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7300GT Fan replacement?

Tical

Tical

Tical

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Well, on the day that I buy Bioshock the GPU fan completely seized up. I've tried pretty much everything to fix it but to no avail.

I've been looking for a replacement fan from OcUK for it, but I can't seem to find one that says it fits a 7300GT?

The card is a "OcUK GeForce 7300 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express)", but its got some weird plastic fitting that clamps the fan into place on the card, and I don't think it has any pushpin holes for a new fan.

Can anyone suggest anything?
 
Well if you cant remove or replace the fan, then the only thing i can suggest is getting a few case fans an placing on the card. But i wouldn't advise it because the fan that comes with it has paste and fits directly to the cards core. Looks like you'll need to find another card or look else were for a replacement fan.
 
As it's not a very hot running card you may be able to use a standard chipset cooling heatsink and fan which mounts with universal pushpins

Unfortunately I can't see any at OCUK.

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You could try bodging a NB chipset cooler on with some thermal ceramic compound. The stuff that hardens like a glue. Depends how much room you have to fit one on.

Not sure how hot the card runs but I had an old ATi Radeon X550 running on just a zalman NB heatsink. Worked a treat. Better then the whiny thing that was on it.
 
Thanks for the help guys. It looks like the heatsink is clamped onto the card from the back, and the fan screwed onto the heatsink. Going to try get it off later and see what fittings it has.

Left the computer on overnight and woke up to a noise similar to a moped being revved up. The fan had started revolving at about 10RPM. :D

Without a fan its temps are 55-60c idle, and goes up to 90-95c underload. It normally hit 60c underload.
 
Couldn't find a replacement fan anywhere for my card so I decided to take a punt. Took the fan off the card, sprayed compressed air onto the revolving pin, then sprayed a little WD40 onto it.

Fan works perfectly now and running at normal temps.

Saved me buying a new card!
 
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