Nvidia based video card fans

[Mike Richardson]

JJ Neff wrote:

> I have an Nvidia based video card with an onboard fan - it's gold with a
> housing that is affixed to the card.  The fan is attached to the top of the
> housing.  The fan is dead and that leads to very quick video errors!
> 
> I tried to loosing the fan but it refuses to turn at all now.  Can these fans
> be replaced?  It looks very proprietary the top of the housing is the holder
> for the fan so I can't just swap the fan blades etc.
> 
> Anyone have experience with these and replacing this fan?

Funny you mentioned this: I just did a video card fan replacement 
Saturday for the same exact thing.

CompUSA has a replacement fan/heatsink combo for GPUs available (made by 
BFG). I'd recommend you take your card in with you in a static bag to 
compare the standoff locations. It's a little pricey ($20) but I was 
able to pop my old one off and have the new one installed in a minute.

-- Mike