IS7 Northbridge fan has to go

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The Northbridge fan on my IS7 board has started getting unbeleivably
loud.

Frustrated, I simply unplugged the its fan. ahhh.

BIOS doesnt seem to be complaining but the box isnt under load either.
Its just a rarely-used web development workstation. Running Suse so I
cant run Abit tools.

All I'm worried about is safety - is it safe to do this? I dont
overclock and the case is well ventilated with 3 fans - front, back,
and top.

I'm assuming that in the worst case the BIOS will simply shutodwn the
system. I just dont want to hurt anything.

Its an older I really dont care enough about this box to go through the
hassle of pulling the MB to replace it with a heatsink.

 

[TomG]

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whit what you have said about having decent case airflow, I don't see an
issue, personally. you can find replacement fans at various sites out there
and Abit had links on their web sites at one point to obtain a replacement
fan.

with what you are using the system for and with no overclocking, good
airflow, shouldn't be an issue.

--

Thomas Geery
Network+ certified

Due to a rat in da hood,
no longer running servers on Cox...

(even though someone turned me in,
what can I expect for violating the AUP, right?)


<brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122590463.356649.140890@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> The Northbridge fan on my IS7 board has started getting unbeleivably
> loud.
>
> Frustrated, I simply unplugged the its fan. ahhh.
>
> BIOS doesnt seem to be complaining but the box isnt under load either.
> Its just a rarely-used web development workstation. Running Suse so I
> cant run Abit tools.
>
> All I'm worried about is safety - is it safe to do this? I dont
> overclock and the case is well ventilated with 3 fans - front, back,
> and top.
>
> I'm assuming that in the worst case the BIOS will simply shutodwn the
> system. I just dont want to hurt anything.
>
> Its an older I really dont care enough about this box to go through the
> hassle of pulling the MB to replace it with a heatsink.
>

 

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TomG wrote:

<snip>

| Abit had links on their web sites at one point to obtain a
| replacement fan.

Still do:
http://www.abit-usa.com/abitparts/

The part is "free" (yeah, right)... a US$6.00 handling fee and shipping
starting at $5.00 (ground).

Lurking Rat in 'Da Hood® -
Jef

 

[fisher]

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On 28 Jul 2005 15:41:03 -0700, brundlefly76@hotmail.com wrote:

>The Northbridge fan on my IS7 board has started getting unbeleivably
>loud.
>
>Frustrated, I simply unplugged the its fan. ahhh.
>
>BIOS doesnt seem to be complaining but the box isnt under load either.
>Its just a rarely-used web development workstation. Running Suse so I
>cant run Abit tools.
>
>All I'm worried about is safety - is it safe to do this? I dont
>overclock and the case is well ventilated with 3 fans - front, back,
>and top.
>
>I'm assuming that in the worst case the BIOS will simply shutodwn the
>system. I just dont want to hurt anything.
>
>Its an older I really dont care enough about this box to go through the
>hassle of pulling the MB to replace it with a heatsink.

I unplugged mine on my IC7 for a while and had no issues but I plugged
it back in again and am using a Fanbus so I can run the fan at low rpm
as that causes no noise and gives me a little cooling advantage.

 

[M]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

I just put an IS7 together, and can't believe the noise! Brand new and
running at 6000rpm = way too loud. It's coming off this weekend, and a $10
Zalman passive NB heatsink is going on.

<brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122590463.356649.140890@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> The Northbridge fan on my IS7 board has started getting unbeleivably
> loud.
>
> Frustrated, I simply unplugged the its fan. ahhh.
>
> BIOS doesnt seem to be complaining but the box isnt under load either.
> Its just a rarely-used web development workstation. Running Suse so I
> cant run Abit tools.
>
> All I'm worried about is safety - is it safe to do this? I dont
> overclock and the case is well ventilated with 3 fans - front, back,
> and top.
>
> I'm assuming that in the worst case the BIOS will simply shutodwn the
> system. I just dont want to hurt anything.
>
> Its an older I really dont care enough about this box to go through the
> hassle of pulling the MB to replace it with a heatsink.
>