My stock 9800 pro's fan stopped working.
I started noticing artifacts about 10 minutes into a game. I exited out and checked out my video card and I noticed the fan wasn't spinning. I touched the hsf and it was blistering hot. I powered down and let it cool. Powered back up and it still wasn't spinning. Powered down, reinstalled video card to no avail. I installed a new monitor (viewsonic e70f+sb) the day before and played the same game (dod) fine for about an hour or more with no artifacts whatsoever. I have no idea how long the fan was off before the artifacts appeared, but it couldn't have been for more than a day. In that time, all it was used for was browsing and music.. nothing graphic intensive. I hope I didn't damage it. It seemed to be working fine except for the artifacts.
When I installed the monitor, I didn't power down my computer (never have for monitors). Think maybe that had something to do with it or was it just a coincidence? Any other possible factors?
Right now i'm on an old radeon card that's running slow because I couldn't be bothered to change drivers since hopefully i'll have my card back in a couple of days. I'm probably going to order a VGA Silencer 3 from the egg to replace the stock hsf. Think that's all that needs to be done? I've read the stock hsf on the 9800 pros have a tendency to fail. Is that right?
Thanks for any help.
I started noticing artifacts about 10 minutes into a game. I exited out and checked out my video card and I noticed the fan wasn't spinning. I touched the hsf and it was blistering hot. I powered down and let it cool. Powered back up and it still wasn't spinning. Powered down, reinstalled video card to no avail. I installed a new monitor (viewsonic e70f+sb) the day before and played the same game (dod) fine for about an hour or more with no artifacts whatsoever. I have no idea how long the fan was off before the artifacts appeared, but it couldn't have been for more than a day. In that time, all it was used for was browsing and music.. nothing graphic intensive. I hope I didn't damage it. It seemed to be working fine except for the artifacts.
When I installed the monitor, I didn't power down my computer (never have for monitors). Think maybe that had something to do with it or was it just a coincidence? Any other possible factors?
Right now i'm on an old radeon card that's running slow because I couldn't be bothered to change drivers since hopefully i'll have my card back in a couple of days. I'm probably going to order a VGA Silencer 3 from the egg to replace the stock hsf. Think that's all that needs to be done? I've read the stock hsf on the 9800 pros have a tendency to fail. Is that right?
Thanks for any help.
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