The fan on this card, which I purchased last March, seized. It appears to be removable. Instead of returning it, I'm going to see about adding another fan (I just need to find one that will clamp on without issues).
I ordered another one eariler in the week and will use this one while I'm repairing the other's fan (in fact, I'll order an additional fan for when the new one's fan breaks).
Why am I putting up with replacing the fan and buying an additional fan for the new one? Because the card is AWESOME! The fan issue totally sucks and the card is still under warranty, but I can tell that these cards have bad fans and this is a design defect, I believe. If I can replace the fan with one that clamps on at the same clamp-on points, I'll be happy. If not, I'll return both before the warranties end and get the fanless versions.
Click here for some TigerDirect reviews of this card.
EDIT: WHOA... I just opened the box of my replacement 7300 and saw that they've changed the fan to something that is hopefully more robust. It is an open fan and is black plastic. EVGA must have had too many complaints and decided that a new fan was in order. I'll post pics later.
6 comments:
Can you post a picture if the fan for your EVGA 7300 GT?
The new card's fan, or the old card's fan?
Hell, I'll do both, I guess. :)
I just had two fans die on two cards. The first one we think came defective and the second one lasted about 6 months. What gives?!
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysania/tags/videocard/
Man, that is crazy! Those pics are awesome, though (I was supposed to have supplied pictures but procrastinated too much). One thing I didn't check was the capacitors...I don't think mine busted like yours did...crazy!
I've gone through 4 of these cards at work. On two of them the larger square thing with a coil inside falls off. I checked another today and the fan is dead and one of the "capacitors or whatever they are" have popped open, but it is still running.
Just found your blog. We just had 3 of these fans blow up at work within the past 3 weeks. SUCKS!
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