First post, by Maraakate
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I have a few Voodoo 3's sitting around and a Voodoo 5 5500. The Voodoo 3's technically don't really need a cooling fan, but I have noticed in faster computers (i.e. a P3 1GHz machine) they run much hotter than they typically do. And it seems those cards like a faster CPU, just like all other Voodoo's I've played around with. So, I'm curious to what kind of fan I could finagle to fit on them.
My Voodoo 5 5500 the fan bearings get loud sometimes. Every year I put some new bearing grease in there and it keeps them going again, but I would like to just completely replace the fans and be done with having to crack the case open every year. It looks like maybe a 486 or socket 7 could work on them, but I can't say exactly for sure.
Does anyone out there know what fans I could fit on these two cards with minimal effort?
Also, for those interested... I work in the automotive industry and we get this awesome grease: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wurth-HHS-2000-HHS-K- … a28ddec&vxp=mtr. It sprays on like a liquid but solidifies into sort of like a white lithium grease. I say kind of because that's not exactly what it is, but you can even lube motorcycle chains with this stuff and it really works great for noisey fans in my PC. You just pop the plunger off and spritz just a little bit. Don't go crazy with it!. I just hit a little tiny spray turn the fan a bit by hand and do one more little spray and I'm done. I've also had good results using super high temp red ball bearing grease that's more meant for heavy duty truck stuff, but it does hold up very well with computer fans. The red grease you can pretty much buy at any automotive supply store for under $10.
