MSI 8800GT OC vibration problem

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maleitch

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I purchased the newegg MSI 8800GT OC deal, and the card is great. This is the one which I believe is using a Zalman 3rd party cooler.

The problem I have is that when the fan gets going the plastic housing around the fan vibrates and rattles. I can lightly touch the plastic housing and the vibration will stop for a few minutes.

Any suggestions and should I be concerned? I fell that I should just tighten down the mounting screws? Not a huge deal, but was wondering if anyone else was having this same issue with this particular card?
 
Yep a few of the newegg reviewers removed the entire plastic and actually improved the cooling a little as well as remove the vibration or the fan blade rubbing on it's casing.
 
Yeah, you can just remove it. I'm getting mine tomorrow, I'll probably just remove it right off the bat if it doesn't seem like it will make a difference in temps.
 
I had the same problem. Get a phillips eyeglass size screw driver and take the shroud off. I did and it solved the vibratin/noise issue and the temps are the same
 
Same here with mine, I removed the shroud. It didn't affect the temperature any bit.
 
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