Video Card Fan Repair

Normally, when a fan in a PC goes bad, most people don't stop to consider if it can be repaired. The video card fan on my PC was failing, so rather than find and purchase a replacement, I chose to replace the plain bushings with bearings.

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• overheat
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[MarioIArguello]

you could placed a regular PC fan next to the graphics card and have a little more cool air over the heat sink. I just fixed my graphics card small fan motor, luckly it was just a lot of fine dust inbedded in the shaft and bushings. Some compressed air and a little bit of 3 in 1 oil on the shaft top and bottom brought it back to life. Dust and heat are killers for these small devices. Part of success is not to give up. When there is a will there is a way. Thumbs up!

[asayle3r5]

@MarioIArguello yep. This pc is small, maybe mini ITX size, so there is very little room inside. Even with the fan working properly, I was still having trouble with heat until I removed the TV tuner card in the adjacent slot, and then, no more problems.

[yorchreloaded]

your face scares me

[asayle3r5]

@yorchreloaded Oh, gee, thanks, because of your comment, I now have ads for plastic surgery alongside this video.

[Keashane]

Hey, i have the same video card that's been failing overheating, the fan is stopping, i have to manually turn it, do you know what p/n of the fan if I can get similar.

[asayle3r5]

@Keashane I was never able to find a fan for sale. Replacing the bearings is fairly inexpensive, though. search google for "bearings direct". once in that website, go to the metric sealed bearings. The inside diameter (ID) is 2.0, but you'll have to measure the bronze bushings you remove to verify the outside diameter (OD). I think it is 5.0.

[BritishRider]

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[Hammerscare]

Nice video. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

[LazoBarca]

good video, really helpful

[WillyDragonBlue]

Great video resolve a lot of fan problems