well this is a semi mod type thing, as you all know the asus a8n chipset fans are really bad, they die in a short amount of time. i have had a problem with it for a few years now, but i only realised it was the northbridge fan making loud sounds recently, i have tried emailing asus because they give free replacements but no reply.... only if i had emailed them when i originally had the problem and i might of had it sorted already but anyways onto the point... i was digging thru all my old fans and i happened to find: KDE1204PFS2 BMM electronics - KDE1204PFS2 - Sunon fan 12 VDC 40 x 40 x 10 mm i am wondering if i took top bit of the asus northbridge fan case off,put that it (it fits just about) and plugged it in to the chipset fan socket then would it work without damaging my machine?? i am also wondering about the following fan: eBay: (Lot of 3)"New" ADDA 80mm 12VDC Axial Case Cooling Fans (item 110149419824 end time Jul-19-07 19:30:00 PDT) i dug that out of a psu, its already got the connector on it... the 3 hole one... i cant find much info about it so i looked on ebay and found that jsut to show you what 1 it is would that be fine to work as a case fan without causing damage?? thanks
thanks, just to let ya know anyways, i opened the asus case that holds the northbridge fan and put the small fan in the square casing inside it, it jsut about fit, then i put the nb fan case cover back on and bent the metal bits into place so it held, powered it up fine, still says chipset fan fail or too slow on boot but im guessing either it wont recognise that fan or its old so its running below the allocated threshold still the pc runs... the overall temp is around 40C as for the psu fan... it works inside but the cable is too short for it to reach chasis fan socket and be hooked onto case properly, but i just about managed to fit it problem now is sits soooo loud... gonna jsut have to buy new fans me thinks
yea thanks for that, you were right with that, the fan i tried on chipset still gave error that fan speed too slow and was shown as not running in asus probo, i got a new chipset fan 2day that does show up its in a square case so again i used the modified asus chipset fan case i made up to hold it... the only thing now i touch the chipset fan case when its running and in about 20 mins its boiling hot and says its running at 40C+ (although i also have 3 chasis fans inside), i havent replaced the thermal paste on it since i built it ages ago so would that be the cause for it running that hot?? thanks
cpu and heatsink = amd 3200 64 bit venice with the hsf it came with... thats fine tho, just chipset fan, i really dont wanna buy a heatsink and another fan as its still in warranty but the place i got it from wont give me a fan n asus wont reply to emails.... i probo need thermal paste as the nb fan caseing is now hot in like 15 mins, almost burns my hand
The stock heatsinks aren't terrible performers, but they're not great either. If you removed the heatsink before without cleaning the old stuff off and apply a new thermal pad or layer of thermal paste, then you might think about cleaning it off, but otherwise, I'd leave it alone.
yea thanks.... on this topic still theres 1 more question..... until i get another hsf for the northbridge im trying to install windows, however i tried it on 1 hard disk, however kept getting bsod during install reboots, tried another hd, and exact the same thing happens, summin to do with i/o device, maybe thats because of the heat? thanks
Grab Memtest86 and boot off the floppy or CD you make with the image. Let it run 3-8 hours to see if you get any errors. If you do (and I think you will) swap sticks and run memtest individually on each stick until you find the problem one. Heat could be a factor, but I'd definitely check the RAM.
