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Article #73Re: ATI X1600 Cards
From: First of One
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:26
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:26
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You... don't replace the fan if it seizes. You replace the entire heat sink / fan unit with an aftermarket one. High-end cards tend to have a myriad of replacement cooling options available. Passive coolers aren't magical. They become finger-burning hot under load and are extremely dependent on good case airflow. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "thingy" <thingy@nowhere.spammers.commy> wrote in message news:521kl3-ler.ln1@news.vuw.ac.nz... > From bitter experience over the last 5~6 years a fan on a hi-end graphics > card cannot actually be replacedd easily, if at all....so I am all for > passive cooling if possible. think I have lost all three of my hi-end > video cards due to this.... > > regards > > Thing
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