how would i go about using ceramique with a northbridge heatsink?

[crazycarl]

i'm going to replace the fan on my nf7-s with a zalman northbridge heatsink, and i'm wondering how i'd go about doing that with using arctic silver ceramique. the instructions they give for large core cpu's assume the existence of a heat spreader but as far as i can tell there is no heat spreader on the nforce2 SPP. should i just follow the large core cpu instructions, or should i make a thin even layer on top of the chip and then put the northbridge down? my intuition tells me to do the latter but i thought i'd double check with people with more experience first 🙂

 

[2kfire]

I think that northbridge isn't a flip-chip package, so it looks more like the chip on a soundcard or something, just a black square. Either way, apply the compound just like on any CPU or GPU etc. Thin, even layer on the chip and put the heatsink on.

 

[crazycarl]

ok, now here's another question... how do I get the northbridge fan OFF the motherboard?

 

[Bona Fide]

Should be screwed in, so just unscrew and lift. 🙂

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Should be screwed in, so just unscrew and lift. 🙂

Nope, it's a little more involved. Take the motherboard out of the case and squeeze the pushpins and pull them through.