Sapphire Ati 5850 fan problem

[Riot2]

So, my pc up until this morning was difficult to tell if it was on or not cuz it was so silent.
This morning when i woke up that changed, i turned my pc on and it sounds and vibrates like a tractor
So i cleaned out the fans thinking it could be dust but there was hardly any.
I study in the same room as my pc but now its impossible (the sound is audible up to 4 rooms away and u can feel the vibrations of the case anywhere u touch it)
The card was bought in november last year, for those that dont know the series of cards the fan+heatsync is about 2/3 of the total graphics card and its integrated rather well, altho it is possible to get it off and possibly replace, given that the card is only about 7 months old this is not the option i want to take.
What i want to know is "the fan sounds and vibrates like a tractor" a valid reason to try get it swapped out on the warranty -> im pretty sure the fan is going to fail completely in a shortwhile anyway
// thought i would add some information, ran gpuz and the fan speed is at 21% which is about typical for been essentially idle.

 

[Archer]

Download MSI afterburner (will work for any card make) and manually set the fan speed to varying levels, see if that helps. Although the fact that gpuz reports it running at 21% is a bit worrying. If its still making so much noise you should be able to get it replaced. Just say that the fan is working incorrectly.

 

[Riot2]

checked out afterburner
changed the speeds higher and lower and all it did was make the noise different, never really got any louder between 21% and 100% fan speed, varied between sounding like a tractor and something grinding meat with bone left in it
gonna switch to my onboard soon as the noise is just too much to handle

 

[P924]

Take the card back. The fan bearing has failed.

 

[Re83L]

Yes, get it replaced.

The failing fan is more than enough reason.
Also: Maybe try and figure out which supplier the card was bought from, and take it directly to them, and you will get your card back sooner.

 

[Riot2]

thx for the advice
i bought it from prophecy, so ill let them handle it
i can survive with onboard graphics for the whole of june as i have alot of studying to do
fortunately i kept all the packaging

 

[Re83L]

Take it without any packaging, they lost some of my stuff last time I RMA'ed.
(Stole my mobo's backplate)

Or maybe with packaging - but without any other accessories inside.
The card itself has a serial number on it, they only need that.

 

[DerpiesFreud]

evga precesion is nice too
and my club 3d 9800gt is silent on either 35 or 100%
my same xfx was like a turbine

 

[Riot2]

kk well the packaging consists of the cardboard box and the antistatic bag as well as the useless power cables they supplied with it (i have a modular psu that had the necessary cables)
on the onboard now, and silence really is golden
so i guess if i must game a bit ill my x360 instead for now
hopefully it doenst take more than 4 weeks tho

 

[acidrain]

Got the same thing with my 4890 a few days ago... really loud grinding noise from the fan. It's out now waiting to go off to the supplier but damn being on onboard gfx sucks