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Is my agp fan dead?
Name: MAX Date: December 17, 2003 at 03:21:01 Pacific OS: Win 98 SE CPU/Ram: 2 Ghz /256
Comment:
My fan on agp chip is making bazzing noises every 3 seconds... before they where louder and the fan would actually stop for a second... Is it dead? Its only been less than two years... I thought at first it was like this because I installed one more fan in to the system but disconecting it does not affect any thing... Also if I am runing agp at 4x not 8x do I need a fan? (Do you know where in the UK I can buy a 40mm fan cheap?) Thanks
Name: Stuart Date: December 17, 2003 at 04:30:18 Pacific
Reply:
If the fan is making noises and stopping periodicaly is is a sure sign the bearings are cracking up.
Do a search on Google, there are laods of places where you can get a 40mm Fan.
http://www.pclincs.co.uk/acatalog/40mm_Fans.html
This took about two minutes to find.
Stuart
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: December 17, 2003 at 05:29:15 Pacific
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4x or 8x has nothing to do with it...the GPU needs to be cooled regardless. Replace the fan ASAP or you'll end up replacing the entire card...
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Response Number 3
Name: MAX Date: December 17, 2003 at 06:10:13 Pacific
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Jam it is a AGP chip on the mobo not the videocard... Thats why I am asking...
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Response Number 4
Name: Stuart Date: December 17, 2003 at 07:20:49 Pacific
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Are you sure its the AGP chip?. If its on the motherboard it is more likely to the Northbridge Chip. It is unlikely that on-board video will be powerful enough to warrant a seperate cooling fan.
The Northbridg Chip fan on my motherboard failed months ago (Abit KT7A-RAID) and its non the worse for it.
Stuart
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Response Number 5
Name: MAX Date: December 17, 2003 at 07:59:51 Pacific
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Hmm.. May be not AGP... The fan is working half the time and the heat sink is just worm... may be I too should forget about it? Thought I do plan to overclock...
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