[OFB Cafe] Dead Fan on ATI Card

[Fred A. Miller]

Timothy Butler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 	I heard this really horrible sound out of my trusty old Dell, and  
> realized relatively quickly one of its fans must be going out. I  
> opened it up and isolated it down to the GPU's fan. The card is a  
> Radeon 9700 Pro with 128 megs of ram -- it's five years old, but  
> still a decent card. Question, does anyone know a way to buy a new  
> fan for that card? The part number for the fan is:
> 
> 	PN7120004100

> 	Alternately, if it really is completely dead, y'all have a  
> suggestion for a card that is at least as good that doesn't cost too  
> terribly much? If I go that route, I'd probably want to find a  
> DirectX 10 compatible card -- this computer is my "lab" machine on  
> which I usually try to keep a copy of Windows so that I can come up  
> to solutions to problems for my clients. I was planning to put a copy  
> of Vista Ultimate on it (gasp), in fact, as a dual boot with XP. As  
> long as it runs Vista, I'd like it to run Aero.

I prefer nVidia, but when you "talk" Vista, I can't help 
you......sorry....no offense intended.

> 	ATI/AMD has the helpful advice that goes like this:
> 
> 	"Noisy Fan or Fan Failure
> The fans on ATI graphics cards are not user replaceable parts. To  
> avoid any complications due to any possible damage that may have been  
> caused by the fan's failure or degraded functionality, the entire  
> card should be replaced. If the card is currently under warranty and  
> built by ATI, you can fill out and submit the online warranty request  
> form at http://www.ati.amd.com/rma."
> 
> 	So much for buying a new fan from them!

I think I'd look for a PNY made card with a nVidia chipset.

Fred

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