Re: How to repair GPU fan on my video card?
- From: "Les Steel" <a@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:00:18 -0000
<mexican_equivalent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
> 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?
>
Try an Arctic Cooling VGA silencer. Dirt cheap, highly effective.
.
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