Journal #5311

Posted 16 years ago2008-08-28 11:57:46 UTC
Argh, not this again. :/

I turned on my pc today and heard a weird noise coming out of the case. It was not my CPU fan, not my powersupply fan but my videocard fan! Why do i always get faulty videocard fans!? Its not the first time that my videocard fan starts to show signs of failure. Its still working though, but for how long? Who knows... Anyway, i took out the videocard and used a air compressor to blow out all the dust. I did the same with the rest of the system.

Then i put the card back into its AGP slot, connected all the wires, and turned the pc on. Still the same sound. So i took a pencil and started to poke the fan, hoping that the sound will stop. And it did.

The fan is connected to the card via a 2-pin socket, so my guess is that the fan could easily be replaced by a new one, without having to replace the entire card, cuz the card itself is still working as it should be.
Ill just wait and see what happens...

Balls.

In other news, i have a really cool Brotherhood of Nod logo decal on my window. People walking by outside can see that i fight for Nod.

Edit: 10000 logins. Neat! No message though. :/

16 Comments

Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 12:02:00 UTC Comment #38225
That fan is gonna fail eventually. You might as well upgrade the card if not the whole system.

Who still uses AGP?
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 12:05:46 UTC Comment #38235
"Who still uses AGP?"

MuzzleFlash
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 12:41:29 UTC Comment #38231
i have this video card for 8+ months and no fan failures yet :)
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 12:59:30 UTC Comment #38232
"who still uses AGP"

Me

"So i took a pencil and started to poke the fan, hoping that the sound will stop. And it did. "

sounds to me like delaying the inevitable. you should upgrade the card in my opinion.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 13:11:39 UTC Comment #38222
How about replacing the fan?
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 13:16:39 UTC Comment #38233
Well, if upgrading is out of the question, then go ahead and replace the fan. Although when something on my computer goes bad, i use that as an excuse to upgrade ;)

Plus, when something on a computer component does go bad, its usually not a good indication of reliability for the working parts that remain
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 13:22:02 UTC Comment #38229
A fan like that costs like 5 bucks. Definatly not the price of a new videocard.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 13:29:03 UTC Comment #38226
Go ahead and replace the fan if you can find a fan that fits.

Or do what I did, which is even better:

Take the fan off, plus anything that would obstruct air movement across the stock heatsink, then buy a PCI slot fan that either sucks out, or blows directly at the heatsink.

This way, once you do upgrade, the money you spent on a new fan can go into the new computer and help with cooling.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 13:43:37 UTC Comment #38234
Go with lukes idea.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 14:30:08 UTC Comment #38236
Get 8600 GT, it's very cheap and is a very good card for the price that it costs (around 60 ?)
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 16:24:11 UTC Comment #38223
Go ahead and replace the fan if you can find a fan that fits.
Thats probably the hardest part.

@ Spike: as long as its AGP...
Don't know really, its just the fan thats being a bitch, the card itself is fine.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 21:11:05 UTC Comment #38224
Ahh, the old pencil-poke technique. That's almost as cool as the time I used string to hold up loose wires and get better airflow.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-28 22:52:46 UTC Comment #38230
lol, isn't it funny how the most barbaric methods work so well? I had this tv that wouldn't turn on I tried everything fidling with the wires, pushing all the buttons, this went on for about 30 minutes. I then got so frustrated I just gave it a whack with the remote on the side and presto!! It came to life!!! The next day it was dead again but wacking it didn't work so we got a new one!
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-29 03:22:56 UTC Comment #38228
you can buy special pencils at computer stores designed specifically to poke into graphics card fans.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-29 05:22:14 UTC Comment #38227
I had 3 video cards, and all fans on them failed, so i just bought a new fan.
Commented 16 years ago2008-08-29 12:46:46 UTC Comment #38221
Ouch, i still remember your 9800 trouble.

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