Northbridge fan dead for a while = dead motherboard?

[Nocturnal]

If the northbridge fan has been dead for a while and the unit no longer POSTS, is it safe to assume that the motherboard burnt itself out?

 

[bennny]

had the same problem myself, pretty sure its fry'd. D: what mobo was it?

 

[dandragonrage]

Maybe next time someone will replace the fan. On a new motherboard, of course

 

[keldog7]

It might not post because the fan pins are shorted out, and the BIOS recognizes it as a hardware fault... Last ditch efforts could include 1) yank the pins for the fan off the board +/- 2) stick a Zalman NB47J on there, and see if it POSTs.
...I'm betting its fried though...

-A

 

[TheRyuu]

Thats why I love having a passive NB cooler.

But of course, theres a fan on my passive NB/SB cooler.

(it's the A8N32)