From: "Winterlight"
I don't know, I didn't try to fix it because it is under warranty for
three years, and doing so would end the warranty. And if I fix it I
might not fix it correctly, so that the fan works but maybe not like
it is suppose to, and maybe the chip runs hot and it dies. These
ca
At 11:21 AM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
Dumb easy question:
Do these fans actually fail electrically (coils/sensor-etc),
or do the bearings freeze, score, or gum up from the heat?
OR, is it a problem with the controls on the card?
(It looks like a three wire fan.)
I don't know, I didn't try to fix i
I got used to getting low end or EOL (discount)
cards with small memories. I switched to Intel-Embedded
on Media-Series MBs. (Ex: DG451D)
I have ZERO experience with Fans on Video cards,
so it was an honest question.
Thank for the reply. Perhaps I'll Google the model + trouble
and see what pops u
Rick,
For the most part, I completely agree with your points. But, as
Winterlight asks, and, I have seen with this present crop of video
cards, this diagnostic/repair procedure may be problematic. Not to
mention a loss of card warranty.
What really confuses me is that the really BIG hs/cooler
Dumb easy question:
Do these fans actually fail electrically (coils/sensor-etc),
or do the bearings freeze, score, or gum up from the heat?
OR, is it a problem with the controls on the card?
(It looks like a three wire fan.)
I've always solved fan problems with a disassembly,
cleaning the bearin
My PC includes two ASUS EAH4870 video cards
www.winterlight.org/4870.jpg
don't know if this will work from email
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121276R
I bought the first one last September, and then the second in
December. I wasn't going to buy the second one because