Abit mobo: can I just take out my dying Northbridge fan?

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by gabb, Sep 24, 2008.

  1. gabb

    gabb Geek Trainee

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    Hi..

    I have a abit nf7-s 2.0 and the northbridge fan is dying on me.

    Since it has a little heatsink and the fan is TINY... would it be ok to just take it off?

    I know it's there for a reason but I have't overclocked this mobo one bit.


    What do you guy think?


    AMD XP Thoroughbred 2200+
    1.8ghz OCed with FSB only to 2.0ghz
     
    gabb, Sep 24, 2008
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  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    You might be able to get away with it. If not, there are small northbridge/VGA coolers that you can replace the heatsink with and would run in the range of $10-20 online, typically with shipping included in that estimate.

    I'd suggest contacting Abit as well, but given the way the company is, I'm not sure if the warranty is still being honored.
     
    Big B, Sep 24, 2008
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