The fan on my GeForce3 stopped working...

[adelgary]

Hi,

My PC started making really annoying noises several months ago, I knew it was one or more of the fans (CPU, power supply, graphics card), so I cleaned them with a pressured air can once in a while, that used to reduce the noise a little, but never get rid of it completely, and the cleaning seemed to be less effective each time I do it... Well, a few weeks ago the noise got to a really strange and loud level, I thought "What the hell, I'll just live with it"...

Today I noticed that I haven't heard the noise in a long time (few days), so I opened the case, and found that the fan on my ASUS GeForce3 Ti200 stopped working completely! I was very surprised that the card wasn't fried during all this time... I turned the PC off, removed the card (it was very hot), and cleaned the fan really well, plugged it in again, turned it the PC on, but it's still not working

So I just removed the card and now I'm working on the built-in Intel 815 chipset.

My question is, what to do now? I'm no hardware expert by any means and this never happened to me before... Any ideas? A replacement fan maybe? If you can point me to where I can buy one online it would be much appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

 

[dakels]

Buy a video card fan&cooling kit for $10 and replace the fan on that GeForce. The package should contain a photo diagram for installation. Its all pretty easy. When plug in the card back into the MB and make sure everything works fine.

Make sure that after an hour or so it's not overheating and everything is still working properly.

 

[Rubberbband]

here's another option: <A HREF="http://www.2cooltek.com/geforce3.html" target="_new">http://www.2cooltek.com/geforce3.html</A>
I did the same thing to my Visiontek GF3 ti 200 when its fan stopped. To remove the heatsink easily (usually it's stuck on) put the card back in and run a 3d application to warm it up. You can also pry it off carefully with a screwdriver. Make sure you put a credit card between the screwdriver and the board so you don't damage it!

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[unknwn]

I picked up this tip from some website or other, and it works for separating "stuck on" heatsinks:
Wrap the card/board/processor (whatever) in an anti-static bag, and pop it in the freezer. I left a PIII slot in the freezer for a couple of days, and the factory heatsink assembly came off with NO effort at all. Beats the hell out
of prying something loose and damaging the PCB or chip core.
Hope this helps.