help. graphics card overhangs n.bridge fan and stops it spinning

Lemonsquokey · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:33

Hi there,

my graphics card (1950xt-x) is stopping the fan on the north bridge of my mo/bo (lp ultra d) from spinning. Anybody got a soloution.

bitslice · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:40

replace northbridge fan with Zalman heasink.

cut away any heatsink pins that interfere with the GPU.

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Lemonsquokey · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:44

i dont think so, it (the graphics card) covers almost all of the north bridge. Aprox 1-1.5 cm visible on the top part.

Minstadave · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:46

Just try woggling the card out a tiny bit to get a little extra space, works fine for me.

Also take the oval cover off the NB heatsink.

Lemonsquokey · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:50

have tried wobbling but no joy. Although I havn't taken the oval thing off yet will try that right now, thanks.

bitslice · 4 Oct 2006 at 19:52

Ah, I see,
the GPU fan casing is the length of the card.

Lemonsquokey · 4 Oct 2006 at 20:09

Minstadave · 4 Oct 2006 at 20:11

Lemonsquokey said:
Tried that still no joy. ****** hell.
will the graphics card work in the other pce-e slot until I can find a remedy?

Please edit the sweary. The bottom slot is fine, you need to switch the SLI jumpers to get the bottom slot from 2x to 8x.

Lemonsquokey · 4 Oct 2006 at 20:14

only 8x, there must be a way

Minstadave · 4 Oct 2006 at 20:16

Lemonsquokey said:
only 8x, there must be a way

8x is plenty of bandwidth, you can't get it to run at 16x though iirc.

Lemonsquokey · 4 Oct 2006 at 21:21