when my fan died on the Radeon 9800, I looked up the specs and ordered the replacement from Mouser Electronics.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: Re: Replacement Fan for ATI 9800 Video Card > > Doug McNutt wrote: >> At 09:51 -0500 1/1/09, Dale Hoffman wrote: >>> I have a Quicksilver G4 with the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac AGP 256MB >>> video Card. >>> >>> The fan has been acting up emitting intermittent whirring noises. >>> I removed it, blew it off with compressed air which worked for a while. >>> Then I added a drop of silicone electrical contact cleaner to a whole >>> in the back which - I suppose - feeds the point of rotation. This is >>> working, but I would rather find a replacement fan if I can. Tried >>> Googling on the only ID info printed on the fan which is "ATI 603AC" >>> but couldn't get a match. >> >> No answer but I'd also like to find one. >> >> It has a 40 mm square bolt pattern and runs on +5 volts. > > You want to match it's dimensions and power ratings. The bolt pattern > size is usually good enough, especially for this application. The > thickness is important but in this situation isn't critical. You need > to match the voltage and current. Fans come in a variety of flowrates > and this needs to match the original fairly closely. Some fans list the > rated flowrate in CFM but not all. You're more likely to find the > current rating listed. The current doesn't need to match exactly but it > should be close. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
