HELP!!! mobo chipset fan is busted!!

[Atomicus]

My mobo's chipset fan got dislodged from its circular heatsink and it overheated.... and I think I rubbed off some of the heat-transfering gel onto my hands!

All info I know of it is the mobo is from A-Bit , probably an IS-7 series.
The heatsink is circular with the perimeter raised.
The fan for it is powered by 2 thin wires and the fan itself is attached to the heatsink by 3 screws.
The plastic holes for the screws which come out of the fan however are messed up and I can't screw them back.

The oddest thing yet is that the fan is just a fan fanblade with a small base. I've never seen anything like it before

😕

I've tried searching newegg to no avail...
someone please guide me in resovling my problem 🙁

 

[Zepper]

You can get a replacement ( if you want it ) from excaliberPC.com - but those Abit fans don't seem to last long. That site lists a very short warranty on the replacements...
. Much better to go to SVC.com et al. and get a nice big passive heat sink!
.bh.

 

[bigl523]

get the passive zalman blue heatsink, thats what i did with my is7 and it has been great since. soooo quiet, no more high pitched whining.

 

[gotensan01]

Originally posted by: bigl523
get the passive zalman blue heatsink, thats what i did with my is7 and it has been great since. soooo quiet, no more high pitched whining.

I'm pretty sure he means this. This is also the hs I'm going to get to replace my nb water block.

 

[deadken]

I just ordered a Spire CoolForce II VGA cooler from HERE. From what I understand, the GF4 video card coolers have the same spacing holes as the NB coolers. I know for a fact that the GF3's and ATI 9x00'a don't fit.

I would think that some one here has tried a GF4 cooler on their NB by now, Any comments?