UPDATE ON HOW THINGS WENT:
I just got a new video card after 2 weeks of waiting for the call from Newegg.
It turns out my X-1600XT isn't sold anymore so they gave me a free X1650XT!
. Cool yes.
I seated it, I plugged everything back in, and I installed my fans.
My pc works great. Thing is though that my front fan, the blue LED fan did not come with proper screws.
I know this is going to sound retarded but to see if it would work out, I taped it.
Yes go ahead and flame me, i'm sorry.
Anyway, the reason being is that not only that the screws did not fit as mentioned but I couldn't screw them in (even with smaller screws) so easily.
I don't know how to open the front of the case:
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j9...ent=fontos.jpg
(IGNORE the circle, that was for a diff demonstration for when I built it. Thats the only pic I have of the side of the case)
(I bought this case from Xoxide but to my suprise, they don't sell the case anymore
)
(Another thing is that I didn't get a manual with my case, just a box with the case and a POS power supply which I replaced afterwards so I don't know how to open the front. Also, I can't see any screws to get it open
.)
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j9...16_8463850.jpg
Anyway, another thing I should mention is that the fan's LED light does work and it does turn on (or so I hear it) during XP startup but then when I look at it afterwards, its not moving at all.
It just sits there with the led light on while the outtake fan in the back is clearly doing business.
Is there anything I should do about this?
I was thinking obviously to call Newegg but its the whole issue with the case that I want to resolve first.
I know this was a long post but if you guys could push me in the right direction, i'd be so oblidged.
OH and another thing: my temps for my CPU with the fan are 135 C at idle....
Alot better than 150c but I just wish the front one would work....