Recent content by jb124

I noticed a couple of people mention removing the rubber cover thing over the chipset when replacing the stock fan... I wondered why that was there when I was putting my NB47J on but was afraid to mess with it. Is it worth pulling the NB back off then removing the rubber thing? If so, can you...

Well I think it might be under warranty (supposedly 3-year limited I think) still so I'd like to try other options before popping off the heatsink/fan, if there are any. ATI Tool doesn't recognize that the board has a fan, and neither does ASUS' SmartDoctor. SD used to see the fan and allow...

I thought my EAX model number would tip off such a knowledgeable person like yourself... But, in case someone helpful comes along, it's PCI-E, on an ASUS A8N-E mobo with an Athlon 64 4000+ CPU. I've replaced the stock NB cooler with a Zalman passive heatsink, so card length might be an...

Haha ok whatever dude. Either way, do you have a recommendation on what to do to fix my existing card or a recommendation on a new card? Otherwise please move on.

Umm, yeah, I said dying, not dead. The fan/temp controller chip is what I think may be dead.

I have an ASUS EAX800XL-256 video card that was working well until last weekend when I noticed the fan wasn't quieting down after initial boot. I decided to reinstall the drivers for the heck of it and the driver installation failed from a non-specific fatal error. Both ASUS SmartDoctor and...