tiny fan needs replacing..

[fiask0]

I have an asus A7v-133 motherboard, and there is a tiny fan on the board located below the main processor and heatsink that i'm guessing cools some type of processing chip. It says "ARX Cpu Cooler" on it. This fan is slowly dying and making alot of noise. My questions are 1) What is it going to hurt if this fan stops working 2)How can I replace it and what would I replace it with? Thanks in advance.

 

[btvillarin]

When I used to have this board, this fan (the chipset fan) died on me. If you call up Asus, they'll send a replacement for free, considering it's under warranty. You'll have to take your motherboard out of the case, because the release is under it.

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[upec]

I will try to replace it with a passive heatsink. I think most fan is not very reliable and usually a passive heatsink is more than enough for the Video card.

 

[btvillarin]

It's for his Northbridge chipset, not his video card. But in reply to that, I doubt that a passive heatsink would suffice for a medium to high-end video card.

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[upec]

Sorry I mean northbridge.

 

[btvillarin]

Ah...then I retract my post...

:lol:

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[WingDing]

I have exactly the same board and that fan died on me too. I didn't replace it as my case cooling is pretty good and it didn't cause any heat problems.

Wingding - proof of the need for genetic screening

 

[lhgpoobaa]

That fan on the northbridge is next to useless, especailly as there is no actual heatsink to speak of underneath.
Rip it off, and stick on a sticky backed 40 or 50mm passive heatsink.
Or, if you want it looking fancy, get a Zhalman passive cooler.

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