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More info?)
The board was replaced due to leaking capacitors, the dead fan was just a
side issue. I had already purchased a VGA chipset cooler locally and was
going to just take the fan off of it and replace the dead one. But, when I
started the process I noticed the bad caps so I didn't bother.
BGC
"*Vanguard*" <no-email@post-reply-in-newsgroup.invalid> wrote in message
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> "xyz" said in news:1093hovo3tf7v2b@corp.supernews.com:
> > It seems many people have problems with chipset fans. The board I
> > sent back had a dead one, and I think the replacement board has one
> > making noise now. Makes me wonder about the boards with OTES.
> >
> > BGC
>
> They wouldn't let you just send back the defective fan?
>
> Mine started making noise after just 3 months. After posting here to
> get some suggestions, I pulled it off and put on a passive and much
> larger Zalman NB32J (http://test.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/nb32j.htm).
> Got it cheap at www.bestbyte.net (http://snipurl.com/5kww) for only
> $3.95 plus shipping. This was a retail package and even came with
> thermal paste and syringes of thermal adhesive so you have your choice
> of using the pins to hold down the heatsink and using the thermal paste
> (best choice) or permanently affixing the heatsink to the chip (worse
> choice).
>
> If you have an oversized CPU heatsink (where it extends farther down
> vertically), you might have to use the Zalman NB47J
> (http://test.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/zm-nb47j.htm).
>
> That eliminates one fan's noise (even when it was, well, as quiet as it
> could be when new). If I get into overclocking, I'll have to then start
> checking its temperature.
>
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