Should i fix my mobo fan?

[Krassus]

My motherboard fan burned down. Should i fix it? It's been like this for months. But i'm starting to think it may be affecting game performance.

 

[Paulson]

i'm thinking if there was a fan on there to begin with it should probably have one... considering it probably doesn't have a big heatsink or no heatsink at all...

 

[pray4mojo]

Either fix the fan or put a heatsink on it.

 

[fatbaby]

Whether its the northbridge or cpu, you should replace it right away.

Its like what, $3-5 anyways..

 

[Muck]

Get the Zalman Northbridge heatsink. Like $5. Lasts forever.

 

[Harvey]

Replacement fans are cheap. If the motherboard is otherwise OK, you can replace the fan for a few bucks.

 

[Kenazo]

Throw a blue orb on it.

 

[ViperMagic]

Mines also been broken for months. My video card fan has also been broken for about a year. My orginal idea was to RMA them in the hopes i get better parts, but when they didnt die, I kinda just forgot about them.

 

[XZeroII]

Yes. It will shorten the life of the component if it stays hot for a long time.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

If your case has fine air flow, just get a heatsink for it...