Custom VGA fan for 7950GT

Xer0x · 06-21-2007, 01:33 AM

Hey all, I have a 7950gt with two giant heatsinks and no fan (hey, it looks cool.)

So I bought a fan (it's a zalman, it's practically made for this card), and oddly enough when I applied the fan to the card (thermal paste and everything) It did not post, but the fan ran. Now when I took off the fan and put the heatsinks back on it worked just fine.

Now the card came with two heatsinks, I had to pull one of them off (the smaller ; faceplate/logo type) and replaced that with a fan

I'm 100% sure it's making contact, and I applied thermal paste. Really the only way I can get it on there tightly is to slightly tilt the fan which makes the 4 corners off the processor very slightly (i'm talking < millimeters) stick out and doesnt make contact with the thermal paste or fan.

Will this cause it to not post? It is running at 1300mhz core.

EDIT: The fan came with something like 8 mini-heatsinks. I didn't see any need for this and they'd be applied to the card's RAM. So I didn't apply those. I doubt it but would those need to be applied?

Fury556 · 06-21-2007, 07:06 AM

Very strange why it wont post unfortunately i cant help you there though im pretty sur ethe RAM heatsinks aren't necessery they just literally cool the memory and i doubt it would overheat before posting :)

**jaggerwild** · 06-24-2007, 07:08 AM

Hey Xer0x,
Might not have seated the card good? Shouldn't make a difference heat sink or fan.

06-21-2007, 01:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xer0x Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 68 OS: Windows XP My System	Custom VGA fan for 7950GT Hey all, I have a 7950gt with two giant heatsinks and no fan (hey, it looks cool.) So I bought a fan (it's a zalman, it's practically made for this card), and oddly enough when I applied the fan to the card (thermal paste and everything) It did not post, but the fan ran. Now when I took off the fan and put the heatsinks back on it worked just fine. Now the card came with two heatsinks, I had to pull one of them off (the smaller ; faceplate/logo type) and replaced that with a fan I'm 100% sure it's making contact, and I applied thermal paste. Really the only way I can get it on there tightly is to slightly tilt the fan which makes the 4 corners off the processor very slightly (i'm talking < millimeters) stick out and doesnt make contact with the thermal paste or fan. Will this cause it to not post? It is running at 1300mhz core. EDIT: The fan came with something like 8 mini-heatsinks. I didn't see any need for this and they'd be applied to the card's RAM. So I didn't apply those. I doubt it but would those need to be applied? Last edited by Xer0x; 06-21-2007 at 01:43 AM.

06-21-2007, 07:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Fury556 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 15 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Custom VGA fan for 7950GT Very strange why it wont post unfortunately i cant help you there though im pretty sur ethe RAM heatsinks aren't necessery they just literally cool the memory and i doubt it would overheat before posting :)

06-24-2007, 07:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
jaggerwild TSF Gearhead (Audio) Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY Posts: 838 OS: Windows XP32 bit/Vista HB 64bit My System	Re: Custom VGA fan for 7950GT Hey Xer0x, Might not have seated the card good? Shouldn't make a difference heat sink or fan. __________________ Please if you need help, start a new thread with questions only after reading the first few sticky's up top. http://www.techsupportforum.com/auto...ter/car-audio/ A Link for Viper alarm owners http://www.directed.com/Support/Prod...es/Owners.aspx