[CUBE] Fanless Radeon

[Bill Wong]

On 4/11/03 3:41 AM, "Riba" <riba at hi.hinet.hr> wrote:

>>> All I can say is that I have been using my Radeon with similar
>>> heatsink for 6 months no without any problem. The fan died and I
>>> replaced it with a passive heatsink. I don't have processor upgrade
>>> though.
>>> 
>> Was the fan noise very noticeable? Are there quieter fans available
>> that would fit on the card?
> 
> The fan is almost silent when new. Unfortunately, it takes about a year
> - year and a half for it to go bad and to start emitting screeching
> noises. There are replacement fans out there, none of them are
> especially noisy, but I opted for a passive heatsink to solve this
> problem once & for all.
> 
> 
If you are stuck with a noisy fan, try a little lubricant on the spindle of
the fan. Remove the ATI sticker, use a toothpick and put a very small dab of
motor oil or Tri-Flo on the center spindle, and voila, the noise will be
gone. This is easy to do, can be repeated when necessary.

Bill