Can a motherboard cause a GPU fan to fail?

Question

Just yesterday, I booted up my PC and the fan on the four year old nvidia 7300 gt started to make loud noises. I cleaned out the PC and video card with caned air and it still made some really loud noises. I figured it was time to get a new video card anyway. So I went to the store and bought a geforce 220 gt and the card worked great all yesterday but, I turned on the PC today and the 220gt card started to make loud noises from the fan too. I don't OC my video cards. I dont use a fan controller. The PC is clean and no wires are in the way.

Update:

coincidence? mobo?

Update 2:

Yes know the gpu fan can be loud but, it should be a smooth loud not a scratching loud.

PSU overvolting the pcie.....mmmm? the psu is getting old so maybe.

? · Accepted Answer

Dude i have bad news for you sounds like your mobo is overvolting the pci lane or even the southbrigde.
Aswell you said you don't overclock you GPU but i have a feeling you overclock your cpu and nothbrigde and that can case overheating and cause the gpu fan to spin insanely to try to cool it down
Without more information I can't help sorry. The best in this case just get a new mobo. Sorry mate

Jack M · Answer

sounds like you just ran into some bad card luck. the only thing i can think is MAYBE the regulator in the power supply is going out sending to much power to the card causing it to spin to fast.

But that is right out of a fairytale. but if that were the case, there would be a LOT more problems then just the card

Anonymous · Answer

No. GPU Fans are just naturally loud. I'd recommend either a fan controller or an aftermarket fan. You might be able to use RivaTuner (google it) to control your fan speed via software, but whether it works depends on your hardware.

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Can a motherboard cause a GPU fan to fail?

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