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I just checked today that the "fan" of my video card (ATI Radeon 8500LE 64mb DDR AGP4X) is not working.How to replace the fan? Which kind of fan should I get? I am new to video card fans.

And the worse thing is that I can't remove the "fan" from my video card. There are no Screws. There is no othe alternative to remove the fan, whid I know. How will I be able to remove the fan from my video card so I can replace it? If I can't remove it then I have to replace the Video card. Which is better video card than my old card? I can only spend $100 (no more than that)... I have looked at these two cards:

ABIT R9550-128CDT RADEON 9550 128MB DDR AGP8X DVI-I TV-OUT VGA VIDEO CARD

eVGA E-GEFORCE FX5200 128M DDR AGP VGA S-VIDEO OUT VIDEO CARD

Any suggestions

Thankx

Here are the images of the card (ATI RADEON 8500LE 64MB)..................There are four very small screws around the fan, on the top of the rectangular black part. I don't know whether it is a heat sink of not. But I have found pics of my card over the internet:
I don't know how to add picture so I am including links.
here are the links:

"http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/radeon8500-128.jpg"

"http://www.nt.ru/products/video/radeon-8500le-64-ddr-dvi-tv-1024-2149-20-sa.shtml"

Please tell me if you guys know how to remove this fan................Thank you guys so much for your help...

That black part is a heatsink. Probably aluminum.

Just get a Vantec or TT VGA fan to replace it. You may need to pop the black heatsink with a flat (Philips) screw driver. Look for 2 HSF holes in the back.