Disconnect Fan?

[doubleJ]

I have an aiw9000pro (couple years old, I guess) and the fan is starting to sound bad. I've seen all kinds of 9250/9550's that don't have a fan and the heatsink doesn't look any bigger than the one I have on it. Would it be an issue to just disconnect the power to the fan?
I know I have a mobo that the northbridge fan stopped working and it hasn't caused a problem, that I see.
BTW...
Would a shot of wd40 fix the noise?
JJ

 

[digital_exhaust]

Do not use WD40 on your fan.....

As far as running it without the fan.... I think that would most likely be a bad idea. I'm not 100% sure it's a bad idea, but I think it is. They put a fan on the card for a reason, and I would have to assume that you card runs hotter than the ones your using as a comparison. At the least, you should add a case fan that would cool the card a bit, maybe just add an 80mm on the side door that would draw intake air in right towards the card...