Video card fan
 

I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy

Video card fan
 

Andy wrote:
I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy

Maybe. Depends on your system.
The fans on my floor comps vid cards run all the time.
The laptop fans run when they feel like it.

Video card fan
 

In message , Andy
writes:
I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy

Can you touch the part of the board the fan would cool, and if so do you
burn your fingers?

Can you _make_ the card work hard? There must be freeware out there that
would do so - possibly from the card manufacturer (who might also have a
utility to tell if all is well, such as the fans - maybe even explicitly
to test them).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Radio 4 is the civilising influence in this country ... I think it is the most
important institution in this country. - John Humphrys, Radio Times
7-13/06/2003

Video card fan
 

On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 5:25:59 AM UTC-5, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Andy
writes:
I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy

Can you touch the part of the board the fan would cool, and if so do you
burn your fingers?

Can you _make_ the card work hard? There must be freeware out there that
would do so - possibly from the card manufacturer (who might also have a
utility to tell if all is well, such as the fans - maybe even explicitly
to test them).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Radio 4 is the civilising influence in this country ... I think it is the most
important institution in this country. - John Humphrys, Radio Times
7-13/06/2003

My card is a I have a VGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300GS 256-P2-N437-LR 256MB PCI-EXPRESS PCIe VIDEO CARD DVI card.

Video card fan
 

Andy wrote:
On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 5:25:59 AM UTC-5, J. P. Gilliver (John)
wrote:
In message ,
Andy writes:
I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy

Can you touch the part of the board the fan would cool, and if so do
you
burn your fingers?

Can you _make_ the card work hard? There must be freeware out there
that would do so - possibly from the card manufacturer (who might
also have a utility to tell if all is well, such as the fans - maybe
even explicitly
to test them).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Radio 4 is the civilising influence in this country ... I think it
is the most important institution in this country. - John Humphrys,
Radio Times 7-13/06/2003

My card is a I have a VGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300GS 256-P2-N437-LR 256MB
PCI-EXPRESS PCIe VIDEO CARD DVI card.

I would be surprised if the fan on that card was not supposed to run all the
time. Check to make sure the wire to the fan is plugged in to the appropriate
header on the card, or plug it into one of the motherboard fan connectors if
that doesn't seem to work. Or, attach a replacement fan to the card (I've used
aluminum foil duct tape with non-matching fans) and plug it into one of those
headers.

Speedfan should be able to show you the operating temp of the card, or if it
smells hot, that should be a pretty good indication it has a problem.

Video card fan
 

Bob F wrote:
Andy wrote:
On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 5:25:59 AM UTC-5, J. P. Gilliver (John)
wrote:
In message ,
Andy writes:
I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy
Can you touch the part of the board the fan would cool, and if so do
you
burn your fingers?

Can you _make_ the card work hard? There must be freeware out there
that would do so - possibly from the card manufacturer (who might
also have a utility to tell if all is well, such as the fans - maybe
even explicitly
to test them).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Radio 4 is the civilising influence in this country ... I think it
is the most important institution in this country. - John Humphrys,
Radio Times 7-13/06/2003
My card is a I have a VGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300GS 256-P2-N437-LR 256MB
PCI-EXPRESS PCIe VIDEO CARD DVI card.

I would be surprised if the fan on that card was not supposed to run all the
time. Check to make sure the wire to the fan is plugged in to the appropriate
header on the card, or plug it into one of the motherboard fan connectors if
that doesn't seem to work. Or, attach a replacement fan to the card (I've used
aluminum foil duct tape with non-matching fans) and plug it into one of those
headers.

Speedfan should be able to show you the operating temp of the card, or if it
smells hot, that should be a pretty good indication it has a problem.



This is an example of the card.

http://www.gpureview.com/database/im...56-P2-N437.jpg

The 7300 GS is 8.7 watts at idle, so yes, the fan
should be running. The bearing could be seized on it.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/gra...e_7.html#sect1

Paul

Video card fan
 

On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:13:17 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
Bob F wrote:
Andy wrote:
On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 5:25:59 AM UTC-5, J. P. Gilliver (John)
wrote:
In message ,
Andy writes:
I have a video card that has a fan.

I have not seen the fan running.

Does it only run when the card is in heavy use ?

Thanks a lot,
Andy
Can you touch the part of the board the fan would cool, and if so do
you
burn your fingers?

Can you _make_ the card work hard? There must be freeware out there
that would do so - possibly from the card manufacturer (who might
also have a utility to tell if all is well, such as the fans - maybe
even explicitly
to test them).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985
MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Radio 4 is the civilising influence in this country ... I think it
is the most important institution in this country. - John Humphrys,
Radio Times 7-13/06/2003
My card is a I have a VGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300GS 256-P2-N437-LR 256MB
PCI-EXPRESS PCIe VIDEO CARD DVI card.

I would be surprised if the fan on that card was not supposed to run all the
time. Check to make sure the wire to the fan is plugged in to the appropriate
header on the card, or plug it into one of the motherboard fan connectors if
that doesn't seem to work. Or, attach a replacement fan to the card (I've used
aluminum foil duct tape with non-matching fans) and plug it into one of those
headers.

Speedfan should be able to show you the operating temp of the card, or if it
smells hot, that should be a pretty good indication it has a problem.



This is an example of the card.

http://www.gpureview.com/database/im...56-P2-N437.jpg

The 7300 GS is 8.7 watts at idle, so yes, the fan
should be running. The bearing could be seized on it.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/gra...e_7.html#sect1

Paul

After removing the fan and cleaning it, it now works.

Maybe be the fan cable was not making full contact. ?

Andy

Video card fan
 

In message , Andy
writes:
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:13:17 AM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
[]
The 7300 GS is 8.7 watts at idle, so yes, the fan
should be running. The bearing could be seized on it.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/gra...e_7.html#sect1

Paul

After removing the fan and cleaning it, it now works.

Maybe be the fan cable was not making full contact. ?

Andy

Glad you got it working!

Though I'd not have thought 8.7 watts to be something that required
active cooling. Though of course I suppose it would only be at idle when
the display has gone blank while the PC is in one of the relevant modes,
so I'd have expected the fan to be working most of the time - as you've
now got (-:
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

You can be tough without being rude - Nick Clegg, 2014 July

Video card fan
 

Andy wrote:


After removing the fan and cleaning it, it now works.

Maybe be the fan cable was not making full contact. ?

Andy

The cleaning probably helped.

Keep an eye on it.

Speedfan or GPUZ might report the current operating temperature.

The two-wire fan has no easy means of monitoring whether it is
spinning or not. If the fan had three wires, it might have been
possible to monitor it.

(Picture of an OK temperature value...)

http://i59.tinypic.com/2pyywoz.gif

http://www.almico.com/speedfan451.exe

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/ (top one...)

Sometimes, a video card with a passive heatsink, plus
an 80mm case fan held near it, can be used as an alternative
cooling solution. Both my operating PCs here have auxiliary
cooling, and the 80mm fans are easier to replace than the
goofy fans used on the video card itself.

In this picture, the metal support arm is a piece of folded-over
aluminum sheet. Screws hold it to the PCI slot covers. Nylon wraps
hold the 80mm case fan in place. It blows air upwards onto the
adjacent low-end video card. You can see the aluminum heatsink
of the video card, just above the fan. The yellow vertical support,
is a means of reducing the stress of the motherboard having a
heavy CPU cooler. This is the first PC where I bothered to
support the CPU cooler like that.

http://i62.tinypic.com/slpamc.jpg

HTH,
Paul