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"Jose E. Dominguez" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:20:58 -0500
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I have one of those cards but I guess I never gave the fan a chance to quit. i
replaced it with this one, http://millisec.safeshopper.com/11/348.htm?38

HTH,

Jose



"Mark C. Barron" wrote:

> I have a Guillemot 3D Prophet GeForce 32M video card that I am very happy
> with except for one thing.
>
> I've now had it barely over a year and I'm on my second card and third fan.
>
> The fans seem to continually grind themselves to a halt.  The first video
> card was replaced since the fan died and by the time I determined what was
> happening, the card had failed.
>
> Now, Guillemot were extremely good and replaced it immediately, but four
> months later, the new cards fan went.  Guillemot sent me just the fan as my
> request, and sure enough, 4 months later it making it's death sounds.
>
> Has anyone else had this type of experience and is it possible to get a
> good fan from another supplier.  They are very low-line fans connecting to
> power from the card.
>
> Thanks for everyone's help,
>
> Mark C. Barron

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