[CS-FSLUG] Dead Fan on ATI Card

[Nathan T.]

Fan:
http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=139
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=14102&vpn=VF700%2DCU&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118117&Tpk=vf700-cu

Fanless (wonderfully quiet, and never needs to have a fan replaced again):
http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=147
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=25288&vpn=VNF100&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118029&Tpk=vnf100

I got myself an NVidia 8600GTS Silentcool after having a particularly 
noisy BFG video card. A Zalman cooler quited that BFG card down, but the 
fanless 8600GTS Silentcool is absolutely wonderful. Despite temptations 
like the NVidia 9600GT and 8800GT, I haven't upgraded yet because I 
don't want to back to having a small, noisy, high pitched video card fan 
in my computer.

Assuming this e-mail makes it to the list (maybe the last one where I 
mentioned Zalman coolers didn't), that should take care of both Erik and 
Tim.

Nathan T.

Erik Wessman wrote:
> Tim, I have a ATI 9600 Pro (a hand-me-down from my son) here with 
> a similar complaint.  There is a mfgr out there that claims to 
> make replacement fans for these cards, but they are as scarce as 
> hen's teeth, at least in Canada.