AIW 9000 Pro Fan - What For Replacement?

[dick]

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I have an ATI AIW 9000 Pro board that has been really noisy since day
one. I want to replace the fan. I bought an Iceberq VGA cooling fan
from Fry's, but I need something else. The Iceberq is closed at the
bottom, and I need airflow through the fan like the OEM version. I
have tried to remove the heatsink, but it's really stuck on there, and
I am afraid to damage the chip. So what I need is a fan that is open
on both sides that will either fit down into the stock heatsink, or
one that can be glued on top of the heatsink.

I looked at the Zalman solution, but that requires removal of the
heatsink, and it doesn't show compatibility with the AIW 9000 Pro. I
want a very quiet fan.

 

[Echo]

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Dick,
Not sure if this helps but I have a Sapphire R9000pro not the AIW and use a
Zalman passive solution which is great because there is NO more noise from
the video card. That is a Zalman ZM80A-HP. The fan was easy to remove and
used to be the noisiest part of my PC. Now I can barely hear the PC at all.

David


"Dick" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
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> I have an ATI AIW 9000 Pro board that has been really noisy since day
> one. I want to replace the fan. I bought an Iceberq VGA cooling fan
> from Fry's, but I need something else. The Iceberq is closed at the
> bottom, and I need airflow through the fan like the OEM version. I
> have tried to remove the heatsink, but it's really stuck on there, and
> I am afraid to damage the chip. So what I need is a fan that is open
> on both sides that will either fit down into the stock heatsink, or
> one that can be glued on top of the heatsink.
>
> I looked at the Zalman solution, but that requires removal of the
> heatsink, and it doesn't show compatibility with the AIW 9000 Pro. I
> want a very quiet fan.
>
>

 

[dick]

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Thanks. I took the coward way out and bought a Diamond S80 without a
fan. I will put the AIW in another computer where the noise is not a
factor. I was surprised that it didn't get rid of as much noise as I
had anticipated. Now I will have to work on the cpu and power supply
fans. Dell 4550.

Dick

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:37:45 GMT, "Echo" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dick,
>Not sure if this helps but I have a Sapphire R9000pro not the AIW and use a
>Zalman passive solution which is great because there is NO more noise from
>the video card. That is a Zalman ZM80A-HP. The fan was easy to remove and
>used to be the noisiest part of my PC. Now I can barely hear the PC at all.
>
>David
>
>
>"Dick" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
>news:4tqif0d85t5u0ht941ot4ofpikgrotlinj@4ax.com...
>> I have an ATI AIW 9000 Pro board that has been really noisy since day
>> one. I want to replace the fan. I bought an Iceberq VGA cooling fan
>> from Fry's, but I need something else. The Iceberq is closed at the
>> bottom, and I need airflow through the fan like the OEM version. I
>> have tried to remove the heatsink, but it's really stuck on there, and
>> I am afraid to damage the chip. So what I need is a fan that is open
>> on both sides that will either fit down into the stock heatsink, or
>> one that can be glued on top of the heatsink.
>>
>> I looked at the Zalman solution, but that requires removal of the
>> heatsink, and it doesn't show compatibility with the AIW 9000 Pro. I
>> want a very quiet fan.
>>
>>
>