I've been using this fanless card, and it's been working out fine for me. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102724
That said, it's a pretty low end card. (I'm not a gamer.) HTH, DR Scott Miller wrote: > Hey Dylan, > > You can buy a passively cooled video card that cools without a fan and > is silent. Here is one, for a random example: > > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814150286 > > It can be hard to find super high-end video cards that are passive, > but you can find decent ones. > > Scott > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 09:52, Dylan Beaudette <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
