Spring Loaded GPU fan 9800 Pro?

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Before sending back an ATI 9800 Pro showing vertical lines I want to test it
with a better Artic Cooler. The reason being I tried this card at work and
upon bootup it displayed artificats but less intense than home. Then after
a few minutes the screen cleared totally. Then 5 minutes later it was back
to the same old song and dance.

This is my second 9800m Pro and the fan seems to be a spring loaded screw or
something. My first card only required a pair of needle nose vice grips at
the back of the board.. How do it get this sucker off?

AP
 
If you don't mind identifying the board maker, I may be able to find
out - usually push and turn. However, if its out of the box and this
is the second one that you have had the same problem in 2 machines,
I would return for a different make.
 
You're probably right about returning it. It's an ATI.

I'm thinking of returning it, and buying a new card. Then I can keep the
repaired ATi 9800 for my son's computer.

Any recommendations? I have AMD 64 +3000, 1GB of ram and play alot of games
like Doom3 and half life.
 
Advanced said:
Any recommendations? I have AMD 64 +3000, 1GB of ram and play alot of games
like Doom3 and half life.
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An X800XL would suit you best,and with it's 299$ price tag it's
rather cheap performance-wise.
 
Before sending back an ATI 9800 Pro showing vertical lines I want to test it
with a better Artic Cooler. The reason being I tried this card at work and
upon bootup it displayed artificats but less intense than home. Then after
a few minutes the screen cleared totally. Then 5 minutes later it was back
to the same old song and dance.

This is my second 9800m Pro and the fan seems to be a spring loaded screw or
something. My first card only required a pair of needle nose vice grips at
the back of the board.. How do it get this sucker off?
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Before doing anything drastic or money-wasting, go to your nearest
electronic-parts store and buy a can of Freezit (or similar). When the
problem happens, spray the GPU heat-sink gently until frost begins to
form in the area near the GPU and keep the frost gently going for
about 30 seconds. If the artifacts totally disappear well before the
30 seconds, your Artic Cooler solution MAY work. If it takes quite a
while, you have a bad GPU - probably irreversibly dying from chronic
overheating --- the cooling "solution"on the 9800 Pro GPU is woefully
inadequate, especially if a PCI card is immediately adjacent and
blocking the GPU airflow. Replacing the heat-sink may only prolong the
agony if it works at all -- but that decision is yours, make sure that
you can return the Artic Cooler if it don't work. If the artifacts
are unchanged, try gently cooling the memory. If neither GPU cooling
nor memory cooling do any good, I would highly recommend trying a
different power supply.

John Lewis
 
js said:
Before sending back an ATI 9800 Pro showing vertical lines I want to test
it with a better Artic Cooler. The reason being I tried this card at work
and upon bootup it displayed artificats but less intense than home. Then
after a few minutes the screen cleared totally. Then 5 minutes later it
was back to the same old song and dance.

This is my second 9800m Pro and the fan seems to be a spring loaded screw
or something. My first card only required a pair of needle nose vice
grips at the back of the board.. How do it get this sucker off?

AP
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My Hercules 9700 has a heatsink that mounts on 2 copper bolts that screw
into domed nuts at the back - sounds like yours is similar. My card was
refurbished and the idiots hadnt taken the plastic sticker off the base of
the replacement heatsink they'd fitted. Once I peeled that off and applied
fresh thermal paste not only did it run fine but it could also overclock
nicely - maybe your situation is similar ?
 
John Lewis said:
Before doing anything drastic or money-wasting, go to your nearest
electronic-parts store and buy a can of Freezit (or similar). When the
problem happens, spray the GPU heat-sink gently until frost begins to
form in the area near the GPU and keep the frost gently going for
about 30 seconds. If the artifacts totally disappear well before the
30 seconds, your Artic Cooler solution MAY work. If it takes quite a
while, you have a bad GPU - probably irreversibly dying from chronic
overheating --- the cooling "solution"on the 9800 Pro GPU is woefully
inadequate, especially if a PCI card is immediately adjacent and
blocking the GPU airflow. Replacing the heat-sink may only prolong the
agony if it works at all -- but that decision is yours, make sure that
you can return the Artic Cooler if it don't work. If the artifacts
are unchanged, try gently cooling the memory. If neither GPU cooling
nor memory cooling do any good, I would highly recommend trying a
different power supply.

John Lewis
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Good idea with the Freezit , I already own the Artic Cooler from my first
bad unit. Just hadn't gotten around to putting it on. Everything had
worked fine on this computer until I turned it on one morning with the
exception of a "red dot" problem in Doom 3 which seemed to suddenly
disappear a week or so ago.
 
Taking a moment's reflection, js mused:
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| Before sending back an ATI 9800 Pro showing vertical lines I want to
| test it with a better Artic Cooler. The reason being I tried this
| card at work and upon bootup it displayed artificats but less intense
| than home. Then after a few minutes the screen cleared totally.
| Then 5 minutes later it was back to the same old song and dance.

Not for nothing, but I would think artifacts immediately at bootup
would eliminate heat as a cause ... since at that moment, the system is
at its coolest.
 
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