Comments on: ATI Radeon fan replacement

By: Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:08:31 +0000

Glad to be of assistance, eezypeazy – sometimes the simplest solutions are the best!

By: eezypeazy

eezypeazy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:23:21 +0000

Hi,

I was suffering from a noisy ATI graphics card fan. I had attempted to clean all the dust from the fan and heatsink, but just cleaning it had no effect. I then found this post. I removed the card again, unplugged the fan from the card and removed the complete fan/heatsink assembly – easy enough, it just clips in. I then removed the fan from the heatsink and carefully peeled back the label on the underside and added the smallest drop of oil to the screw/bearing underneath. I then reassembled everything and the noise is cured and the fan is working!

Thank you for posting this advice, which has saved me lots of money!

Regards

eezypeazy

By: Chris Barnes’ Jottings » Blog Archive » Official Windows Vista hardware requirements

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:59:10 +0000

[...] Thankfully, the new GeForce 5200-based card I’ve ordered (I’m no gamer) supports the new technology; the noisy old Radeon 7500 it’s replacing does not. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:30:53 +0000

Michael,

It does indeed sound like your card is overheating. Have you tried running your system with the case off? If this solves or reduces the problem, overheating is the problem.

If your system is still under warranty, give Dell a call and explain the problem. If not, you have nothing to lose so you may as well try to remove the fan from the card and clean it before replacing.

If all else fails, try replacing the card. Chances are it’s dropped in price since you bought it, so you may be able to find a replacement fairly cheaply.

Hope I’ve been of some help.

Regards,

Chris

By: Michael Versant

Michael Versant — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:53:54 +0000

This is good info! I have a ati 9700pro that has been giving me problems with game play. After a few minutes my screen is distored. Could a over heated card cause this problem. Ive done everything I could think of, even reformatted my sytem with no luck. I put a nvidia card in and it works fine but its only a 5200.
Its a Dell system and they charged me a arm and leg for the ati card would love to get it working again. I pulled the card and the fan had lots of dust and didnt spin very easly. Is there away for me to test the fan. I know its not my system or driver, or dx problem Im all updated everything is compatible.

Help,

Michael

By: zzcoke.com

zzcoke.com — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:39:50 +0000

Thanks for the extra info