Lately I've noticed the fan on my Radeon 5770 (Batmobile cooler) is not as loud as it used to be. I decided to open up the case today and I noticed it spinning significantly slower than usual. Changing the fan speed from CCC has no effect either. In addition, the fan speed seems to be variable, i.e. I can sometimes see it slowing down, and then revving up again. My idle temp right now is 43 C, despite the weather, God knows what it would be like in summer. I opened it from the case and gave it a brief cleaning with the dust blower. I also took the fan shroud off and cleaned the fan. It's an Everflow T128015SH with a
2-pin fan header. Pics given below
Attachment 17082 Attachment 17083Also, when powered on, the fan used to spin at 100% duty cycle for a few seconds and then slowed down to the value CCC set it at. But now, it does not spin initially at all. During my last restart I had to spin it by hand to get it started

I believe my fan is dying, does anyone have any ideas where I can find a replacement? Or if I can't find the actual thing, any way I can jury rig a high performance 80mm fan on my card?P.S. I still have six months of warranty left, but I have to leave the card at the shop and go PC-less for a few days which I can't really afford right now. The less painful alternative would be to hunt around and buy a replacement fan myself.Tagging some users who have experience in these areas,
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