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752634 2009-03-02 01:51:00 "Smart Doctor" gives me this message. "VGA chipset fan isn't functioing well. Replacing fan with a new one may be needed"

Am I correct in assuming that VGA chipset fan is the Vid card fan?

The fan is spinning freely with no noise etc.

Am I correct in assuming that smart doctor isn't so smart.
JJJJJ (528)
752635 2009-03-02 03:08:00 A lot of video cards don't have RPM readouts on their fan the way a CPU fan does, but most cards DO have a sensor (or their BIOS has support for one) to detect the speed.

So any program which probes the speed, will get told the RPM is 0, which is why it's telling you there's a problem.
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