Page 1 of 1

What to do when your fan fails...

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:35 pm
by 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...

Image

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 :supz:

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:40 pm
by 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!

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:48 pm
by 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.

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:43 pm
by 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.

Video card fan

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:03 pm
by Benny

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:01 am
by Apoptosis
I actually replaced it with the ATI X800XT 256mb PCIe video card :)

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:34 pm
by 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.