northbridge hotter than CPU & NB fan going mad!

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Since I installed SLi, my northbridge fan has been spinning at full speed making a lot of noise, on inspecting the temps I found that the Northbridge is running at 60 degrees C.

I removed the video cards and had a look around and noticed that one of the cards virtually sits on the NB fan and installing the card causes the NB fan to move around a lot. On inspecting the NB fan it seems very loose - i can twist it slightly left to right and it rocks up and down on the chip.

I did think about taking it off and applying normal Arctic Silver thermal paste (not the glue stuff) but how do you get the NB fan off ??

Any suggestions ?

ta.
 
ok thanks, is the normal non glue stuff ok ? because the NB heatsink/fan seems very loose.

I cant fit any larger heatsinks on the NB instead because there isnt room under the video card.
 
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