dead fans grr

[ONESHOTKILL]

i had a wierd noise from my pc for a couple of nights now,it sounded like metal screeching.the noise only appeard once ever couple of hours,so i opened pc up today to take a look.I found the fan on my radeon 9550 has totaly stopped and the fan on my motherboard which is abit nf7-s is i think causing the noise.The fan is spinning realy slow.The fan on gcard is hot to the touch,the inside of my case is pretty cool i have around 4 case fans going.I dont use this pc for games any more and mainly just use it as a DL pc.I was going to try replace the gcard fan with a silencer and the fan on the motherboard with a heatsink but i have no idea how hard these are to install?

cheers

 

[Joe42]

The gpu cooler if its an ac silencer will be easy, the chipset one depends if its using hoops or holes as a retention mechanism.
Edit: Looks like holes, and the chipset being an older one is flat rather than having a small core in the middle, so you could even use a chipset cooler with a sticky thermal pad like this one.

When your pc makes strange noises you really should stop using it immediately and take a look, you should also inspect it regularly particularly as it gets older, as you have seen the smaller fans on the chipset and graphics card tend to die after a few years.