9800 pro fan not working

[bhouncy]

Hi. I was trying to play counterstrike source but my screen went blank and I
had to reboot. I checked out my card and the fan isn't turning. Can I get a
replacement or do I have to do something different?

thanks

 

[Barry Watzman]

This is a problem with ATI. They won't give you a fan, and they won't
(or wouldn't) sell a fan, either. If the board was under warranty, they
want you to return the entire board to replace a $3 fan (that I was
willing to buy and replace myself ... and in my case, the fan wasn't
even dead, it was just noisy). That's a really bad solution, because
the shipping [EACH WAY!] costs more than the fan.

But what's worse is that if you are out of warranty, then you are just
out of luck. So I guess that the entire board is to be trashed because
the $3 fan went bad.

It makes no sense, and ATI needs to address it.

 

[First of One]

Use one of these:
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=36&data=7&disc=
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=41

Or simply remove the fan (leave the heat sink in place) and zip-tie an 80 mm
case fan to the heat sink.

 

[Julian Richards]

Hi. I was trying to play counterstrike source but my screen went blank and I
had to reboot. I checked out my card and the fan isn't turning. Can I get a
replacement or do I have to do something different?

You best option would be to get a third party fan which would be
superior to the original (and ATI should have used in the first
place).
--

Julian Richards

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

 

[bhouncy]

Thanks for the replies.

 

[bhouncy]

Use one of these:
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=36&data=7&disc=
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=41

Just purchased VGA silencer from ebay. Thanks!