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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: WhiteHawk on January 21, 2005, 04:31:08 PM

Title: Noisy fan on my vid card
Post by: WhiteHawk on January 21, 2005, 04:31:08 PM

Anybody ever get the noise fan thing on thier vid card.  What the hell is it and how do you fix it?

Thnx

Title: Noisy fan on my vid card
Post by: Skuzzy on January 21, 2005, 04:37:25 PM

You replace the fan before it quits and causes your card to burn up.

Sometimes it just needs to be cleaned out.  Pull the card and check to see if there is an accumalation of dust under the fan.

Title: Noisy fan on my vid card
Post by: WhiteHawk on January 21, 2005, 05:40:10 PM

thnx will do

Title: Noisy fan on my vid card
Post by: eagl on January 22, 2005, 03:22:26 AM

"tv tuner cleaner" might work...  It works for cleaning bad pots so it might clean out the fan.  Or it might kill it, I don't know ;)

There are a bunch of aftermarket heatsink and fan units for video cards and you might be able to find one for your card for about $15-$20.  The fan on my old GF4 died and I got a replacement that cooled about 15% better (and was a bit quieter) for $20.