Arghhhhhhhh fan fell off

mattbrown91 · 17 Aug 2007 at 10:23

Yeah, title says it really.

I have a DFI nF4 Lanparty Ultra-D and the chipset fan has just fallen off. There was a really bad burning smell too.

What are my options ?

What fan do I replace it with, bearing in mind it needs to be low profile because the graphics card was flush with the top of the stock one.

I'll probably be upgrading in the next few months but I'd still like to run this for folding/fileserver and stuff.

Thanks guys.
Matt.

mattbrown91 · 17 Aug 2007 at 11:13

Thanks, I think I'll go with ramdor's suggestion because of the grapics card problem.

Cheers

mattbrown91 · 17 Aug 2007 at 12:52

Southbridge = chipset

Where is the northbridge on the Ultra-D ?

mattbrown91 · 17 Aug 2007 at 13:59

I've bodged a job, old Heatsink on and an old CPU fan blowing over it.

Temporary solution.

Edit... Idle temperatures are down by 6 degrees on the chipset.

Down by 9 on the PWMIC too (I've put another fan in blowing over those)

mattbrown91 · 17 Aug 2007 at 14:43

I thought I knew a fair amount about computers and how they worked and everything.

Must just have been a bit of a grey area.