Abit IC7-G northbridge cooler?

cdean84 · 9 Oct 2006 at 22:37

Hey.

The fan on my abit IC7-G's northbridge cooler has packed up and i was wondering what would be a good replacement?

I did a search and found some responses saying the thermalright NB-1, but i cant see one of those available anywhere in the uk.

Any advice?

Thanks.

Cob · 9 Oct 2006 at 23:13

The Zalman ZM-NB47J is highly recommended.

Corasik · 10 Oct 2006 at 01:35

Dont bother replacing it, just remove the fan (to allow better passive air flow), board will run passive with FSB at 250, possibly higher without any problem whatsoever.

My Max3's fan failed at least a year ago, possibly longer. As long as you have the 'big orb' cooler, its about 1.5-2 inches tall, then its plenty big enough to run passive. Its at least as big as the passive heatsink on Asus 875 chipset boards.

Steevo38 · 10 Oct 2006 at 14:47

Mine ran passive for months before I even realised.

cdean84 · 10 Oct 2006 at 17:00

Hm ok, thanks guys

I might try it without the fan then and see how it goes for now.

ramdor · 10 Oct 2006 at 20:25

I just used some arctic silver thermal epoxy and slapped a Zalman ZM-NB47J onto the northbridge. Somehow one of the small hooks had fallen out of the mobo and the stock fan/cooler was just hanging there.

Richie.