messed up fan please help

[SeigeAkicksass]

i have a 1G athlon w/ a Thermaltake dragon orb 3 on Soyodragon +
i maneged to break oneof the fan blades off ( pease dont ask how it was stupid and my egois hurt enough w/o ppl knowing)
needless to say it is off balance (creates a huge amout of noise and the fan vigbrates) im worried about the fan vibration messing my proc or even worse ripping of teh ZIF slot on mt mobo,
i knowi should deffinatly get a new hsf but i wan toknow if it would be safe to run m comp at all
or if you could tell me werei can get just the top part of the w/ the fan ( heres a link ifu dont know the fan http://www.tcwo.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1405&sid=1gi2Ty0HY5H-69x)
thanks if u can help:confused:

[Ebonyks]

i wouldn't run your comp with the thing off balance, it's a good way to break a zif clip

[flounder43]

That's the problem with using a non-standard fan like that. I say ditch the whole thing and get a new HSF. I suggest a Thermaltake Volcano 6Cu or maybe one of those Volcano 7's.

The 6Cu is $13 at newegg.com, and the 6Cu+(better but louder fan) is only $14...Cant beat that. It isn't worth getting a new fan.

[Yodums]

Not good.

I've heard you can put silicone on the fins to prevent vibrations.

[donny_paycheck]

Yeah, shut that thing down. Vibration is never good for CPU fans. I've done the same thing to my bro's comp....being stupid, broke fan. I didn't run it until I got a new one.

[CrystalMethod]

If you want to fix it, the only way I can see to do it, is to swap a fan from a regular Gorb. Running with a fan out of balance is really dangerous. Because it's out of balance and is vibrating, you may run the risk of chipping your CPU die.

[dugans]

Shut 'er down!

If you really like the orb thing, get another-

But a heatsink that uses standard fans is easier to change fans if needed, and from what I hear, is far less likely to lose a fan anyway.

[Silver]

Are'nt airplanes known to have the whole motor rip out of the plane when a prop looses a blade? I surely would'nt run it and there are a few good cheap fan/heatsinks around of standard design.

[The Overclocker]

if you still want to use the orb, buy a cheep gloden orb and swap the fans in them, i dont think it is as fast but it will still work

[Gravity Man]

I had onr that shipped with a non-working fan. I wasn't very interested in paying for return shipping, so I just removed the stock fan, and duct taped a delta 38 on it.

[Yodums]

Or you can try ordering a Storm Fan from ThermalTake which upgrades your Dorb..