anyone got a radeon fan?

af · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 21

my fan died and ati's tech support didn't exaclty help (i'm not under warranty anymore).

it is an agp 7500 64mb, and right now i have a fan that is laying on top of a pci card blowing at the heatsink.
i want to remove the fan so i can get my last pci slot back.
can i just remove the fan? (the never radeon 7500 pci's have no fan, just heatsink)

or even better, does anyone want to give me theirs?

any help is appreciated.

thanks.

cvk · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:15 pm Post subject:

It's nearly impossible to find a fan that fits into the depression of the heatsink - if you can't find one (maybe on ebay?) I'd recommend to remove the stock heatsink and replace it with an Thermaltake Orange Orb (~13) or Vantec Iceberq (~10). If you want to spend more money, the Zalman ZM50-HP (~20) cools passively and also doesn't block a PCI slot.
AFAIK only the Radeon LEs comes with an passive heatsink.

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Malakin · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:50 am Post subject:

You may be able to use one of these if the heat output isn't excessive:
http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/nb32j.htm
It's designed for a northbridge but you can buy them for about $6usd. It will stick out enough that you will lose one pci slot but these days who needs them all anyways. I've used these on cards where the fan failed and I knew it didn't need a fan.

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Yeah I've got a Radeon fan, but I killed him and disposed of the body. Get a GeForce or you're next!!!
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ronmon · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:22 pm Post subject:

I replaced the stock fan on my 8500 with a Crystal Orb a while back. The original was working when I pulled it. Does yours look like this?

[img:a2e88682bf]http://ronmon.shacknet.nu/hardware/images/radeon_fan-t.jpg[/img:a2e88682bf]

PM or email me (ronmon bellsouth net) and you can have it for the cost of shipping, like $5 for priority.

Malakin · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:22 pm Post subject:

Here are a few more posibilities:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=498
I'm sure you can find these cheaper, I can get them on a Canadian site for about 2/3 this price (including exchange).

af · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 21

af · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 21

af · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 21

ronmon · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:30 pm Post subject:

That fan probably came out of something else. I'll dig around and see if I can find the right one.

Okay, check the picture in my earlier post again. (Click the thumb for full size.) It looks like tha part numbers match.

af · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 21

[quote="ronmon"]That fan probably came out of something else. I'll dig around and see if I can find the right one.

Okay, check the picture in my earlier post again. (Click the thumb for full size.) It looks like tha part numbers match.[/quote]

that one looks right, does it work? is it loud?

ronmon · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:11 pm Post subject:

It worked when I replaced it with the Crystal Orb. Loud? Well, my system has eight 80mm fans, one 120mm fan, the Crystal Orb and two 10K SCSI HDD's running so I can't really say.

Priority mail with delivery confirmation costs $4.35, so if you stick a five dollar bill inside a couple sheets of printed paper in a standard envelope and send it to me you will basically get it for free plus shipping. If you want it cheaper and slower, so be it. LMK. I really don't care, this would be just doing you a favor.

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