AIW w/o HSF

[David Shorthouse]

Hey folks,

I have an AIW 9000 with a DVI monitor. I have just started to
reconfigure my system as an ultra-quiet alternative to the outboard motor it
used to be. Right now, the noisiest component in my box is the HSF on the
AIW. I can now clearly hear its high-pitched whine and want to eliminate
this. Are there any AIWs (besides the now very hard to find AIW 7000) that
have a passive heatsink with a DVI connector? I saw an image of the AIW
9600, but I need DVI. I have thought about replacing the fan on my card with
a Zalman or similar vga "heatpipe", but I would rather not weight-stress the
card or blow the 2 years of warranty I still have.

Thanks for any pointers,

Dave

 

[Darthy]

Hey folks,

I have an AIW 9000 with a DVI monitor. I have just started to
reconfigure my system as an ultra-quiet alternative to the outboard motor it
used to be. Right now, the noisiest component in my box is the HSF on the
AIW. I can now clearly hear its high-pitched whine and want to eliminate
this. Are there any AIWs (besides the now very hard to find AIW 7000) that
have a passive heatsink with a DVI connector? I saw an image of the AIW
9600, but I need DVI. I have thought about replacing the fan on my card with
a Zalman or similar vga "heatpipe", but I would rather not weight-stress the
card or blow the 2 years of warranty I still have.

9000 doesn't get all that hot... replace the fan.

The only ATI AIWs with DVI is the 9000Pro/9700/9800s

 

[J. Clarke]

Hey folks,

I have an AIW 9000 with a DVI monitor. I have just started to
reconfigure my system as an ultra-quiet alternative to the outboard motor
it used to be. Right now, the noisiest component in my box is the HSF on
the AIW. I can now clearly hear its high-pitched whine and want to
eliminate this. Are there any AIWs (besides the now very hard to find AIW
7000) that have a passive heatsink with a DVI connector? I saw an image of
the AIW 9600, but I need DVI. I have thought about replacing the fan on my
card with a Zalman or similar vga "heatpipe", but I would rather not
weight-stress the card or blow the 2 years of warranty I still have.

The Zalman would be overkill on the 9000. If you go over to
<http://www.avsforum.com> you should be able to find a discussion of
replacing the heat sink on the Radeon 8500--the same procedure should work
on the 9000--I forget the keywords that get you to the right thread though.

The 9800 AIW will work fine with the Zalman and has DVI.

 

[David Shorthouse]

9000 doesn't get all that hot... replace the fan.

The only ATI AIWs with DVI is the 9000Pro/9700/9800s

Thanks for the tip, but replace it with what? Everything in my system
produces less than 25dB idle noise except for this ATI fan. The only way I
can see to get to this level would be to replace the HSF with a passive unit
or a larger fan. I don't see how the latter solution would work because of
the clip size on the card.

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Dave