Help a noob replace his video card fan

[Dr.G]

Well I have a 9800 pro and the fan on my card died. I am looking online to find only a fan but I'm having trouble finding the right one.

I went to a hardware shop today and they had a bunch of fans but the connectors on the fans they had were too big for my card.

I'm putting in some photos of my card and my fan. So if you know of any good fran from newegg ect that could fit please tell me. I found this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835119083 on newegg but am unsure if the connector is right.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/doc363/IMG_0186.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/doc363/IMG_0184.jpg

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[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835119083

The one shown above should work.

[Narlzac85]

Gary, 404 error

also, I can't believe how small the heatsink on the 9800 pro was

[Andre S. Veteran]

For the price you'll spend on the new fan, you could invest a few more dollars and get a brand new and faster video card. Changing the fan is a matter of unscrewing the old one, cleaning up the gpu, re-applying paste and screwing on the new one - pretty easy but you always risk damaging the card.

For instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...82E16814161032R

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

For the price you'll spend on the new fan, you could invest a few more dollars and get a brand new and faster video card. Changing the fan is a matter of unscrewing the old one, cleaning up the gpu, re-applying paste and screwing on the new one - pretty easy but you always risk damaging the card.

For instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...82E16814161032R

I agree, sorry about the link.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

For the price you'll spend on the new fan, you could invest a few more dollars and get a brand new and faster video card. Changing the fan is a matter of unscrewing the old one, cleaning up the gpu, re-applying paste and screwing on the new one - pretty easy but you always risk damaging the card.

For instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...82E16814161032R

Excellent suggestion.

To Dr.G, click here to see how both cards compare.

[Dr.G]

well I spent 12.89 or so for a new fan and the connector for the fan is too big for my card. Damn it. I could return it to newegg but for the cost of sending it back would only get me 4 or so bucks back..

Are there any cheap VGA cards to get now? I really only play Wow and elderscrolls 3 and some older games.

[Dr.G]

I have another 9800 pro that has some problems and I have a fan for that connects to my plug in but the fan is different.

Should I or can I remove the heat sing and fan then transfer it to my other card?

Here is an image.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/doc363/IMG_0209.jpg

[Dr.G]

Could I just but this http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Vcool-VGA-Cool...1239&sr=8-1

and then not replace the fan or is this not a replacement for the fan?

[Dr.G]

bump for help

[giantpotato]

You could always just cut the wires of the working connector and working fan and splice the wires together then tape them up. Ideally you would solder them, but I don't know if you know how to do that.

If you completely remove the heatsink you should re-apply thermal paste before putting the other one on.

[Dr.G]

I have no clue on how to do all of that but if I bought that cooling device that I listed could that be used to cool my card or do I still need the fan?