Unplugging the Northbridge fan.

[bkspitfire]

Hi everyone, I just bought an MSI Motherboard K8N Neo 4-F, and the northbridge fan on there is extremely noisy. Would i be safe to just unplug it and run no fan on it at all? I'm overclocking my 64 3000+ to about 2.5 gigs atm. By not running the northbridge fan would i put my board at risk of heat problems? thanks in advance.

 

[Davegod]

Is it broken or just meant to be rubbish?

Looking at the pic it may be possible to get a passive zalman nb cooler on there, but may get in the way of anything sticking out from the graphics card.

 

[bkspitfire]

I believe its just rubbish... i've read other posts about this same problem with the board. Any other suggestions?

 

[bkspitfire]

Could I just remove the darn thing and be done with it or will it heat up too much?

 

[keeleysam]

If it didn't need it, it wouldn't be there. Don't unplug it.

 

[o1die]

Unplug it and forget about it. If it has a decent heatsink underneath, you'll be ok. You can also apply thermal paste.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
If it didn't need it, it wouldn't be there. Don't unplug it.

Old video cards run cooler than the NF4 chipsets..

 

[aiya24]

personally i wouldnt unplug it.

i have that board also and i love it. the NB fan doesnt bother me YET but i too thought about the zalman NB heatsink to replace it with but was afraid it wouldnt fit cause of my x800 xt. if i ever did get annoyed with it have a spare fanmate2 laying around so i could just hook that up to it and turn down the rpms a little. i also took off that sticky pink stuff MSI put for thermal compound and replaced it with some AS5. it runs around 25~28c even under load.