What to do when your fan fails...

[Apoptosis]

My ATI 9800 Pro 256mb DDR2 video card fan failed...

I contacted ATI to get my fan replaced, but for some reason a week has come and gone without the marketing team sending anything out.

I had to come up with a fix so I can use my main system...

I happened to have a thermaltake fan that had a plastic gaurd on the bottom that I could place over the original heatsinks minus the locked up fan I removed...



Trust me if I had duct tape laying around I'd stick it on there too... I've never had a fan lock up solid on me, but in the end it's all laughs and my core temps are down... LMAO

[Illuminati]

Nice... I remember when that fan was making funny noises last time I was there...

Well, I thought the noises were funny! haha Good fix!

[infinitevalence]

hehe i will have to find my geforce2 mx, its the same style rig but i used a heatsink and fan from an old pentium.

[Bio-Hazard]

Come on out to the woods and I'll give you one of my ATI fans. I think I have 3 around the house somewhere. I also have a VGA Silencer that you can have.

[Benny]

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[Apoptosis]

I actually replaced it with the ATI X800XT 256mb PCIe video card

[bigblockmatt]

Digging up old posts...Better than starting a new one I guess.

I have an ATI All in Wonder 9700. Anyone know where to get a new fan/cooler for it. the places that i have seen dont support the all in wonder due to some junk about the tv tuner part or some such non sense.