unplugging radeon 9600 pro fan

ddrevolution81 · Post by **ddrevolution81** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:32 pm

The fan on my powercolor 9600 pro is the loudest fan in my system. Is it safe to just unplug the fan and add a panaflo on the side of the case to cool it?

mr pink · Post by **mr pink** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:51 am

I dont think so. Maybe you could take the fan off, glue on a heatsink then use the fan you suggested.

pandamonium54 · Post by **pandamonium54** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:19 pm

ddr: What'd you do? I'm thinking about doing the same to my powercolor 9600 pro.

PhilgB · Post by **PhilgB** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:33 pm

Maybe if you underclock it and don't play any games, it might be ok.
But for the price of an AC VGA Silencer, I don't think it's worth the risk

wumpus · Post by **wumpus** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:35 pm

It's plenty safe. Just try it unplugged and monitor the temps with your finger. I think you'll see it doesn't get that warm with no fan.. 9600 cards run EXTREMELY cool.

PhilgB · Post by **PhilgB** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:33 am

Even my non-pro gets kindof warm and it's HS is slightly larger.
I wish I had one of those laser temp probe things.

swivelguy2 · Post by **swivelguy2** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:05 am

My ATI 9600 pro is currently cooled by a Zalman northbridge heatsink, mounted using it's through-the-board spring-loaded arms and some ceramique. I have an 80mm L1A pointed at the GPU heatsink, which is ducted from the front over my HDD. It's connected to a 5v/12v switch - I up the voltage to 12v while doing any 3d work or gaming. So far i've never had a crash or any artifacts, and after a few hours of halo, I can open up the case and put my finger to the heatsink to find that it is pleasantly warm but not at all uncomfortable.

A 9600 pro sucks about 8 watts at idle, 18 watts at full load - this is NOTHING, comparatively speaking.

There's a thread around here called something like "Radeon 9600 - ultimate silent pc card?" with lots of info.