🚀 go-pugleaf

well looks like I just joined the ranks of those whose TNT2U fan has ceased
to function. I heard what sounded like a small weed eater like engine. I
opened my case, checked my case fans, all were fine. Finally narrowed the
annoying sound to the video card fan. I left the side panel open and
powered the system back up. I then shined a flashlight at the video card
fan. The fan would spin fast then slow and lopsided. powered off the system
and pulled the video card out. I then carefully removed the fan from its
heatsink housing. I then found the culprit. The upper left retaining are was
broken (the same arm that houses the fan wire. I ended up putting on a small
cpu 486 cpu fan. The fan of course does not fit inside the heatsink so it
ends up sticking out to high and leaves a 1/8 inch gap between the fan and
the bottom of the heatsink rather than touching the bottom of the heat sink
as did the original . The little fan I put on is rated at 1.08 cfp and seems
to be a lot more powerful than the original. Should that be safe enough for
the card or do I need to get something like the tenmax graphics cooler?
Does anyone know if I can just get the fan from creative? Sending the video
card in to creative and waiting 7 weeks for a replacement , as one fellow
wrote is not an option. As a side note, I noticed that creative is using the
identical fan on the annihilator. I guess they never learn. Beside the fan
thing , my CL TNT2U has been a very good card. current speed is set to
190/200