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Visiontek Gf4 Ti4200 Fan Problem

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FearoftheNight

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The fan on the card is dying. What is the best way to get it off? I'm afriad to dmg the card and the hsf seems to be clued on the core and doens't use the bolts.
 
Call VisionTek and see if they can get you a replacement fan. They'll either send you one or give you a website that sells the fan.
 
Visionteks come with a lifetime warranty, no? Otherwise, I know it can be difficult to remove the fan. I think I've heard some suggest putting it in the freezer to make the epoxy a little brittle and easier to get off..?
 
Put it in an antistatic bag and put in the freezer for an hour. Put a credit card next to the chip and use a small screwdriver between the credit card and heatsink and twist the screwdriver. Obviously, don't 'pry' on the GPU itself (or the card). I believe you can 'pry' on the base the GPU sits on.

I've got a Thermaltake Crystal Orb new in the box I'll sell if you're interested (if it'll work on a GF4? Specs just say GF4 MX).
 
They do have lifetime warranties, and the new owners of Visiontek ARE honoring the warranties. Just call them.
 
Hey FearoftheNight.

The same thing happened to my Visiontek Ti4200 card. Since I didn't have the receipt anymore (I'm really bad at saving those) I couldn't take advantage of the lifetime warantee. Besides, who wants to wait 2 weeks to get their card back.

So here's what I did. You're correct that the heatsink is epoxied to the core, however the fan should still be screwed onto the heatsink itself, so you can remove just the fan. Then you can take a standard 60mm fan, take a pair of pliers, and break the fan away from the struts that connect it to the frame. Save the connector from the old fan, and splice it to the wires on the new fan. You can now take some glue (I used a Shoe Goo) to glue the base of the fan to the heatsink.

If you couldn't follow what I'm typing, there's a website out there that explains all this with pictures and everything. Unfortunately I'm not at the computer with the address right now, so I'll have to get back to you with that.

Good luck

*EDIT*
As promised, here's that address:
Blue Orb modding
 
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