Radeon Hd4870

[Tumble]

Anyone know if you can split the fan apart for cleaning purposes (or indeed procure a spare)? Mine's making a dreadful noise.. think it must have Eagle's knife stuck in it.....

[Claw]

Anyone know if you can split the fan apart for cleaning purposes (or indeed procure a spare)? Mine's making a dreadful noise.. think it must have Eagle's knife stuck in it.....

Are you absolutely sure it's the video card, and not a PSU, case, or CPU fan?

Also have a look to see if there are any cables or such like interfering with the fan.

There are a couple of duff 4870's going on eBay at the mo, which you could cannibalise. I've not had a look to see how easy it is to remove the fan. On an older model there were just four screws.

[Hammer]

When the 4870 was in it's prime a lot of people fitted an after market cooler, which has its own fan. Getting one of these may be a better option if you can find one cheap.

<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... subcat=787" target="_blank">Akasa AK-VC03-BLUV Vortexx NEO VGA Cooler [AK-VC03-BLUV</a>

[Tumble]

Absolutely certain it's the GPU, the fan is very easy to remove from the heatsink, just a connector and three screws...

[Trig]

If the fgans knackered then ebay/maplin etc would be your best bet although I'd go the whole hog and replace the entire lot as per Hummers suggestion..

[Myocardial Infarction]

Contact the manufacturer first and see if they will send you one, I've done that before and received a new fan gratis.

[Claw]

Don't forget the thermal paste and ESD concerns whichever option you go for.

[Nellyboy]

I have a complete original cooler from a sapphire x1950xt cooler sitting in the loft doing nothing.

<a href="http://www.lewisroberts.com/wp-content/ ... image4.jpg" target="_blank">Here</a>



I guess yours looks like <a href="http://www.xgcdb.com/pub/gc/his_radeon_ ... rohs__.jpg" target="_blank">this</a>.

[Tumble]

Mine is this one: