Replacing my noisy graphics card HSF (56k warning)

LoBlo · 02-11-07, 09:59 PM

I would be afraid to mess with my Graphics card, since it would absolve the life-time warranty that came with it.

TteFAboB · 02-11-07, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by LoBlo

I would be afraid to mess with my Graphics card, since it would absolve the life-time warranty that came with it.

Ditto. I'd never do this by myself, alone. I simply have no experience.

The techies of today all started messing with old crap, also worthless crap, and if they knew where to go they had lots of jobs to build up loads of experience. I don't have any. I never bothered opening my old 386/486.

Congratulations. He who dares, wins.

Onkel Neal · 02-11-07, 10:46 PM

Great job, Konovalov. I may have to do that to my graphics card. I thought it was pretty darn quiet too, until I went to install an LG DVD burner this weekend, and saw that the graphics card fan had fallen off the card

elite_hunter_sh3 · 02-11-07, 10:48 PM

neal is it possible you take some pics of ur video card with the damage i may be able to help with the video card. what company is it? u might be getting a better card for free if the way im thinking is possible.

Onkel Neal · 02-11-07, 11:07 PM

Thanks, Elite. It's an MSI nVidia 6600GT card. I bought it 6/26/2005 and their website says it has a two year warranty, so I sent an e-mail to the company. Hopefully they will replace it.

Konovalov · 02-12-07, 07:06 AM

Thanks guys for the compliments. It was definately a worthwhile experience. I am a relative noop to this modding scene. I only built my first complete gaming rig over the Christmas holiday period and encountered hardly any problems and none that were show-stoppers. It really is quite easy so long as you do a little bit of research. My aim of posting this was not so much to brag about it but rather to share the experience and to hopefully encourage others to tinker and improve their systems.

flintlock · 02-12-07, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

My aim of posting this was not so much to brag about it but rather to share the experience and to hopefully encourage others to tinker and improve their systems.

Your post, at least to me, certainly didn't come across as a bragging post at all. But rather a helpful, well documented upgrade that would've been right at home as article on any PC hardware enthusiast site. Well done -- and again, thanks for sharing!

02-11-07, 09:59 PM	#1
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	I would be afraid to mess with my Graphics card, since it would absolve the life-time warranty that came with it. __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man

02-11-07, 10:46 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Great job, Konovalov. I may have to do that to my graphics card. I thought it was pretty darn quiet too, until I went to install an LG DVD burner this weekend, and saw that the graphics card fan had fallen off the card __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-11-07, 11:07 PM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Thanks, Elite. It's an MSI nVidia 6600GT card. I bought it 6/26/2005 and their website says it has a two year warranty, so I sent an e-mail to the company. Hopefully they will replace it. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-12-07, 07:06 AM	#6
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Thanks guys for the compliments. It was definately a worthwhile experience. I am a relative noop to this modding scene. I only built my first complete gaming rig over the Christmas holiday period and encountered hardly any problems and none that were show-stoppers. It really is quite easy so long as you do a little bit of research. My aim of posting this was not so much to brag about it but rather to share the experience and to hopefully encourage others to tinker and improve their systems. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

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02-11-07, 10:48 PM	#4
elite_hunter_sh3 The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,376 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	neal is it possible you take some pics of ur video card with the damage i may be able to help with the video card. what company is it? u might be getting a better card for free if the way im thinking is possible.