Radeon 9800 Pro Fan Siezes, HeatSink goes critical

  • Thread starter Thread starter Edmunde Lee
  • Start date Start date
E

Edmunde Lee

Woe is me.

I find my nearly brand new Radeon 9800 pro with it's cooling fan
hanging by 1 of it's 2 mounting posts.

Upon closer inspection, the fan is siezed, doesn't turn if pushed by
my finger (without considerable effort).

Upon closer inspection, the my brandnew ASUS P4C800 mobo has an ugly
black melt mark right below the AGP port (where the whitehot Radeon
heatsink lived).


In short..

Fan siezed->Heat sink reaches critical mass->mounting post melts, mobo
melts, sionara $1000 worth of goodies.

The store I bought it all from is going to try to return it to the
manufacturer, but they didn't sound very confident in a replacement.
They said, and I'd tend to agree, that this looks like a user
initiated issue (overclocking, attempt at a fan mod, etc, etc.)

Cry for me Argentina...
 
I'm thinking of getting that new hercules 3d prophet 9800 pro with all them
heatsinks on the memory chips and stuff..

when is the r420 coming out?
 
Back
Top