My fan died out on my Evga GF4 Ti4200 so I replaced it with my Palit cooler. I Bought a new one for my palit
Right here http://www.thermaltake.com/products/chipset/g4.htm
Since its a 3 pin instead of a 2 I took the plastic header from the videocard so it just has the bare 2 pins and connected it to the 2 Pin. Of course the 3 pin is for fan rpm detection (Dont know why for a videocard cooler) But the stock cooler puts out .9 amps as this new one puts out .28a. Could I damage anything by doing this?
Thanks,
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Would this Kill my Videocard?
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dj_tigger1982
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emmmmm....
it should be OK, i have a Geforce 4 440 MX and the fan on that went tits up, soo i needed to get a replacement fan, the one i got was similer to the one u bought, the one that came on the card originally was a 3 pin one with a rpm detection, i replaced mine with a cooler, and quiter one, and it only had two pins. I have been running it like that for 6 mths + now, and it has not had any problems. The Rpm detector just tells you if the fan is spinning and how fast, it also shows if there is an increase in the fan speed due to excess heat.
hope this help....
it should be OK, i have a Geforce 4 440 MX and the fan on that went tits up, soo i needed to get a replacement fan, the one i got was similer to the one u bought, the one that came on the card originally was a 3 pin one with a rpm detection, i replaced mine with a cooler, and quiter one, and it only had two pins. I have been running it like that for 6 mths + now, and it has not had any problems. The Rpm detector just tells you if the fan is spinning and how fast, it also shows if there is an increase in the fan speed due to excess heat.
hope this help....
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AMD XP 1800 running @ 1.54 MHZ, 256 MB DDR, Geforce 440 MX 64 MB, Soundblaster Audigy Platinum, 10/100 mbit NIC card - connected to a DLink router running a 1mbit/256 cable connection, 2 x 60 gb maxtor 7200 hard disks, 1 x IBM deskstar 80 gb 7200 hard disk, 17 inch Packard Bell Monitor... Windows 2000 Pro
When my Voodoo 5500 died I took the fans off and saved them. I used one for a chipset cooler for my mobo. They had three pin headers but they were 5V fans. I made an adapter and connected it to an unused floppy power plug. I gave up on trying to use the speed sensor. Sounds like all your vid cards use 12v fans.
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