Quiet an 9600PRO Fan

PhilC · Post by **PhilC** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:16 am

I would like to quiet down my very loud ATI 9600PRO stock fan and have decided to go with the AC VGA Silencer Rev.3 when it becomes available in my area. In the mean time could I safely reduce the fan speed with a Zalman Fan Mate 1? I don't know if would drop the noise level enough, but I'm sure it would help.

That said, how do you install the Fan Mate which is three pin and the stock fan header on the board/fan is 2 pin? Some have said I don't even need active cooling on this card, but I'm alittle afraid to go that route. Air flow and cooling are pretty good(optional front fan in Sonata) with idle temps: CPU 30c Case 28c.

Any advice and help with Fan Mate pin problem is appreciated.

Thanks,
PhilC

geordie · Post by **geordie** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:57 am

Given that you can buy passive 9600 pros then I'd say it's fairly safe just to unplug the fan. You say you have decent case airflow anyway which should do the job.

1911user · Post by **1911user** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:26 pm

The fanmate could be used, but you'd be cutting and soldering wires and maybe installing a new connector.

PhilC · Post by **PhilC** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:59 am

Thanks geordie and 1911user, I think I'll just wait for the Silencer Rev.3 to become available in my area.

Old Dude · Post by **Old Dude** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:08 pm

PhilC wrote:...how do you install the Fan Mate which is three pin and the stock fan header on the board/fan is 2 pin?Thanks,
PhilC

Just connect the fan connector to those pins of the Fan Mate that correspond to the red and black wires of the Fan Mate.

exeter_acres · Post by **exeter_acres** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:23 pm

geordie brings up an interesting question... it amy have been talked about in other threads.....but do people think it is safe to just unplug the fan and rely on the stock HS on a 9600 series card???

assuming very good case airflow

wumpus · Post by **wumpus** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:35 pm

Definitely, the 9600 series runs EXTREMELY cool. There is no question that the "vanilla" 9600 and the pro can be passively cooled with minimal effort and a crappy generic heatsink. With the XT, you might need a reasonably decent passive heatsink, something like the Zalman CR-17, and a moderate amount of airflow in the case.. but that's it.

frosty · Post by **frosty** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:08 am

Those case temps seem real good too, does sound like your airflow is good.

frosty · Post by **frosty** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:26 am

So do you Guys/Gals suggest if someone, me, should buy the 9600XT we could disconnect the stock fan and cool it with an 80L at 5 or 12volts?

wumpus · Post by **wumpus** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:01 pm

yeah, or you could get the sapphire ultimate 9600xt with the pre-installed mini-zalman passive, the ZM50 ..

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTc5

The 9600 runs so extraordinarily cool, I seriously doubt anyone could get into trouble even with the highest clocked XT model. All it takes is a tiny bit of heatsink and airflow.

Maybe if you removed all the heatsinks and ran the chip bare..

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:44 pm

Given the relative low cost of the ACVS, what's the general opinion on running this without the fan on a 9600Pro?

Seems like a half-decent heat sink in itself...

Tim.

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:14 pm

Given the relative low cost of the ACVS, what's the general opinion on running this without the fan on a 9600Pro?

Seems like a half-decent heat sink in itself...

Tim.

wumpus · Post by **wumpus** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:06 am

A VGA silencer sans fan would probably work fine, but you'll want to remove the plastic shroud around the heatsink if you're not planning to run the fan-- otherwise I don't see how the air can flow through it.

SebRad · Post by **SebRad** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:39 am

Hi, I have a 9600pro with a (modified) ACVS on it. Before I got the Silencer I experimented with running the existing fan at 7V & 5V. 7V was still noisey; 5V was reasonable and cooled OK. Now I've got the Silencer on it and I've left it running in 2D mode with the fan turned off and it doesn't seam to come to any harm. I haven't tried 3D work with fan off, although I mostly run it on "low" with only 5V feed to it which results in a very low fan speed that can't move much air so passive may be OK.
Just my thoughts / experience.
Seb

frosty · Post by **frosty** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:46 pm

Thanks Guys, hey I am bidding on an XT but will it run on only win 98 se?

frosty · Post by **frosty** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:46 pm

Well I mean will it run on win 98 se?

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