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. :)
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 > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
