Just got my comp back, little fan issuePost Date: 2009-02-27 |
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Rolet 
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 Topic: Just got my comp back, little fan issuePosted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:37pm |
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When I opened that computer I saw that a little square fan was sitting on top of my video card. The little fan has the XFX logo on it. I have no idea where it goes since it's connected to the motherboard, directly above the video card. and has a short wire.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:38pm |
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If im not mistaking it attaches to the heat sink thats near the CPU. It should slide onto the silver heatsink, thats kind of at a slanted angle.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:43pm |
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The things with the thin bars, right?
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:45pm |
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Take a look at this picture here. Can you see the fan?
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/chipsets/2008/790i-launch/790iUltra_top.jpg |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:48pm |
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I see it, but I don't have the black nividia bar, just the bare heatsink.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:49pm |
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It might be different on your board, thats just a random link I grabbed off the net. It just goes on there.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:51pm |
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Hmm, slide onto the edges, right?
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 6:56pm |
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Pretty much yeah. You will see a groove type area that it fits into.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:05pm |
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Still trying this, not very good with this stuff. I know it slides on the on side and I can see the canals on the fan so I know I'm trying to put it the right way.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:11pm |
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Yeah, its a bugger of a little fan. First time I tried to put one on, the system was still hot.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:12pm |
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Is it suppose to lock on the silver platform with the little holds right under the slanted heat fan? I have the computer facing down on the floor atm.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:16pm |
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Yeah it kind of clips in a little.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:21pm |
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Alright, I have it sorta clip on the platform, where is the fan suppose to attach to? Since it's sorta hanging off. Am I suppose to slide it on the heatfan and clip it to bottom, or clip it to bottom and attach it to heatfan? This is turning into quite a feat for me, lol.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:23pm |
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It just kind of clips in, barely, but it does, the best thing I can honestly suggest is to play with it and get it to snap in there.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:24pm |
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I'm not suppose to slide it onto the heatsink than?
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:26pm |
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Slide, Clip, Hammer...whatever works really as long as you get it on there, lol
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:42pm |
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I think I sorta have it, but the wire is getting in the way, gotta disconnect fan, which is surprisingly hard, dang little white thing!
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:43pm |
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Amazing how such a little thing can be so difficult some times eh? But I have faith in you that you can get it on there, and let me say also that im sorry that it came loose as well.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:47pm |
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Lol, yeah.Shipping sucks, hehe. Food just arrived, so I'll tackle this later.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 7:48pm |
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Hopefully you get it. As Randy would like to say, and I quote.."Give it a little nudge."
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 8:41pm |
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Took the fan off, now I can properly put it on, but I can't snap it on the heatsink. It has a good fit on the platform, but won't stay put on the heatsink. I guessing the 2 side sticks on the fan are what snaps in place on the heatsink.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 8:44pm |
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I had a hard time sticking one of those fans back on. It's fairly easy once you know how, but, I am sorry it came off. They really don't have a strong locking mechanism and enough bumps and such in shipping can knock em loose.
But, it's nothing that can't be fixed with some of our help over the phone. If you still need help, give us a call or send us a message buddy.
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 8:46pm |
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Thanks Alex, I'll call if I can't solve this on my own.
Edited by Rolet - 27 Feb 2009 at 8:51pm |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 10:21pm |
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I was able to put the fan...sorta. I don't think it's really locked in place, but it did not move when I moved the comp to my room and it is spinning when comp is on. When I turned the comp on however, it started a memtest. Why did it start this? and can I skip it?
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 10:30pm |
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Oh, the CD was in the drive....
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Posted: 27 Feb 2009 at 10:52pm |
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Actually a big hammer is the best way to get stuff to stay where they should stay.
This has been a fun post to read. So much more pleasant that reading about blue screen of deaths and stuff like that.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2009 at 12:04am |
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One of my video cards is not showing at all in the device manager, and my 1TB HD is not showing at all. Too sleepy to deal with this now.
UPDATE: The other video card is now showing, just had to install drivers. I will try to figure out the 1TB HD tomorrow, prolly connection gone loose, hopefully I can find it. Now I will REALLY go to sleep, lol. Edited by Rolet - 28 Feb 2009 at 12:45am |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2009 at 1:51am |
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Get some rest buddy, being up and fresh with a new mind can easily take care of any minor issues/glitches.
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Posted: 28 Feb 2009 at 3:48am |
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duct tape my friend
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Posted: 28 Feb 2009 at 11:16am |
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I'm going to call DS on monday, so they can tell me exactly where it's suppose to go, cause when I was looking at it, I was so lost with the connections lol. I will be using my 300g HD in the meantime. Thanks for the help guys.
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I think I know what your talking about. I remember seeing 3 connections which means all three HD should be connected. I will look at it more tomorrow, too busy playing warhammer, lol. |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2009 at 11:45am |
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I took a look inside and saw the sata cable is connected along with the other two and that same sata cable is also connected to the HD. Are there any other connections I should be looking at?
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Posted: 01 Mar 2009 at 12:59pm |
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Is it under standard CMOS features? I see master- DVD A and None for slave and the satas.
I also did auto detect for the slave and each sata and nothing showed up. Edited by Rolet - 01 Mar 2009 at 1:01pm |
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Why was the mem test cd still in the drive? |
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It came with CD inside. Guess they forgot to take it out. I will call DS today about this HD problem. It will probably be an easy fix, I don't know too much about connections of the PC. |
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