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Graphic card cooling fan noisy

May 13, 2004 11:48AM PDT

PCI 32mb graphic card cooling fan noisy and sometimes freeze the screen .
What should I do?? please help!!
My OS is windows 98, AMD K-III 450

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Re:Graphic card cooling fan noisy
May 13, 2004 11:57AM PDT

I know that machine well. I gave one away last year and the first thing you should do is pull the case cover off to let it cool as much as possible if you are going to attempt to keep using it. I strongly suggest repair before its too late for the chip that is getting hot.

1coolpc.com if they are in your country isn't a bad place to look/call/ask about replacement fans. Be sure you know the make/model/dimensions of the fans in question.

Bob

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Re:Re:Graphic card cooling fan noisy
May 13, 2004 6:57PM PDT

Thanks alot Bob.

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Re:Graphic card cooling fan noisy
May 13, 2004 11:44PM PDT

All fans get dusty/dirty overtime so clean with a brush to loosen that up and free it for best operation. Since, its noisy as well though, you should consider a replacement before its too late. However, if you're handy you can give new life to it as follows:

If you have a noisy fan and no replacement, try the following. Remove fan from mounting
and save screws or unclip the fan. Clean any dust or dirt build-up at this time as best as
possible. Now with fan in hand, most fans have a sticker maybe with some logo, this is
the top(exposed) side, the bottom side sticker, probably blank. The bottom side is the side
you want to work on. Slice a small half-moon cut, slightly off-center on the sticker/decal
on the bottom. You *don't* want to remove sticker/decal entirely. Flip flap open to expose
center of fan and place 1-drop of oil there, don't over do it, blot any excess oil. Rotate the
fan to work the oil in and then place fan with bottom side up on a flat surface. Allow
gravity to migrate oil into bearing for 10-minutes.When done, tape over the cut flap and
remount fan. Use deft care and don't over-tighten screws, you're done.

While the system case is open, clean the rest of the system out and don't upset any connections, etc..

good luck -----Willy

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Re:Re:Graphic card cooling fan noisy
May 14, 2004 10:29AM PDT

Willy, thanks alot.