Hello, I have the Asus FX5200 vid card.
The crappy fan on it is going out, and the place I bought it at says Asus vid cards are famous for the fan going out as they are not the better ball bearing type.
Here's a picture of the fan setup on mine.
http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/v9520ht/v9520ht_l.jpg
It's held on with two screws it looks like.
I have read some of the older posts here with the Search feature, and instead of getting a new card under replacement for another fan that will fail, I want to put on a Thermaltake Crystal Orb fan.
http://www.coolerguys.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=183
I understand I need to remove the stock fan from my board, and there is probably a stock heat sink underneath the fan that is epoxied to the GPU.
Has anyone removed one before from a FX5200 card?
How hard is it?
The stock fan is driving me crazy with the sound, and the sooner I get it off and put on one of these Crystal Orb ones the better.
Thanks, Corey
The crappy fan on it is going out, and the place I bought it at says Asus vid cards are famous for the fan going out as they are not the better ball bearing type.
Here's a picture of the fan setup on mine.
http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/v9520ht/v9520ht_l.jpg
It's held on with two screws it looks like.
I have read some of the older posts here with the Search feature, and instead of getting a new card under replacement for another fan that will fail, I want to put on a Thermaltake Crystal Orb fan.
http://www.coolerguys.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=183
I understand I need to remove the stock fan from my board, and there is probably a stock heat sink underneath the fan that is epoxied to the GPU.
Has anyone removed one before from a FX5200 card?
How hard is it?
The stock fan is driving me crazy with the sound, and the sooner I get it off and put on one of these Crystal Orb ones the better.
Thanks, Corey