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Fan siezed on video card?!??

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SupaDupaNerd

Limp Gawd
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Well i just fixed my northbridge fan, (stopped running so i unscrewed it and then took the back label off and dropped a bit of motor oil in the hole) and it runs fine now. But while installing it i noticed the fan on my video card stopped to. Anyone have some input why this would happen to 2 fans in my case so fast? Poor air circulation? Should i switch to water cooling? (i wouldn't know how nor do i barely no anything about over clocking... gawd such a noob) By the way i plan on dabbing some pennzoil into the that fan as well, and will keep you posted.
 
my northbridge fan on my soyo k7ada....on my 2nd system...quit.....sprayed some WD40 down in there and it ran good for another month or so....then it just quit entirely.....and it could be dust choking your system.....or if its an old system some fans use caster bearings that dont last very long....ball bearings last FAR longer.....at least thats what im told....is the fan spewing black gunk all over the place??? thats a good sign its fucked up....and the bearings suck ass
 
Fans don't last forever. My old back up system had its CPU fan die, while my good old Geforce 2 fan died just recently too. Oil may fix it, but the ball bearings in fans do give out after awile. So its expected
 
Just use this opportunity to convince your significant other/parents that its time for an upgrade.
 
heh this system is my main rig.
Sorry, maybe i should add a siggy with my specs :D

XP 2500+ stock
Gigabyte 7n400 pro2
tyan 9700pro-m
SBlive 5.1
corsair twinX 512 pc-3700
 
Those cheap little fans are always breaking :( You can often get a few more months out of them by taking them apart (carefully!), cleaning out dust and grit, and putting a little oil back on the bearings and shaft. Of course, getting the little clips on and off without mangling them is always fun. When I open them up, I often find dust and grit, so just spraying oil in may not be enough. But really, it's in your best interest to just replace the HSF. Like you said, some manufacturers will simply send you a new fan if you call them up. And as a side not, I don't think motor oil is your best bet if you are trying to fix it up yourself. I use much lower viscosity oil for hobby use and such, or (I believe) a silicone-based lubricant that Radio Shack carries which is also much thinner.
 
Wow thanks for that input :)
Yeah i really didn't take into terms the viscosity of the fluid that i am adding into the fan assembly and since the motor oil is quite thick i think your silocone lube is a much better idea. So far the fans that i've used motor oil on have been buzzing along just fine but i believe the silicone lubricant would be better suited for longer term use, and less risk of deposits, (as motor oil does in a car engine) and other abnormalities. Anyhoo my video card's sink isn't so easy to just take off and replace (because it's a really nice one) because it has two parts that interlock witheach other. A front side that covers all the memory chips and the gpu/vpu and the back one that covers all the memory and the underpart of the vpu.
 
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