486 HSF for a Ti4200

SkaGoatMaster

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• Jun 10, 2003

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Should a 486 Heatsink and fan be enough to cool a Ti4200? The Fan on the card now is dying...

What's the best way to remove the OEM fan?

this is the card

http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=23&pageID=67

What will be the best way to remove the OEM heatsink and attatch a 486 HSF?

 

CamH

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• Jun 10, 2003

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I used a 486 HSF on my GF2MX. I think it should do if you can figure out a way to mount it.

 

CamH

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• Jun 10, 2003

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To take off the old one, look if it is clipped, screwed, rivited in any way, and undo any of those. If it isn't, it should just twist off.

 

pip

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• Jun 10, 2003

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why not just replace the fan? using a 486 heatsink to cool that thing is something u should need a death wish for

 

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asj

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• Jun 10, 2003

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yeh I agree with pip(fellow ninja) a 486 hs is not very good! You might just want to buy a hole new Geforce 4 HSF.

 

Toysrme

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• Jun 11, 2003

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Agreed.
I would think that it would be overwhelmed quickly. I'm not sure on that heatsink, but pull the entire thing off so you can work with it. Then you can do whatever!

2 things about HS's for video cards:
1) Zipties
2) Epoxy

Really you can use one or the other or both to just slap another fan around the same stregnth on there.