Noisy Fan on AGP Card

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The fan on my PixelView Geforce FX 5600 card is pretty noisy when the
PC first starts. It stops being noisy after a minute or so, but it's
enough to be annoying.

I came across the following site that suggests putting some oil into
the shaft of the fan:

http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020436,2135514-2,00.htm

However the fan on my card doesn't seem to have a lubrication well like
the example on the site.

Is there another way I can solve this problem?

 

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> However the fan on my card doesn't seem to have a lubrication well like
> the example on the site. Is there another way I can solve this problem?
You can just spray into it however you want. Another option is to
replace the fan, or get a heatsink+fan package.

Good luck!

Ehud Shapira.

 

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a_gera80@hotmail.com wrote:

> The fan on my PixelView Geforce FX 5600 card is pretty noisy when the
> PC first starts. It stops being noisy after a minute or so, but it's
> enough to be annoying.
>
> I came across the following site that suggests putting some oil into
> the shaft of the fan:
>
> http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020436,2135514-2,00.htm
>
> However the fan on my card doesn't seem to have a lubrication well like
> the example on the site.
>
> Is there another way I can solve this problem?

Most likely you'll find it under the label on the fan.

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