Can I unplug the Video card fan?

The only problem with putting your finger on the fan is you have to have
the case off, and be very close to the computer (unless you have very long
arms). This will give you a misleading idea about the amount of noise.

I unplugged my fan a while back to check for noise. When the computer
booted up I pressed the DEL key and went to the bios screen. It's 640x480
running at 60 hz, with no windows to blit or anything. I figured that had
to put the minimum amount of stress on the card.

I ended up going the Zalman way and my only regret was not doing it 6
months earlier.

It can be applied even to 9800XT !
read this http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/926/2.html
and have a look to www.zalman.co.kr
bye

"Van Nastring" ha scritto nel messaggio
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What if I get a new video card, say a 9700 or 9600, does the heat sink
still
be applied to those cards?

"Max" wrote in message
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if you stop the fan for one second or two nothing happens, I did it lot
of
times for test.
Zalman is a total passive solution, it covers only one pci slot
it costs about 30$ and I employ about 1hr to setup all.
The instructions are very simple, but it takes lot of patience to
install
all.

"Van Nastring" ha scritto nel messaggio
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I can stop the fan while its running? The motor won't burn out? Also
that
ZALMAN is just a massive heat sink? That thing looks huge, how many
pci
slots does it cover up? How much is it? I also don't know how to
unplug
the fan, it looks like a little plug, but it own't come off

"Navin R. Johnson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:57:20 -0500, "Van Nastring"
wrote:

Is it safe to unplug it for a couple minutes so I can see if that
is
where
all the noise is coming from?
I have an MSI Ti4200 128MB AGP 8X

Why don't you just stick your finger on it while it's running? It
won't
cut you or shock you. Also, a noisy or slow fan can sometimes be
fixed
with a drop of 3in1 oil. Just remove the sticker from the underside
of
the fan and the rubber stopper, if there is one, then put one small
drop
of oil on the sleeve bearing. Have fun.

NRJ

"Van Nastring" wrote in message
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Is it safe to unplug it for a couple minutes so I can see if that is where
all the noise is coming from?
I have an MSI Ti4200 128MB AGP 8X

Yes that's fine.