Right after I bought my epox 8k3a I read that it crashes alot because it has no fan on the northbridge. Sure enough whenever I get into a game it crashes. If its just a temperature problem I figure I could add a fan. Does anyone know where you can get a fan that size?
acron1
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You Know it's funny. As soon as I took this board out of the box I noticed it had no fan on the Nbridge so I reached over and added the one from my A7M266(dead) to the 8K3A+ before I even booted for the first time. I am doing some light overcocking and this board is about as solid as I have used so far.
Any way any old video card/386CPU/Nbridge fan will do.
steve.
Beam me up Scotty.
Any way any old video card/386CPU/Nbridge fan will do.
steve.
Beam me up Scotty.
lhgpoobaa
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Ditto
ive got the 8K3A+ as well, and i was concerned also as i overclock.
what i did was get a standard 40mm fan from some previous chipset cooling pack and just screw it on.
thats right, screw.
see the fan came with 4 steel screws approx 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long, and i found that their placement in the 4 corners of the 40mm fan matched the fins of the NB passive heatsink well.
the steel screws bite inbetween the aluminium fins, leading to quite a sturdy mounted fan.
problem solved. Plus, it looks quite professional, unlike some of my previous mod jobs :lol:
so basically all you need is a stock 40mm fan that comes with 4 steel screws and you should be right.
<font color=red>MABACITISS</font color=red>: Movement Against Boasting About CPU Idle Temps & Idle System Stability!
ive got the 8K3A+ as well, and i was concerned also as i overclock.
what i did was get a standard 40mm fan from some previous chipset cooling pack and just screw it on.
thats right, screw.
see the fan came with 4 steel screws approx 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long, and i found that their placement in the 4 corners of the 40mm fan matched the fins of the NB passive heatsink well.
the steel screws bite inbetween the aluminium fins, leading to quite a sturdy mounted fan.
problem solved. Plus, it looks quite professional, unlike some of my previous mod jobs :lol:
so basically all you need is a stock 40mm fan that comes with 4 steel screws and you should be right.
<font color=red>MABACITISS</font color=red>: Movement Against Boasting About CPU Idle Temps & Idle System Stability!
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