Fan fell off

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Richard Cavell

Hi,

I bought an ATI 9800 AGP 128MB version a little over 12 months ago for
playing games with. Owing to the peculiarities of the case my puter is
in, the card is installed upside down and I run it with the cover off.
I have never overclocked any part of my computer.

It had some difficulties running my second display temporarily. I
shrugged it off. Now the computer won't even boot. I removed
everything except the video card, to test whether any component was
causing the problem.

It turns out that the fan has fallen off my 9800 card. The heatsink's
there but it's as though a piece of plastic has broken. The fan
curiously has a bunch of electronics inside the moving part.

I haven't subjected this PC to any abuse. Is this a bit ordinary, for
the card to break like this?
 
Bought it used or new? If used, I bet someone took the fan off at some
point
and just glued it back on. Those tiny screws holding it on are easy to
loose and
a bitch to put back in place.

Rob
 
If the card was bought new and still falls within the warranty period, RMA
it. Your card may be replaced with a newer model.
 
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