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WTF?!? - Chipset fan fail

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velis

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Cool! I just noticed that my NB fan on my ASUS A8N-SLI died. Beats me when, had my computer on for about two months. I decided it might be time to reboot just to be on the safe side, but then POST warned me that chipset fan was dead.

I went on to check it and it really doesn't spin. Heatsink is rather hot to the touch, I would estimate around 45 - 50 degrees celsius. NTune reports temps in the low 40s just as it always did.

So now I have two options as I see it: either replace the fan (MB is still under warranty) or replace the whole crap excuse for a fan / heatsink combo with Zalman ZM-NB47J passive heatsink.

Would the second option be viable in light of the reported temps? I sure don't plan to hang any fan over the passive heatsink, but wouldn't like my MB to die on me either.
 
He, he. Thanks for the grammar correction. I guess one learns something each day 😉

Running a bare heat sink seems a good idea, but many people on this forum were reluctant to do so, hence the question.
 
this problem has been discussed to death. if you did your search you would know the best solution is to replace it with a Zalman northbridge heatsink which was on sale for $3 shipped from clubit not long ago. Or you can call Asus and have them send you a new fan.

the motherboard measures the "mobo" temperature from the onboard sensor, NOT the nforce4 MCP. That's why the temp remains the same even though your fan failed.
 
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