I have a mini-itx Gigabyte 1070 which has a bad fan, it only starts if I push it by hand, and at some point it stops for some reason, I've never been around when it stops.
I tried pulling the rottary part off, cleaning and oiling up the middle pin, and it didn't make a difference (it wasn't very dirty to begin with).
Right now I have another fan working on top of it, but I didn't dismantle the shroud, and it's fine, but it's winter time and I'm keeping the mining PC on the balcony.
Do you guys have any suggestion on how to fix this fan? as I will probably want to eventually sell this card.
sell the card, or replace the fan.... that's the early sign that your about to have cooling issues.
@QuintLeo; yeah, exactly! That's why I mentioned the heatsync removal being necessary in most instances... plus; it gives you a chance to re-paste that GPU that has dried and worn out it's OEM compound.
I personally typically re-paste after 1 year of mining. I tend to see a temp drop when I do.