Pentium III CPU fan help!

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The fan on our old faithful seems to be on its way out.

It's a 10 year old P3 which my mom uses for word processing etc. The CPU sits on a card which slots into the mobo like a PCI card...

The little fan on the heatsink of the CPU has got very loud lately. I have taken it off and cleaned all the dust out of it and that hasn't helped. The fan is very small - perhaps 50mm no more.

Where can I get a replacement for this? Just the fan...the rest of old faithful is still fine...
Prophecy have something which looks cool for like 70 bucks. But it's 92mm - that's gonna be too big.

Is there anywhere that still stocks such small CPU fans?
 
Seems you're describing a Slot 1 connection. I have some spares lying around.
 
sn3rd said:
Seems you're describing a Slot 1 connection. I have some spares lying around.
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I think I might be...

You saying that there is nowhere I could get these new anymore? It's just that even if you would be so kind as to send me one, once I've paid shipping, it might cos the same as a new one...Or what you think?
 
I had a slot1 aftermarket heatsink which was fanless if I remember correctly, was a massive heatsink maybe you can get something like that.
 
Aqua_lung said:
I had a slot1 aftermarket heatsink which was fanless if I remember correctly, was a massive heatsink maybe you can get something like that.
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Well that would be quieter :p

You know where I could get one nowadays? Or will any old huge heatsink do?
 
Any heatsink with the correct characteristics would do.

Of course you could have it for free. But a new one would be great.
 
Those old things have an aluminium heatsink so if you can't get a replacement you could just buy a small enough fan and screw it on in such a way that the screws get wedged inbetween the fins of the heatsink.
 
hj2k_x said:
The fan on our old faithful seems to be on its way out.

It's a 10 year old P3 which my mom uses for word processing etc. The CPU sits on a card which slots into the mobo like a PCI card...

The little fan on the heatsink of the CPU has got very loud lately. I have taken it off and cleaned all the dust out of it and that hasn't helped. The fan is very small - perhaps 50mm no more.

Where can I get a replacement for this? Just the fan...the rest of old faithful is still fine...
Prophecy have something which looks cool for like 70 bucks. But it's 92mm - that's gonna be too big.

Is there anywhere that still stocks such small CPU fans?
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if the 92mm is your last option: "there is nothing pratley can stick :D"
 
Browser said:
Those old things have an aluminium heatsink so if you can't get a replacement you could just buy a small enough fan and screw it on in such a way that the screws get wedged inbetween the fins of the heatsink.
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That is how the current fan is "mounted". I am assuming it was like that when I got the thing, cos I haven't done anything to it since :o
 
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