Fan broke on my MSI HD4890 Cyclone card- not sure what to do...

I bought my card only a few months ago and it worked fine. However, I tried rearranging the slots in my case and placed a pci card next to the cyclone two slots away.
However, due to the weight of the heatpipe cooler on the 4890, the fan apparently tilted down a tiny bit into the area of the pci card and the fan hit a pin on the back of the card stripping off the fins while spinning at a high speed.
The card now cannot be used without having a fan on it cooling the heatsink, but Im stuck on what to do. The card is still in warranty, though Im not sure if this would be considered damage or not? I tried finding the manufacturer of the fan, Everflow, but their website does not give you any method of contacting them to get a replacement.
I called MSI and they stating I would need to send it in first, but if they consider it physical damage they will charge me ~$50 or more to fix it and return the card. The fan itself cant cost more than a couple dollars, and if theyre going to charge me to fix it I might as well buy an aftermarket cooler myself.
Anyone know what I should do or if this would fall into warranty because the heatsink is so heavy it makes the card tilt down?

Quote from: Svet on 24-May-10, 23:43:20
You have to contact reseller or MSI about it
I did contact MSI and theyre not being very helpful. They just said to send it in and if they determine it to be damaged theyre going to charge me a lot of money to fix it which I cant really afford and they dont want to sell me a replacement fan outright. The fix is simple, all you do is place the new fan on and screw it back on. I can try talking to newegg though Im not sure if they would be much help.

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