Hi,
I have an ASUS A8N-SLI mobo and as many others i had problems with the chipset fans that asus has mounted. So i replaced it with a passive cooler, bigger but at least it can't get broken!
Now I have bought a brand new Sapphire HD4870, which is a double slot video card and cannot be mounted with any chipset fan bigger that the original one. The solution is not good because the fan air flow is obstructed by the video card cooler, that is just in front of it. Anyway i put back the Asus original cooler, but it is broken and makes awful noise.
Now i have 2 options:
- contact ASUS support and ask for a replacement
- buy a new thin cooler with fan
I's rather choose the second options, cause i really fear all the painful process of contacting ASUS support. Can anyone suggest me a good replacement? I am no expert on this and i was not able to find a product that i feel sure about.
thanks
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CPU Athlon X2 4800
ASUS A8N-SLI
2 GB RAM
Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower 650W
Sapphire HD4870 512 MB
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
I have an ASUS A8N-SLI mobo and as many others i had problems with the chipset fans that asus has mounted. So i replaced it with a passive cooler, bigger but at least it can't get broken!
Now I have bought a brand new Sapphire HD4870, which is a double slot video card and cannot be mounted with any chipset fan bigger that the original one. The solution is not good because the fan air flow is obstructed by the video card cooler, that is just in front of it. Anyway i put back the Asus original cooler, but it is broken and makes awful noise.
Now i have 2 options:
- contact ASUS support and ask for a replacement
- buy a new thin cooler with fan
I's rather choose the second options, cause i really fear all the painful process of contacting ASUS support. Can anyone suggest me a good replacement? I am no expert on this and i was not able to find a product that i feel sure about.
thanks
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CPU Athlon X2 4800
ASUS A8N-SLI
2 GB RAM
Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower 650W
Sapphire HD4870 512 MB
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit