounts
04:27 Removing Fans From Housing
06:22 Remove the old Thermal Compound
07:26 Unboxing the new fans
07:40 Cord Placement for New Fans
08:21 Mounting the New Fans
09:09 New Fan Wire Management
09:39 Installing Fans to Heat Sink Radiator
10:15 Prepping the Radiator Thermal Paste and Pads
11:20 Final Assembly of GPU and Fans
12:08 Stress Testing the GPU and Fans

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