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Answer» HELLO, when I START my PC, GPU fan works very noisy for few minutes, then starts to work normally, this is not a big problem but that noise is very annoying also this issue is old, more than 5 years I think. I tried to clean fan with pressurized air, but it didn't helped. PC is an old one and I don't use it often so I don't want to invest money in it. I thought to disconnect fan power cable from GPU and leave just heatsink for cooling, is that safe? PC is used for internet browsing not gaming, GPU - Radeon X1300. I wouldn't disconnect the GPU fan, most low-end GPUs with fans have tiny heatsinks which won't dissipate heat properly without active cooling - compared to low-end cards with heatsinks designed to be passively cooled which are much larger. Examples of the different cooler types from Asus X1300 cards: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/EAX1300TD128M/ http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/EAX1300PRO_SILENTTD256M/ The first card is designed to be actively cooled and won't cool itself WELL at all without the fan operating. That said, if you keep a close eye on the temperatures with, for example, GPU-Z and you're not putting it under any graphical strain like gaming, then if you have airflow in the general area you may get away with it. I still wouldn't risk it myself.You could always pull the fan and take it to a PC store and find a new match for it... Make sure to re-apply thermal paste properly... Thermal Paste Info...GPU-Z don't show temperature, probably my GPU don't have temperature sensor. While watching YOUTUBE videos GPU average load was about 30%, max - 50 %. Maybe I will try to buy old GPU or leave it how it is. Quote PC is used for internet browsing not gaming, GPU - Radeon X1300 If you have integrated video and dont want to buy a new video card or fix the fan in the old one you could remove the video card and connect to the integrated video. Depending on the motherboard's integrated GPU it may be equal to or less performance than the card that your removing. When tight on money about 8 years ago my GeForce 7600 video card fan seized up. I ended up finding a 12 volt fan that was larger than the ORIGINAL and able to secure it to the flat of the heatsink via 2 rubber bands wrapped around the video card to hold the fan flat to the heatsink face. I then wired the 12VDC fan power into a spare power connector off the power supply. Here is a picture that I had to take of this creative band aid....I was able to game without any problems until i could afford a new video card. [attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Well if someone is still interested in this topic, I did it so far I don't have any problem with it, in other hand I can't monitor GPU temperature, so I don't know is it overheating. If GPU will fail I will update this topic.Both GPU=Z and SpeedFan will monotor those temps... |
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