Well, I don't know much about hardware ('cept how to put it in my case lol), but here's the lowdown:
I have a Visiontek GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (i.e. warranty no longer good, right?) and I am having some problems with the fan. Namely, it likes to not spin. Now, I *think* it has something to do with the card slipping out of the AGP slot ever so slightly. See, the card is just a tiny bit too long for this motherboard, and the corner of the card hits my primary IDE connector, so it doens't go down all the way. I carved a little notch in the plastic part near the end of the IDE cable, so it can go down a little farther, then I kind of pull it back while I shove the video card down. But I think maybe it is slowly slipping up, and that makes the fan quit. I don't honestly know if that would have anything to do with it -- is that a logical explanation? If not, what else could the problem be? Maybe my fan is just bad, or a connector that is powering the fan, or the miniature guys who run the fan are on strike?
Another thing -- The fan wasn't spinning five minutes ago, but I took the video card out and reinserted it (more firmly I guess) and the fan is now spinning, but I don't think it is going as fast as it should be.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Oh, and if it is NOT that the card is slipping a little, is there a way to just replace the fan? I am too broke to buy a new video card if Visiontek's warranties are dead. =(
I have a Visiontek GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (i.e. warranty no longer good, right?) and I am having some problems with the fan. Namely, it likes to not spin. Now, I *think* it has something to do with the card slipping out of the AGP slot ever so slightly. See, the card is just a tiny bit too long for this motherboard, and the corner of the card hits my primary IDE connector, so it doens't go down all the way. I carved a little notch in the plastic part near the end of the IDE cable, so it can go down a little farther, then I kind of pull it back while I shove the video card down. But I think maybe it is slowly slipping up, and that makes the fan quit. I don't honestly know if that would have anything to do with it -- is that a logical explanation? If not, what else could the problem be? Maybe my fan is just bad, or a connector that is powering the fan, or the miniature guys who run the fan are on strike?
Another thing -- The fan wasn't spinning five minutes ago, but I took the video card out and reinserted it (more firmly I guess) and the fan is now spinning, but I don't think it is going as fast as it should be.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Oh, and if it is NOT that the card is slipping a little, is there a way to just replace the fan? I am too broke to buy a new video card if Visiontek's warranties are dead. =(
Facebook
Twitter