A few questions about 9700pro (Hercules)

[nimo]

Can I use a cable from my floppy to power it?

How hot should the heat sinks on the memory chips be after a few min of operation?

If I want to replace the fan on the GPU
What would you recommend?

 

[McArra]

1. Yes, you can.

2. Quite hot.

3. I don't know

 

[Schadenfroh]

1. yes
2. dont know
3. dont do it unless its broken

 

[cockeyed]

1) Yes

2) Hot enough that you can't keep your finger on it for very long on the back of the board over the VPU

3) I would not replace it unless the fan isn't working. There is a support shim around the core that raises the HS above the core and the space must be compensated for. Search the web for radeon VPU/GPU shim and you will find info about this. My advice is to leave it alone if it is working. A common replacement HSF is the Iceberq 4.