Fan on Sapphire 8500LE 128MB

Thanks, but I also need to know where you can get a fan replacement.
The fan assembly is held to the heatsink by 4 screws.
Is the fan even important on this card?
Thanks

"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
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 > You can not take the heatsink off of 8500 series cards. It is glued to gpu
 > with thermal adhesive.
 >
 > "Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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  > > Anyone know if this fan is even needed?
  > > Where to buy a replacement fan for it?
  > > Thanks.
  > >
  > >
 >
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Not really.. But only if you are able to install a big enough heatsink,
which you sadly can't. So have to live with this fan/sink combo. I tried to
run without fan my Hercules8500Le, it was not very stable, and got hot.
Reason is that heatsink is really thin over the gpu.

I don't think you can purchase a fan like that.
Here is a suggestion: Remove the fan. Glue a standard 20-40mm fan on top of
the heatsink. It should run cool enough.

"Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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 > Thanks, but I also need to know where you can get a fan replacement.
 > The fan assembly is held to the heatsink by 4 screws.
 > Is the fan even important on this card?
 > Thanks
 >
 > "Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
 > news:yVykc.81216$BD3.9766454@juliett.dax.net...
  > > You can not take the heatsink off of 8500 series cards. It is glued to
gpu
  > > with thermal adhesive.
  > >
  > > "Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
  > > news:WBxkc.4584$I%1.379804@attbi_s51...
   > > > Anyone know if this fan is even needed?
   > > > Where to buy a replacement fan for it?
   > > > Thanks.
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
 >
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"Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t . n o> wrote in message
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 > Not really.. But only if you are able to install a big enough heatsink,
 > which you sadly can't. So have to live with this fan/sink combo. I tried
to
 > run without fan my Hercules8500Le, it was not very stable, and got hot.
 > Reason is that heatsink is really thin over the gpu.
 >
 > I don't think you can purchase a fan like that.
 > Here is a suggestion: Remove the fan. Glue a standard 20-40mm fan on top
of
 > the heatsink. It should run cool enough.

I will probably use the 'glue' technique.
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