Shuttle owners, possible to replace chipset fan with zalman heatsink?

bledd · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:39

need to replace a heatsink on a shuttle because its too load (its def the chipset heatsink)

is there space in there for one of these?

or

dont have the shuttle with me right now

cokecan · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:42

what shuttle is it going on?

i've replaced 2 shuttles with the blue zalman one but their original heatsinks were tiny passive ones

not sure about replacing one with a fan on it. I'd assume it shoul dbe ok providing theres enough airflow. the fact the blue zalman is bigger than most NB heatsinks means it would only require a small bit of airflow if any

bledd · 30 Nov 2006 at 18:06

cool

not a gaming machine, just an office use one, its about 2 years old, should be fine

mctiny · 30 Nov 2006 at 18:18

Running a gold zalman in my sn41g2 and have done for a long time now, never had a single problem with it.

Cue · 1 Dec 2006 at 13:14

Running a SB61G2 with a blue one for almost 2 years.
I have however disabled the onboard gfx card.

bledd · 1 Dec 2006 at 16:02

put it in working fine

however, it was an intel chipset and didn't have mouting holes, so i had to break the old heatsink to get the mounting lever off the hs, so i could use it on the new one!

Mikey · 20 Mar 2007 at 13:59

Cue said:
Running a SB61G2 with a blue one for almost 2 years.
I have however disabled the onboard gfx card.

What are the two model numbers of these two heatsinks again? I'll just be using the onboard graphics as it'll end up running SBS 2003 R2

Steeps · 21 Mar 2007 at 01:18

its not recommended for NB's with onboard graphics because of the heat output, which is why it's recommended to disable the onboard when using the heatsinks. not able to get a passive card for the agp/pci slot? the blue one is ZM-NB47J and if your shuttle uses the loop clips you will need to dismantle the current NB cooler to get the clip for the new one.

it already runs warm to the touch in a SB75 and SB61 (has onboard graphics disabled) but wouldn't want to try it with it enabled.

LeperousDust · 21 Mar 2007 at 04:27

They generally work fine with onboard graphics too, i was using the blue tall one with ST20G5 graphics for ages, worked fine but it did get VERY hot at times... Then i watercooled everything and threw an x1800 in which all made a difference!

Mikey · 21 Mar 2007 at 09:29

I won't be playing games or anything. It's going to be running Exchange server for my e-mail etc. and that' it

LeperousDust · 21 Mar 2007 at 15:01

Can't say for certain obviously, but personally, i'd take the "chance". As long as there is at least some airflow its fine.