tnt2 fan was dirty

Well,

My tnt2 was making quite a lot of noise.

So I decide to take out the card and rip out the fan.

In doing so I damaged/broke the fanblade...

I looked at how it all worked and that it was dirty... blackstuff.

It turns out I could have easily cleaned and oiled it and then I ll bet it
would have worked just fine.

There seemed to be also some weird white sticky stuff between the gpu and
the 'heatsink'.

I have decided to not describe how I could have cleaned it since that is not
my job.

That's the manufacturers job.

I have thus decide to create a website to start boycotting:

1. Products with fans in them without a manual describing how to clean them.



( For now I just put in my tnt2 back since I doesn't seem to create that
much heat... when it dies I ll buy a fanless video card since I am getting
pretty sick of these fans without manuals how to clean them :P )

Skybuck.

You've got to be the biggest dumbass in this group

"tntkid" wrote in message
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You've got to be the biggest dumbass in this group



and your a troll. go hind under your bridge.

Lance Ballantyne wrote:
"tntkid" wrote in message
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You've got to be the biggest dumbass in this group




and your a troll. go hind under your bridge.


lol saphhire has fanless cards, i think 9800 Pro

'midst all this rapier wit, how *do* you clean them? Can o Air?

My brother does IT at a library and bought an air compressor. But
isn't some dust too fine even for that?

"Travis" travis_at_charbeneau_dot_net wrote in message
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'midst all this rapier wit, how *do* you clean them? Can o Air?

My brother does IT at a library and bought an air compressor. But
isn't some dust too fine even for that?


I remove the card, move to another room, then blast the HSF with compressed
air (via the little straw) - enough to spin the fan. I then proceed to
clear of dust from the rest of the card then return it to the case.

Periodically the circuit board needs to be cleaned with a brush as a residue
will settle on them, residue that seems immune to vacuums and compressed
air.

Not sure if that's the best way to clean them but it has worked for me.

"Lance Ballantyne" wrote in message
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and your a troll. go hind under your bridge

Listen cock jockey, If your going to try and insult me at least use the
correct spelling.