[CS-FSLUG] Dead Fan on ATI Card

[Timothy Butler]

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.

	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!

	Thanks,
		Tim




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