Wolfsblood June 11, 2005 Share Wolfsblood Member June 11, 2005 Ok, I've got a Saphire 9600xt card in my wife's comp. She's been getting errors while playing Guild Wars where it'll freeze up, and then dtd and give an error saying the vpu has been reset because it stopped responding. she can then go back into the game for a short time, before it crashes completely. SWG runs fine, operating temps have increased, due to the very hot humid weather we're having now. I took the side panel off, blew what dust that was still in the case out (had recently cleaned the filters, and cleaned out the dust) and re-booted. All the system fans came on, but the viddy card fan did not. I'm guessing that the fan should be on at all times, but don't know whether it cycles on and off with usage. Am I correct in thinking that the fan is dead? Is it easily replaceable? suggestions? Setup: Raidmax 420w psu/case, ASUS a7n8x-x, athlon 2800xp oc 2212Mhz, Saphire Radeon 9600xt, 2X512 Samsung pc3200 RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norguard June 11, 2005 Share Norguard Member June 11, 2005 The fan should be on at all times. It will spin up or down, but it won't stop until the PC does. I'm not sure about the ease of replacement, though. That all depends on the manufacturer. I don't know what the Saphire board/fan/connector look like. I'm assuming that the leads are either a standard jack, or are soldered below, or away from the heatsink. The fan in my specific 128MB Asus 9600XT would be almost impossible to replace, due to the special heat sink. Most of those cards use the same types of fans that go over the northbridge on your MoBo, though. If you can spot the leads, you can try hooking one of those MoBo fans up. If the card'll power it, you'll know it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood June 11, 2005 Author Share Wolfsblood Member June 11, 2005 (edited) Nice idea for the chipset fan, unfortunately, the northbridge just has a big heatsink, and no fan. But, yeah, the fan on the ciddy card does indeed look like the chipset fan om my comp. hmmmmmm Looking at the card in detail, it has a little (prolly) 2 prong plug connected to a port on the front of the card, and the fan is help on by 2 black posts that secure it through the pcb. I'll try to get a pic of what i'm talking about. edit: picture found. Edited June 11, 2005 by Wolfsblood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 11, 2005 Share Preacher Member June 11, 2005 Try one of these if you can't get the new fan for it. http://www.xoxide.com/3dedge.html I had one in my old system that I sold and it kept my cards all very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood June 12, 2005 Author Share Wolfsblood Member June 12, 2005 Well, after much checking around, and locating a gpu fan at www.1coolpc.com (vantec Iceberg 5, or something like that for $35) my wife decided that she didn't want to wait for that to arrive, and wait to see if I could get the old fan off and install the new one. So instead of about a $35 repair, she decided we should just get a new viddy card. Sapphire 9800pro from Newegg for $124. Guess my second GeForce 6600gt TDH Extreme card will have to wait a while longer. Thanks for the help though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 12, 2005 Share Preacher Member June 12, 2005 I would have gone with the 9600XT for the money it's got a faster core clock (500mhz instead of 380mhz) and twice the video memory plus it's only $82 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...82E16814164027R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood June 12, 2005 Author Share Wolfsblood Member June 12, 2005 I lookled at that, but decided that the extra 4 rendering pipelines prolly made up for the lower core speed. I really wanted her to get the evga 6600gt for $147 after instant, and mail-in rebates. But as long as it handles SWG and GW without crashing, she'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 12, 2005 Share Preacher Member June 12, 2005 I hope she enjoys, I'm a little jeolous cuz my wife has great disdain for all things computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX June 12, 2005 Share NOFX Member June 12, 2005 hm... Ive had a 9500 pro for years and I think the fan on it died a long time ago. Once I took it completely off and was looking for something to replace it but couldnt find anything, just keep it cool and you should be all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWarrior June 12, 2005 Share HWarrior Member June 12, 2005 (edited) Just a note on the Asus 9600, one of the fans on my card's heatsink died about 3 months ago. I called Asus up and told them I had the 9600 and one fan died. Tech support asked did my card have 2 fans and I said yes. They said they would ship me a replacement. Received it in 3 days via UPS. They actually sent 2 heatsinks with fans already assembled. This made for an easy replacement job. Getting 2 was probably just a goof on their part but I was surprised how quick & easy it was to get a replacement. Edited June 12, 2005 by HWarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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