Re: OT: How to repair GPU fan on my video card?
- From: Spalls Hurgenson <yoinks@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:47:42 GMT
On 29 Nov 2005 16:13:11 -0800, mexican_equivalent@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>The fan on my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro fan just died. I'm unable to send it
>back to the manufacturer because I'm living on the furthest corner of
>civilized society, and the shipping costs would be more than a brand
>new card. And I'd hate to buy a new AGP card now because I'm fixing to
>upgrade my entire system next year.
>When the fan died, the GPU must've overheated several times because my
>PC froze several times. It wasn't until I sensed the dreaded "burning
>odor" that I realized what was amiss.
>So two questions for ATI experts out there...
>1) I tested my card, and my PC will still boot up... at least for a few
>minutes until the GPU heats up. But I did smell a strong burning odor
>*once* before, and maybe that means some of the circuits got burned.
>What are the chances that this Radeon card could still be fully
>functional if the fan is repaired?
If you're smellin' smoke, I wouldn't pin much hope on having a
functional card. I've run (inadvertantly, of course) GPUs with dead
fans, but usually they just crash the game/display. Once the pixie
smoke starts leakin' out of the chip, it can't do its magic no mo' :-)
>2) I have no access to spare parts for Radeon. Any suggestions on how
>I could go about fixing the fan? I'm thinking of pulling out the
>fan/heatsink combo on the card and replacing it with a CPU
>fan/heatsink. But how do I keep the heatsink fastened to the GPU? Is
>there such a thing as a thermal glue (instead of thermal paste) that
>could hold it in place? Any suggestions?
Or try a dedicated GPU cooler, such as:
http://epowerhousepc.com/product_info.php?cPath=4_7&products_id=597
I have no connection to the company; they're just what I found when I
did a google search. Don't know if this HSF is any good either, but
it's listed as radeon 9800 compatible so it's made to fit the board.
You probably can get a CPU fan to work; I've munged together some
nvidia GPU heatsinks and third-party cooler fans with some success. It
should be enough to get your PC up-and-running (running plain ol' VGA
shouldn't burn up any circuits), assuming the card is live to begin
with. But given how hot the run 3D-Accelerated, I'd rather trust to a
proper cooling solution.
(There sure seem to be a lot of complaints on google about the poor
hsf's on the 9800s; is it really that common a problem or is it just a
noisy minority? Doesn't ATI have a temperature-throttle to protect the
chips if things get too hot?)
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