Fan dying on Geforce 4?

[CtlAltl33t]

Today I turned on my PC and heard a disturbing sound come from the case. It sounded like a fan for sure, grinding up and churning along really slow. I immediately opened it and could tell it was coming from my video card. I touched the fan a few times and it seemed to be turning but very slowly. Eventually it sped back up and seemed to be back to normal. I've heard of problems with Visiontek cards, and now that they've been having financial difficulties I am a bit concerned if I should try to RMA this thing. I bought it from Best Buy in June... it is a Visiontek Geforce 4 Ti4200 128mb AGP. Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Obviously, the super-duper 30 day warranty from Best Buy has unfortunately EXPIRED. Cooling for the rest of the system is fine, never had any other problems.

 

[gwlam12]

is it possible that its just a lack of power?

 

[CtlAltl33t]

Don't think so, I've got a 300 watt power suply in there and lots of unused plugs...

 

[PG]

You could get that Thermaltake GF4 cooler, but it's a bit loud in my opinion.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/g4.htm

 

[NorthRiver]

My visiontek ti200 fan is dying too. Time for the TI4600.

 

[PG]

NorthRiver, here's a replacement heatsink and fan for you. I'd hold off a bit if I were you. Even Doom III should run OK with a GeForce3.

 

[CtlAltl33t]

The noise happened again today, but it seems to be working fine now, so as long as I leave it on it works. Very weird. I am going to attempt to contact visiontek tomorrow, to see what my options are. Thx for the input so far

 

[Lizardman]

IF you are going to buy another heatsink for your card dont get the stock one again. Get this one its pretty good. LINK


This one is cheaper and from a reliable company.

 

[CtlAltl33t]

I meant to say my PS is 350watt...so no power problems I don't think.

I am going to email Visiontek, and I will post their response in here. Thanks for the advice so far.