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Buffalo
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 Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 12:16 am Post subject: Fan on Sapphire 8500LE 128MB |
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Anyone know if this fan is even needed?
Where to buy a replacement fan for it?
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Asestar
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 1:45 am Post subject: Re: Fan on Sapphire 8500LE 128MB |
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You can not take the heatsink off of 8500 series cards. It is glued to gpu
with thermal adhesive.
"Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Anyone know if this fan is even needed?
Where to buy a replacement fan for it?
Thanks.
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Buffalo
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 1:53 am Post subject: Re: Fan on Sapphire 8500LE 128MB |
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Thanks, but I also need to know where you can get a fan replacement.
The fan assembly is held to the heatsink by 4 screws.
Is the fan even important on this card?
Thanks
"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
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| Quote: | You can not take the heatsink off of 8500 series cards. It is glued to gpu
with thermal adhesive.
"Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:WBxkc.4584$I%1.379804@attbi_s51...
Anyone know if this fan is even needed?
Where to buy a replacement fan for it?
Thanks.
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Asestar
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: Re: Fan on Sapphire 8500LE 128MB |
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Not really.. But only if you are able to install a big enough heatsink,
which you sadly can't. So have to live with this fan/sink combo. I tried to
run without fan my Hercules8500Le, it was not very stable, and got hot.
Reason is that heatsink is really thin over the gpu.
I don't think you can purchase a fan like that.
Here is a suggestion: Remove the fan. Glue a standard 20-40mm fan on top of
the heatsink. It should run cool enough.
"Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Thanks, but I also need to know where you can get a fan replacement.
The fan assembly is held to the heatsink by 4 screws.
Is the fan even important on this card?
Thanks
"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
news:yVykc.81216$BD3.9766454@juliett.dax.net...
You can not take the heatsink off of 8500 series cards. It is glued to
gpu
with thermal adhesive.
"Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:WBxkc.4584$I%1.379804@attbi_s51...
Anyone know if this fan is even needed?
Where to buy a replacement fan for it?
Thanks.
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Buffalo
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: Re: Fan on Sapphire 8500LE 128MB |
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"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Not really.. But only if you are able to install a big enough heatsink,
which you sadly can't. So have to live with this fan/sink combo. I tried
to
run without fan my Hercules8500Le, it was not very stable, and got hot.
Reason is that heatsink is really thin over the gpu.
I don't think you can purchase a fan like that.
Here is a suggestion: Remove the fan. Glue a standard 20-40mm fan on top
of
the heatsink. It should run cool enough.
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I will probably use the 'glue' technique.
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