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    Questions about Old Video Card with Missing Heatsinks

    I have a few questions based on the following information: I received an old Radeon 6970 with an aftermarket cooler on it (Accelero Twin Turbo II), but it was missing the heatsinks that fit on the small row of chips, marked in red, here. (The heatsinks on the VRAM and main GPU are still firmly...
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    Need help figuring out a cooling solution for an old graphics card with broken temp sensor.

    Yeah, I realize the shortage is over, now, but that doesn't help repair old hardware I needed to access. Your suggestion, however, did. Thanks. I was able to wire it up to a manual override and can now power on the PC without feeling I'm standing on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Many...
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    Need help figuring out a cooling solution for an old graphics card with broken temp sensor.

    I have an ancient Radeon HD 6970. Right in the middle of the GPU shortage, the temperature sensor on the GPU broke. Apparently, there's a failsafe on the card that tells the fan to spin at 100% 24/7 when the temperature sensor isn't working. The fan sounds like a jet taking off. It's so loud I...
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