Comments on: How to Replace a Video Card GPU Fan http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/ A Resource for Computer Repair Technicians & to get PC tech support help. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:58:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andrew P. http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-12274 Andrew P. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:57:11 +0000 http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/#comment-12274 <b>sanjuro</b>, no need to get uncouth. Re-read by comment above yours. The solution is to use a fan with a non-contact bearing, such as the Sunon MagLev series. They cost a few pennies more than the sleeve bearing fans Taiwanese and Chinese OEMs use, and that's why the OEMs don't use the better ones: They're cheapskates. Whenever I hear a fan bearing start to rattle and growl, I get out my Mouser, Jameco or Digi-Key parts catalog and order a better-than-OEM replacement. The replacement fan will never again bother me and will last longer than I care to keep the equipment. End of story. sanjuro, no need to get uncouth. Re-read by comment above yours. The solution is to use a fan with a non-contact bearing, such as the Sunon MagLev series. They cost a few pennies more than the sleeve bearing fans Taiwanese and Chinese OEMs use, and that’s why the OEMs don’t use the better ones: They’re cheapskates.

Whenever I hear a fan bearing start to rattle and growl, I get out my Mouser, Jameco or Digi-Key parts catalog and order a better-than-OEM replacement. The replacement fan will never again bother me and will last longer than I care to keep the equipment. End of story.

]]> By: sanjuro http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-7726 sanjuro Mon, 25 May 2009 08:26:04 +0000 http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/#comment-7726 I have problems with my video card fan too (I have to punch the computer over and over to slowdown the damn thing... it's driving me mad). What I'd like to know is why the heck this happens to so many people? They work hard making new, high-performance computers and yet they can't make something as simple as a fan work right. This is fucking pathetic! I have problems with my video card fan too (I have to punch the computer over and over to slowdown the damn thing… it’s driving me mad).

What I’d like to know is why the heck this happens to so many people? They work hard making new, high-performance computers and yet they can’t make something as simple as a fan work right. This is fucking pathetic!

]]> By: Keith http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-6736 Keith Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:52:08 +0000 http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/#comment-6736 lol just found this somehow off Google..... who would have thunk we would go from moaning tiny hetsinks aren't quite good enough to the massive 4870X2 heatsinks kicking about these days.... lol just found this somehow off Google…..
who would have thunk we would go from moaning tiny hetsinks aren’t quite good enough to the massive 4870X2 heatsinks kicking about these days….

]]> By: Andrew P. http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-5435 Andrew P. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:09:33 +0000 http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/#comment-5435 After searching fruitlessly for a replacement fan, or entire chip cooling assembly, for a BFG NVIDIA GeForce 5600 256MB AGP card, I decided to rebuild the cooler. The OEM fan was a Sunon KD1204PFB1 12VDC/1.4W 40mm sleeve bearing unit that had been snipped out of its rectangular duct frame and glued to a clear plastic 3-tab mounting spider. I salvaged the spider and similarly cannibalized a Sunon KDE1204PFVX 12VDC/1.9W 9.5CFM, 40x40x10mm MagLev bearing fan by cutting the three motor support struts, mounting it on the spider with hot melt glue and connecting the wires to a Molex 4-pin disk drive connector tap, just like the OEM fan had been. Works great, and the MagLev bearings will never wear out! I happened to have the fan already in hand, but other than that, the total time to repair was less than two hours. The fan was ordered from <a href="http://www.jameco.com/" rel="nofollow">Jameco Electronics</a>, Belmont, California, about $7+S/H and sales tax. The advantage to this approach is that I never had to remove the aluminum heat sink from the chip and mess with thermal transfer grease at all. After searching fruitlessly for a replacement fan, or entire chip cooling assembly, for a BFG NVIDIA GeForce 5600 256MB AGP card, I decided to rebuild the cooler. The OEM fan was a Sunon KD1204PFB1 12VDC/1.4W 40mm sleeve bearing unit that had been snipped out of its rectangular duct frame and glued to a clear plastic 3-tab mounting spider. I salvaged the spider and similarly cannibalized a Sunon KDE1204PFVX 12VDC/1.9W 9.5CFM, 40×40x10mm MagLev bearing fan by cutting the three motor support struts, mounting it on the spider with hot melt glue and connecting the wires to a Molex 4-pin disk drive connector tap, just like the OEM fan had been. Works great, and the MagLev bearings will never wear out! I happened to have the fan already in hand, but other than that, the total time to repair was less than two hours. The fan was ordered from Jameco Electronics, Belmont, California, about $7+S/H and sales tax. The advantage to this approach is that I never had to remove the aluminum heat sink from the chip and mess with thermal transfer grease at all.

]]> By: broken fan - Computer Forums http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/comment-page-1/#comment-362 broken fan - Computer Forums Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:16:53 +0000 http://www.technibble.com/replacing-a-video-card-gpu-fan/#comment-362 [...] using Google, I've found a rather good article that'll explain how to replace a GPU fan in detail: » How to Replace a Video Card GPU Fan - Technibble - A Resource for Computer Repair Technicians &#03... Help others as well as being helped yourself. __________________ Ashley Founder of CompuForums We [...] [...] using Google, I’ve found a rather good article that’ll explain how to replace a GPU fan in detail: » How to Replace a Video Card GPU Fan – Technibble – A Resource for Computer Repair Technicians &#03… Help others as well as being helped yourself. __________________ Ashley Founder of CompuForums We [...]

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