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Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: fastson on February 20, 2003, 05:03:42 AM

ARRRGH..

The frickin fan on my Graphics card is acting up..
Seems its "loose" and vibrating, either that or its friction..

Sounds like a fricking jumbo jet engine 50 cm from my head.. My ears cant take it anymore. (I got to play music to drown the horrible sound)

So question..

Is there any type of "grease" I could use?
Im thinking WD-40 or would that ignite the whole computer? :D

Suggestions before I lose my hearing.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 20, 2003, 06:20:58 AM

hmmmm.. how bout fixing up the fan.. or replacing it.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: fastson on February 20, 2003, 06:33:30 AM

Quote

Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
hmmmm.. how bout fixing up the fan.. or replacing it.

Ill take the card out and have a look later..
Driving me crazy!

I was going to replace the fan (cuz the card can overheat) .. I haven’t got around to ordering a new fan yet.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 20, 2003, 08:13:07 PM

is a fan really going to set you back that much?

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 20, 2003, 10:19:03 PM

thermaltake have replacement fans..
http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipsetMenu.htm

there more high performance chipset coolers, so they say.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: fastson on February 21, 2003, 02:50:36 AM

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Originally posted by The Hurricane
is a fan really going to set you back that much?

No, I just want to have a look at it first.
Might just be some dust stuck in there somewhere causing the vibrations..

Its the loudest at start-up, it takes about 10 mins before it goes quiet (sometimes (rarely) it can go on for hours though, like yesterday.)

Quote

thermaltake have replacement fans..
http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipsetMenu.htm

there more high performance chipset coolers, so they say.

Thanks :)

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 21, 2003, 04:18:35 AM

I love my gf4 card.. very quiet. 2 small fans + wrap around sink = great cooling and low noise.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 21, 2003, 04:21:13 AM

I gotta get myself some fans, man its gonna rock.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: fastson on February 22, 2003, 04:03:26 AM

LOL!

Guess what happened? The fan stopped spinning!

Today when I turned on the computer I thought "damn, its pretty quiet" ..

So I started doing some work in Photoshop, then my mom called me down cuz she had made breakfast..

When I came up again (after maybe 20-30 mins) it smelled " new electronics" in my room. You know like when you\'ve bought something new.. A TV for example, it smells "new electronics" the first day.

No burnt smell or anything.

Then my brain went "Wait a minute, quiet computer + smell = FAN no worky!"

I ripped the side panel off my computer and stuck my head in.. Yes my brain was correct, the logo on the little fan was not blurred like it should have been!

OMG, cut the power..

I put my finger on the heatsink and it was pretty damn hot..
I feared for the worst, the GPU is fried :(

Anyways, I ripped the card out of the computer took the fan off (even though I risk my warranty) and started to spin the fan with my finger. It did not spin very well, so I greased it up with a little 5-56.. Now it rotated like never before..

I mounted it again and started the PC.. I checked so it was spinning by itself.. It seemed okay, now the moment of truth, had the GPU survived the meltdown?
Windows started normally (I guess that means its okay), I booted a game just to be sure.. It worked!

Puh, great!

It seems to be running fine now, no vibrations or nothing.. But Im not risking anything.
Im gonna order a new GPU fan TODAY..  :nerd:

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: fastson on February 27, 2003, 12:44:07 PM

Hhihi.. Got my new fan today :)

Old POS
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fw1.480.telia.com%2F%7Eu48019550%2Fflakt1.jpg&hash=bc7ff958c50eb4636e941701742db94f2dd6391c)

New sweetheart
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fw1.480.telia.com%2F%7Eu48019550%2Fflakt2.jpg&hash=9b76d95e5e6f5ad99ac892a3052d63b5745da9ee)

Old POS gone
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fw1.480.telia.com%2F%7Eu48019550%2Fflakt3.jpg&hash=7be74b75ab5ba49b9cf75c4735721f7721ecce1f)

Aww.. Looks wonderful :p
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fw1.480.telia.com%2F%7Eu48019550%2Fflakt4.jpg&hash=b704643101129df917731ea8e8b482e43cdc3843)

Anyways, works good so far.. The extra sound (29dB!!) is a pain Im willing to live with.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: NVIDIA256 on February 27, 2003, 01:06:21 PM

The thermaltake Geforce 4 fan is indeed a good fan, but the Crystal Orb by Thermaltake is much better and there is a price the pay for that, It\'s noise.

Title: ARGH! Flaming FAN!
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 27, 2003, 03:50:16 PM

Add the mem heat sinks... will cool them better too. Good for overclocking.