Geforce MX440 and Loudfan...question

[Snooble]

As the topic says, I am having problems with a video card fan on my brothers Geforce MX440. It sounds like a airplane...and it didn't a few days ago when he got hte PC.

The PC is new BUT we live over 150 miles from where he got it. It'd be a hassle to have to wait for a new fan or whatnot.

Can someone tell me if it would be a problem to just unhook the godaweful PoS? I don't want his videocard to burn out, even though it's not top of the line or anything it's the best he can afford at the moment.

Thanks

 

[phasmatis_nox]

Unplug it, but have some other fan blowing on it. A spare 80mm or something propped up on junk you find around the house. See if there's a way to trigger an alert or better an emergency shutdown when the core gets too hot.

 

[Snooble]

I have a Radeon 9000 w/o a fan on it in another box, and it seems to do alright.

Wouldn;t just the heatsink be alright on the Geforce? I'm not really too wealthy and neither is my bro...dunno if we can scrape up a 80mm fan anywhere