Radeon 9800Pro 256mb Need Help Please

That card is for $60 on newegg I think (or less) getting a new fan would be maybe $30 I believe.

hehe, thats what i kind thought might be the case, i just only have a couple of minutes before it overheats so here was my first port of call.

will check newegg, thanks

Very weird that your fan stopped worked for no reason although we all know the 9800 cards are kinda old, there is some people out there with with geforces mx (with fans) that are still working.

Just get the cooler and fix it, but I dont know if that will guarantee that your card will work forever...

I agree, I bought a $20 cooler from compusa to use as a band aid for the issue, comp is back to normal running fine all be it the 9800 is running a little warmer than before but seems good for now.

Yes I agree this is only a temporary solution but as long as I can tide myself through to my next build (probably within the next 12-16 months)im cool with that (i wonder how many fans i will go through before then hehe hopefully just this one.

thanks for your help guys, I was tempted to buy a radeon 9800 to replace mine but it seemed quite hard to find one now probably cos its 3 years old give or take lol.

the other reason the fan gave up is also probably the same reason, have had this pc for about 3 years or so now and i pretty much leave it on all the time, this is the first hardware failure I have had since I built it so im pretty pleased with the components and my handiwork.

Saying that I think its time to start backing up some of my data lol, video card fan goes I wonder if an HD could be next  

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Got DVD's anyone?    

[/quote]Got DVD's anyone?