Lost fan on 5970

[Fire$torm]

The last one I got had to have the wire retainer modified, narrowed a bit, so it would seat correctly. It worked great for a couple of months then the rattle started. In all honesty, all of the exact replacements seem to have this same issue. I guess it's an exact replacement as long as you're willing to mod it a bit. As I'm finding out, there's not much choice here unfortunately.

That is because the fan you got was not for the 5970. The 5xxx series fans are the same except for the retainer clip is different for the 5970. The reverse is probably true in Ste\/e's case.

Edit: That bad Accelero you mentioned might have a dead heat pipe. The first Accelero I ever bought had a bad heat pipe.