Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Hey guys. I've just installed a ZM80D-HP passive heatpipe cooler on my Asus ATi 9800XT, and I must say for a truly silent fanless coller running 6-8 degrees below stock fan? Amazing. Only one problem though:

My card disables itself at startup if I unplug the stock fan. I assume it's some sort of safety feature... any idea how to disable it? I can turn the fans off using Asus Smartdoctor but obviously I want it to work without the stock fan connected at all. Any idea guys?

  • 01.26.2005 1:33 PM PDT
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That is a toughy!

  • 01.26.2005 2:51 PM PDT
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Sure is! Luckily I fixed it. This heatpipe is unbelievable, I attached a silent fan (a REAL silent fan, like <16dBA) and I just played Halo for about an hour, 1280x1024, everything on/full. Using my old stock fan, my card would be at 63 oC. Using the heatpipe and the weakest quietest fan I could find, my current temperature after an hour of Halo on the same settings... 42 oC.

  • 01.26.2005 2:55 PM PDT
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Is it normal for a computer's fan to get really loud while playing halo?

  • 01.26.2005 3:22 PM PDT
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my fan makes it like, 38 degrees after 3 hours of halo

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mine stays at 0 degrees, that's what it says but I think that's how many degrees it is supposed to be, anything higher is more than it should be,

  • 01.26.2005 4:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: GreenxPanda
Is it normal for a computer's fan to get really loud while playing halo?


In many "stock" computers, every once in awhile the fan may speed up while playing. This can happen with any game that is big on graphics and processing power. Happens sometimes when I play Battlefield1942.

If your fan is constantly running at high speed, check to see if the vents on your computer case are clogged with dust.

  • 01.26.2005 4:55 PM PDT
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It's probably worth pointing out that I have a Shuttle SN85G4v2, not a normal PC case. These SFF cases are known as 'toasters', both for their size and appearance, and also because they have a tendency to fry components because of restricted airflow and insulation of cramped components:

Left side view, showing VGA+cooler, and MS optical to show scale.
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/6772/im17oi.jpg

Right side view, showing power supply and Corsair RAM.
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/168/im26my.jpg

Rear view, showing 120mm fan mod using 80-120mm fan mounting bracket.
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/1484/im38yw.jpg

Overall system view, with 17" Dell monitor, showing... Bungie.net! This very post in fact. Btw the blue light on the front is nowhere near as bright as it looks there... lol.
http://img171.exs.cx/img171/8021/im49ou.jpg

  • 01.26.2005 6:07 PM PDT

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that case is way to small for all that stuff packed in there........terrible airflow..........but that is one hugeass fan, and whats this about ppls graphics card fans getting loud? my GeForce 4 don't get loud............but then again, its fan is like non existant............but it works well playin hours on end, its my CPU that overheats.......

  • 01.26.2005 6:54 PM PDT
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something you can do is find out which of the pins in the fan connector is current to the fan, and which is return
i.e. +/-

connect those two pins with a piece of wire, and voila! you have just bypassed the fan. you can then coat the jury-rigged assembly with electrical tape, and you dont have to worry about short circuiting it. the only thing is i dont know how safe this process is, as i have never tried it, but it is possible, and if you REALLY want to... go for it, i suppose.. (i take no liability for any problems you may have)

  • 01.27.2005 9:19 PM PDT
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How do you know if it over heats or not??? I don't want my CPU to over heat. Is it less likely to over heat if it has a lot of processing power? How's 3 Ghz? I have a huge HP case. And there are lots of little holes on each side of the tower and Two big ones with fans and stuff in the back and none of them have any dust. Also, the computer only gets louder when I'm playing Halo for a long time but I'm not sure if it's also the graphics card fan along with the processor fan.

[Edited on 1/27/2005 10:23:41 PM]

  • 01.27.2005 10:12 PM PDT
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usually if it overheats it turns off...

and if it doesnt turn off... then it will when it melts ;)

fans on graphics cards are so small they make almost no noise.
i have a compaq that has a cpu fan that gets louder (because its going faster) when doing high cpu intense things (like booting)
its probably the cpu, ad if youre really worried, you can get motherboard monitor
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

  • 01.27.2005 10:54 PM PDT
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It is not very often, actually rare, that an unmodified computer from the factory will overheat. Even when you add a graphics card, you shouldn't have any problems. What can kill a computer, and requires extra cooling, is "overclocking". Basically making a processor work harder than it was designed for. If done correctly, it is a cheap way to get a better faster computer, but if done improperly you will get a cooked computer.

Having the computer fan speeding up is not necessarily a sign of a problem, it is just doing its' job, cooling the computer.

  • 01.28.2005 5:57 AM PDT
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Thanks. Now I won't freak out when I hear it making noise while playing Halo. Cuz it only makes noise for about 10 seconds then it goes back to normal, and no my PC isn't over clocked.

  • 01.28.2005 7:55 AM PDT