On Thursday 05 February 2009, Jeffrey Nonken wrote: > Unless you really need an upgrade, I'd just replace the fan. Much > cheaper. Buying a new video card just because of the fan is like > getting a new car because the ashtray is full. :)
Yeah. I know, I really don't want to waste a perfectly good card. I'll check into replacement fans. This one might do it: http://www.provantage.com/zalman-tech-zmvf700cu~7ZALM00W.htm Cheers, Dylan > On Feb 5, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Dylan Beaudette wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had been hearing an annoying hum from my machine for a couple days > > now, and > > took it apart this morning to find the fan on the video card buzzing > > in > > place. Cycling the power resulted in a brief attempt at turning on, > > and then > > the system shut off- as if there were an excessive power draw / > > powersupply > > failure. > > > > Unpluggin the offending fan on the video card resulting in a normal > > power-on, > > although now the video card is running hot. The card is : > > > > nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600XT] (rev a1) > > > > I would like to stick to nVidia, as the accelerated hardware is > > fairly well > > supported. Ideally a card without fan would be nice. > > > > An alternative would be to replace the fan on the video card. Does > > anyone have > > experience in something like this? There are some resources on the > > internet, > > but I thought I would also ask here. > > > > Finally, is there any potential for melt-down if I operate this > > video card > > without a fan? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Dylan > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dylan Beaudette > > Soil Resource Laboratory > > http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/ > > University of California at Davis > > 530.754.7341 > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Dylan Beaudette Soil Resource Laboratory http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/ University of California at Davis 530.754.7341 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech