hey... somthings wrong with my FX 5200 hope someone can help

bobins

iva had my card, FX5200 now for about 5/6 weeks... has been running fine up untill last night, except for a few stupid xp crashes a week or so ago.

anyway what happened was that all of a sudden my tower started makin a hell of a racket.. n i got a lil concerned... as its never done it before. so i opened it up to see what it was..

and sure enough its the fx 5200... the fan on there was quiet as a mouse till yesturday.. now its making sooo much noise.. and its vibrating my card somthing cruel. and i havnet got a clue why.

anyone know what could be up.

hope someone will kow whats up..

thanks

bobs.
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Azrael · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:06 am Post subject:

I had something similar happen wih my fx 5600. I simply replaced the cheap crappy OEM fan with a nice new pretty (With flashy lights!). I think what actually happened is that the crappy fan got off balance, and the blades started hitting the grill, which caused a blade to break off, which caused more of an imbalance, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum. I would definitely replace the fan, and soon, as a hosed fan could damage your card if it gets hot due to less cooling power.
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bobins · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:21 am Post subject:

i did have a look at it earier.. and it did look like it was closer to the gill heat sink on the one side...

how much, where from and what type = best... plz.. lol

i ahvent got a clue.. lol.

it probably is that. i dont see what else it could be. and since you've already had it happen... its still under gaurantee if the fan does love it up... but i would prefer not to have the hastle.. so will replace it.. if i can afford to.

cheers for info Azr
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Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:06 am Post subject:

Your best bet would be to just exchange it for the same one. I'm sure this is not something that is common. Just take the card back and get a replacement.
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Azrael · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:50 am Post subject:

This one is similar to the one I have, and should fit your card, as well as your budget. I have the Pro (which is the same price and everything, but I'm not sure it would fit right on your card)

IceberQ 4

The one I have works very well, I haven't had any problems with it, other than having to drill new holes, since it wasn't designed to fit my card.

Of course you could just go with a heat pipe, which is about the same price, maybe a little cheaper. It is 100% quieter (No moving parts), of course they are larger than your average fan.
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bobins · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:51 am Post subject:

you drilled new holes geeze..

lol

well i got in contact with the makers and checked which would fit before i got it. and the pro is for the ultra card or somthing you should of got the nromal vantec and that would of fitted. heeh. dam i wouldnt of wanted to drill knew holes.

i got the iceberq though. got the non pro version whcih is the one that would fit. and my cards been running like a dream.. have enven been able to oc it..

i havent pushed it too far, this being hte first time ive ever oc'd a card before though id just take it up a lil bit and maybe ina while i might take it up some more. lol.

what i did to though gained me an extra hundred or so points on the 3dmark03 benchmark.

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