fx5200 fan not spinning

iMav · 10-03-2008, 11:07 AM

my gpu - nvidia fx 5200 has developed a problem -the fan has stopped spinning iv cleaned it and all but there seems to be some problem with the fan itself .... does any1 know the contact info of nvidia mumbai i tried the no. given on their site but that doesnt work

infra_red_dude · 10-03-2008, 11:12 AM

Is the fan removable? Just check out. Most of the low end cards use a removable fan. Jus pop it off and put in your own fan. afaik 5200 can do without a fan.

iMav · 10-03-2008, 11:23 AM

^^ ya its removable, i have removed the fan and will scout for it

i also called up the pune office and asked them and they said that if u taken it from a local vendor u need to go to him u cannot come directly to nvidia

it can do without a fan but the problem is that the display starts going dim and bright; thats when i realized that the fan isnt working

nish_higher · 10-03-2008, 11:25 AM

^ its a 3 pin fan? just try inserting into the motherboard aux fan connector to see if it works

iMav · 10-03-2008, 11:27 AM

2 pin ... iv gone a step further im trying to fit the cabinet fan onto the heat sink somehow

nish_higher · 10-03-2008, 11:29 AM

still can be tested on the mobo.if you have a 80mm fan try running the card by placing near it

iMav · 10-03-2008, 01:48 PM

as i was saying:

my gpu has a fan thats more powerful than the cpu and no dimming

Ponmayilal · 10-03-2008, 02:44 PM

Good improvisation.

.To get going it is alright, but try and get an original size fan and fix it so that the overall power consumption can be reduced.

gary4gar · 10-03-2008, 03:50 PM

haha

good job .

sagargv · 10-03-2008, 04:11 PM

can u tell more detailedly how u cud fit that fan ?

dOm1naTOr · 10-03-2008, 07:21 PM

i think he glued it to heatsink.

and for ur info Ponmayilal
a normal 80mm fan consumes max of 4~5W. There are ones with ultra high speeds but normal ones just so light on power consumption.

But the main ploblem will be the noise. The original GPU fan adjusts speed according to the temps, but now ull have to live with the noise[though not much irritating]
[i have a total of additional 4 80mm fans to cool my oced GFX card.]

iMav · 10-03-2008, 07:23 PM

^^ yup glued it to the heat sink ... and no noise very silent fan and really cool

Ponmayilal · 10-03-2008, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dOm1naTOr

and for ur info Ponmayilal
a normal 80mm fan consumes max of 4~5W. There are ones with ultra high speeds but normal ones just so light on power consumption.

I am not into any deep technical analysis but generally believe that it will be nice if one can restore anything to as much an original condition as possible and if possible.

.......and well, as you said the power may not be significant.

Offtopic
........and I have sometime back read an article that bemoaned people keeping all their electronics in standby. In standby condition they may be drawing very little power, but the article highlighted how many KW ( I do not remember the figure) we can save if all the people shut down their equipments instead of keeping them in standby unnecessarily.