Who can help me. Chipset fan on A8N-SLI Deluxe

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Could You tell me how to change the original chipset fun. I'd prefer to
install passive cooling system.
What kind? How efficient it wolud be?
Thx
 
Could You tell me how to change the original chipset fun. I'd prefer to
install passive cooling system.
What kind? How efficient it wolud be?
Thx
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You have to unscrew the current fan and pop it off the chipset.
Most users opt for the Zalman product. I think its part # is NB47J.
You clean any thermal paste on the chipset and install the Zalman
heatsink per its included instructions. How efficient it is will
depend on how much air you get blowing on it, but it should be plenty
efficient enough to cool the chipset as well as the original little
fan does.

Ron
 
Is it possible to check chipset temperature. Is it difficult to unscrew FUN.
Does it void my warranty.
 
Could You tell me how to change the original chipset fun. I'd prefer to
install passive cooling system.
What kind? How efficient it wolud be?
Thx
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the chipset fan are generally fix with two clip that can be remove.
you could try the MCX159-CU series Chipset Heat sinks for AMD® &
Intel® platform motherboards without the fan that way it would be
totally silence...
 
You have to unscrew the current fan and pop it off the chipset.
Most users opt for the Zalman product. I think its part # is NB47J.
You clean any thermal paste on the chipset and install the Zalman
heatsink per its included instructions. How efficient it is will
depend on how much air you get blowing on it, but it should be plenty
efficient enough to cool the chipset as well as the original little
fan does.

Ron
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Hi Ron, Could you tell me what the purpuse of get a better cooling of
the chipset.?
 
Hi Ron, Could you tell me what the purpuse of get a better cooling of
the chipset.?
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Overheating of the chipset will lead to decreased life span, and, more
importantly, can lead to instability of the system.

Ron
 
Figo said:
Could You tell me how to change the original chipset fun. I'd prefer to
install passive cooling system.
What kind? How efficient it wolud be?
Thx
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I went through the original A8N-SLI Deluxe chipset fan quickly (within a
couple weeks of getting my computer). I wasn't at all thrilled with the
idea of having to remove the mainboard to install the Asus replacement (I
have neither space nor tools here), so I came up with an alternate plan.

My solution was to completely remove the stock fan, leaving the heatsink in
place and mounted to the chipset. Removing the stock fan is easy. (The
only problem is that the enclosure is held on by four very small screws, and
the fan held in place by three even
smaller ones. Because they can easily lose themselves among the other
components if dropped, a magnetic screwdriver makes the whole process much
easier. Finding lost ones and storing them safely outside the computer
easily adds an hour to the procedure, but not doing so risks disaster.)

I then replaced it with a Sunon maglev fan (40mm x 10mm, 3-wire) using four
#4 x 3/4
inch (2.74mm x 19mm) wood/metal screws (NOT machine screws), securing the
screws between the vanes of the heatsink to seat the fan. In order to have
adequate clearance and visibility, I needed to pull the SLI “bridge” and the
top videocard (I have two XFX 6800 Ultras in SLI mode) and then reinstall
the card and the bridge after I’d installed the fan, but that was the only
other problem I had.

The Sunon fan seems to run faster than I'd like (~13,000 RPM), but I don't
know if that's its true speed or if it actually is running at 6,500 RPM.
It's
very quiet. (I haven't figured out how to adjust the fan multiplier, if
that's even possible. I bought five of the fans while I was at it, so I'm
covered even if it is at the extreme high end of its range.) Everything
seems to be working fine so far.

The advantage to this fix is that:

[1] it doesn't involve removing the mainboard;

[2] it's technically and mechanically easy;

[3] takes about an hour if all goes as planned;

[4] the 10mm-thick Sunon fan mounted on the existing heatsink
provides adequate clearance, even for the twin XFXs.

There may be better solutions, but I know this one works.

When I eventually upgrade from this machine, and if I have the luxury of
time, I'm going to wait until more mainboards are available and have track
records, and then choose the best. I don't want to go through THIS sort of
problem again. I mean if *I* could come up with an inexpensive, workable
solution, why couldn't Asus do it before they put the board into production?
According to the reviews, the A8N-SLI Deluxe (when *I* bought mine) was the
best board available. (There was no mention of the chipset fan problem in
any of the reviews I read.) I'd have gladly paid a bit more to not have had
the Northbridge chipset fan problem in the first place. This is not the way
for Asus to win friends.


Viðarr
 
The a8n-sli Premium
answers all your wishes.

Viðarr said:
Figo said:
Could You tell me how to change the original chipset fun. I'd prefer to
install passive cooling system.
What kind? How efficient it wolud be?
Thx
Click to expand...


I went through the original A8N-SLI Deluxe chipset fan quickly (within a
couple weeks of getting my computer). I wasn't at all thrilled with the
idea of having to remove the mainboard to install the Asus replacement (I
have neither space nor tools here), so I came up with an alternate plan.

My solution was to completely remove the stock fan, leaving the heatsink
in place and mounted to the chipset. Removing the stock fan is easy.
(The only problem is that the enclosure is held on by four very small
screws, and the fan held in place by three even
smaller ones. Because they can easily lose themselves among the other
components if dropped, a magnetic screwdriver makes the whole process much
easier. Finding lost ones and storing them safely outside the computer
easily adds an hour to the procedure, but not doing so risks disaster.)

I then replaced it with a Sunon maglev fan (40mm x 10mm, 3-wire) using
four #4 x 3/4
inch (2.74mm x 19mm) wood/metal screws (NOT machine screws), securing the
screws between the vanes of the heatsink to seat the fan. In order to
have
adequate clearance and visibility, I needed to pull the SLI "bridge" and
the top videocard (I have two XFX 6800 Ultras in SLI mode) and then
reinstall the card and the bridge after I'd installed the fan, but that
was the only other problem I had.

The Sunon fan seems to run faster than I'd like (~13,000 RPM), but I don't
know if that's its true speed or if it actually is running at 6,500 RPM.
It's
very quiet. (I haven't figured out how to adjust the fan multiplier, if
that's even possible. I bought five of the fans while I was at it, so I'm
covered even if it is at the extreme high end of its range.) Everything
seems to be working fine so far.

The advantage to this fix is that:

[1] it doesn't involve removing the mainboard;

[2] it's technically and mechanically easy;

[3] takes about an hour if all goes as planned;

[4] the 10mm-thick Sunon fan mounted on the existing heatsink
provides adequate clearance, even for the twin XFXs.

There may be better solutions, but I know this one works.

When I eventually upgrade from this machine, and if I have the luxury of
time, I'm going to wait until more mainboards are available and have track
records, and then choose the best. I don't want to go through THIS sort
of
problem again. I mean if *I* could come up with an inexpensive, workable
solution, why couldn't Asus do it before they put the board into
production?
According to the reviews, the A8N-SLI Deluxe (when *I* bought mine) was
the
best board available. (There was no mention of the chipset fan problem in
any of the reviews I read.) I'd have gladly paid a bit more to not have
had
the Northbridge chipset fan problem in the first place. This is not the
way for Asus to win friends.


Viðarr
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The a8n-sli Premium
answers all your wishes.
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Perhaps. I was very impressed with how cool my chipset was when I
first built the computer in June. Now, a few months later, it's too
hot to touch comfortably, and I'm having instability problems that are
proving terribly difficult to troubleshoot. I'm not yet positive it's
not an overheated nForce chipset.
Viðarr said:
Figo said:
Could You tell me how to change the original chipset fun. I'd prefer to
install passive cooling system.
What kind? How efficient it wolud be?
Thx
Click to expand...


I went through the original A8N-SLI Deluxe chipset fan quickly (within a
couple weeks of getting my computer). I wasn't at all thrilled with the
idea of having to remove the mainboard to install the Asus replacement (I
have neither space nor tools here), so I came up with an alternate plan.

My solution was to completely remove the stock fan, leaving the heatsink
in place and mounted to the chipset. Removing the stock fan is easy.
(The only problem is that the enclosure is held on by four very small
screws, and the fan held in place by three even
smaller ones. Because they can easily lose themselves among the other
components if dropped, a magnetic screwdriver makes the whole process much
easier. Finding lost ones and storing them safely outside the computer
easily adds an hour to the procedure, but not doing so risks disaster.)

I then replaced it with a Sunon maglev fan (40mm x 10mm, 3-wire) using
four #4 x 3/4
inch (2.74mm x 19mm) wood/metal screws (NOT machine screws), securing the
screws between the vanes of the heatsink to seat the fan. In order to
have
adequate clearance and visibility, I needed to pull the SLI "bridge" and
the top videocard (I have two XFX 6800 Ultras in SLI mode) and then
reinstall the card and the bridge after I'd installed the fan, but that
was the only other problem I had.

The Sunon fan seems to run faster than I'd like (~13,000 RPM), but I don't
know if that's its true speed or if it actually is running at 6,500 RPM.
It's
very quiet. (I haven't figured out how to adjust the fan multiplier, if
that's even possible. I bought five of the fans while I was at it, so I'm
covered even if it is at the extreme high end of its range.) Everything
seems to be working fine so far.

The advantage to this fix is that:

[1] it doesn't involve removing the mainboard;

[2] it's technically and mechanically easy;

[3] takes about an hour if all goes as planned;

[4] the 10mm-thick Sunon fan mounted on the existing heatsink
provides adequate clearance, even for the twin XFXs.

There may be better solutions, but I know this one works.

When I eventually upgrade from this machine, and if I have the luxury of
time, I'm going to wait until more mainboards are available and have track
records, and then choose the best. I don't want to go through THIS sort
of
problem again. I mean if *I* could come up with an inexpensive, workable
solution, why couldn't Asus do it before they put the board into
production?
According to the reviews, the A8N-SLI Deluxe (when *I* bought mine) was
the
best board available. (There was no mention of the chipset fan problem in
any of the reviews I read.) I'd have gladly paid a bit more to not have
had
the Northbridge chipset fan problem in the first place. This is not the
way for Asus to win friends.


Viðarr
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Ron
 
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