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Dead 9800 Pro?

Nebor

Nebor

Lifer
So I come home to find the little orange light on on my monitor. I try to restart, and get nothing. Hrmm. So since I can hear the hard disks spin up, I assume it's the video card, and pull it out of there. I take the geforce4 out of my other comp, and try the 9800 pro. The Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer fan makes an atrocious noise, and the monitor shows nothing.

I take off the heatsink, clean it up, put one some fresh TIM, and put it back in my main rig. Again, horrible fan noise. This time I stick my finger in the fan, only to discover that for all the noise it's making, it's barely moving. So here's my theory: VGA Silencer Fan goes down, fry's 9800 pro, Nebor cry's because he just ordered $1000 worth of suspension parts for a project car, Nebor goes and buys a new video card tommorow? I'm guessing that Arctic Cooling doesn't give a damn if their fan gave out and killed my card?

The card wasn't overclocked, and was running in a well ventilated case. I can't make the fan go at a normal speed, or stop making the horrible noise. Advice?
 
Those are some interesting theories guys. :roll:

Anyways, I guess I'm just gonna go to Fry's and get a 6800 GT for $350. Good deal?
 
I recieved a reply from Arctic Cooling. I was told that since they have no facilities in the United States, they could not uphold their warranty, and that I should consult the retailer from whom I purchased the item. Now that's service!
 
*crosses fingers and hope his VGA Silencer on his 9800P doesn't die*

I just gave my 9800NP to my brother, and I picked up a 9800P that runs at XT speeds for cheap from the FS/FT forum. I'd be really pissed if my 9800P died because of fan failure.

Actually, I use ATI Tool to underclock my 9800P to 200/200 when I'm only using the desktop. I've got a 3D/game profile setup so that it gets OC'ed to 420/365 when the game executables are started. I wonder if underclocking would prevent card death in the case that the fan on the Silencer died?
 
Originally posted by: Nebor
So I come home to find the little orange light on on my monitor. I try to restart, and get nothing. Hrmm. So since I can hear the hard disks spin up, I assume it's the video card, and pull it out of there. I take the geforce4 out of my other comp, and try the 9800 pro. The Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer fan makes an atrocious noise, and the monitor shows nothing.

I take off the heatsink, clean it up, put one some fresh TIM, and put it back in my main rig. Again, horrible fan noise. This time I stick my finger in the fan, only to discover that for all the noise it's making, it's barely moving. So here's my theory: VGA Silencer Fan goes down, fry's 9800 pro, Nebor cry's because he just ordered $1000 worth of suspension parts for a project car, Nebor goes and buys a new video card tommorow? I'm guessing that Arctic Cooling doesn't give a damn if their fan gave out and killed my card?

The card wasn't overclocked, and was running in a well ventilated case. I can't make the fan go at a normal speed, or stop making the horrible noise. Advice?
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Sorry to hear of your misfortune all the way around in this deal Nebor. 🙁
 
sucks dude. i got a VGA silencer too...at first, i heard weird noises from it, but now either they went away or i got used to them.
 
Originally posted by: naruto1988
sucks dude. i got a VGA silencer too...at first, i heard weird noises from it, but now either they went away or i got used to them.
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Mayby the fan quit :shocked:
 
Originally posted by: Rollo
Sorry to hear of your misfortune all the way around in this deal Nebor. 🙁
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The best part was when Arctic Cooling slapped me in the face from across the atlantic. I mean, expected that they'd say the video card wasn't covered, but to say they couldn't cover the warranty on their own product? They really exceeded my expectations. :thumbsup:
 
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