HELP required! Bastard noisy ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard fan
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hiraethified
Where do I get one of those puppies?Addy said:
Would this thing work?
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/northbridgecooling/tr-hr-05-sli
Or this (out of stock sadly)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=321728
I'm never buying an Asus mobo again if changing something as simple as a fucked fan is going to be so much hassle.
ExtraRefined
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It's a known issue with the motherboard, happens to loads of them apparently. I bodged mine with a standard chipset fan and a ziptie, but wouldn't really advise this approach.
mauvais
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Apparently you can remove it but you need to take the motherboard out to get at the clips.
Anyway, http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=105044&_LOC=UK - same as the Scan one (search on Froogle)
Anyway, http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=105044&_LOC=UK - same as the Scan one (search on Froogle)
Bob_the_lost
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Can be a pain but it's more time consuming than fiddly.
ExtraRefined
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mauvais said:
He's right
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hiraethified
It's a bit of a big deal for me because I really haven't got the time to start pulling apart my machine.mauvais said:
All this hassle for a £3 fan! What were they thinking of? Why couldn't they just use a standard fan like everyone else?
Tossers.
*makes note to self: never, ever buy an ASUS board again.
Bob_the_lost
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Never buy one with a fan at all. Noisy, failure prone and did i mention the noise?
Addy
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editor said:Where do I get one of those puppies?
Would this thing work?
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/northbridgecooling/tr-hr-05-sli
Or this (out of stock sadly)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=321728
I'm never buying an Asus mobo again if changing something as simple as a fucked fan is going to be so much hassle.
the cooling shop
I had the same problem on a Gigabyte board a few years ago and replaced it with a zalman heatsink.
I got a 3 deg drop in temp and less noise
Ripping the motherboard out is the easy part, trying to get the existing heatsink off is a right pain.
You could get the whole job done in around 1 hr and i'd advise getting a good scalpel blade to help with removal.
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
Kind of like complaining about not being able to put a cheap stereo in your ferrari...editor said:
Bob_the_lost
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*strokes his A8N32 SLI*Chz said:No, the upmarket version was the A8N-SLI Premium, with a heat pipe and no fans.
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hiraethified
Well, the comparison would be more accurate if you described it as buying a pricey car and then finding out that the knackered dashboard light was putting you off driving.Bob_the_lost said:Kind of like complaining about not being able to put a cheap stereo in your ferrari...
oh god ed not you as well!
I've got the same mobo and it seems this is a known fault (found this on some forums). My chipset fan started doing exactly the same thing and started catching, not starting up and catching.
I got sent a replacement fan in the post - but fuck me, a real pain in the arse to lug all the mobo out, cut off the connectors for the fan and put the new one on, then connect everything back up again!!!! fuck that for a game of soldiers again!
next time I'm buying a mobo with a nice passive heatshink and some shiny copper heatpipes... bastards!
asus make good boards - but this was one mighty pain in the arse
I've got the same mobo and it seems this is a known fault (found this on some forums). My chipset fan started doing exactly the same thing and started catching, not starting up and catching.
I got sent a replacement fan in the post - but fuck me, a real pain in the arse to lug all the mobo out, cut off the connectors for the fan and put the new one on, then connect everything back up again!!!! fuck that for a game of soldiers again!
next time I'm buying a mobo with a nice passive heatshink and some shiny copper heatpipes... bastards!
asus make good boards - but this was one mighty pain in the arse
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hiraethified
Shit. I didn't realise that I'd need to do all that with their own replacement fan. So I may as well go for the passive heatsink, yes?
I'm surprised no one in America hasn't launched a lawsuit against them. After all, why should users have to go through all this extra work because of a company's shoddy goods?
I'm surprised no one in America hasn't launched a lawsuit against them. After all, why should users have to go through all this extra work because of a company's shoddy goods?
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hiraethified
The piece of shit fan has now completely borked. Do you reckon it's safe to run it with the side of the PC open (the non working fan is - it has to be said - hot! hot! hot!).
And would this fan (as mentioned before) deffo work?
http://www.thecoolingshop.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/104/products_id/696
(but I'd still have to pull the m/board apart, yes?)
Are the any bodges that get around the issue of ripping the PC to bits?
And would this fan (as mentioned before) deffo work?
http://www.thecoolingshop.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/104/products_id/696
(but I'd still have to pull the m/board apart, yes?)
Are the any bodges that get around the issue of ripping the PC to bits?
ExtraRefined
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You could stick it on with thermal epoxy - assuming you've got good enough access in the case, you'd just need to remove the old HSF, clean the heat spreader with IPA, and stick the new one on (as opposed to taking the whole mobo out to mount it properly).
Bob_the_lost
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Yes it is safe. If you start getting crashes then stop but it isn't instant death.
With the fan, it's not really important what fan you use. What matters is the heat sink, underneath the fan. If there's enough air blowing over it then it won't overheat, to do this you could either bodge something or go for something like the Zalman one you've got, which is designed to replace the heatsink and work without a fan blowing directly on it.
Yes, that one will work. Extra has covered the process, i'll just add that it should ship with thermal paste, use only a tiny bit of it, half a pea is the commonly quoted number.
With the fan, it's not really important what fan you use. What matters is the heat sink, underneath the fan. If there's enough air blowing over it then it won't overheat, to do this you could either bodge something or go for something like the Zalman one you've got, which is designed to replace the heatsink and work without a fan blowing directly on it.
Yes, that one will work. Extra has covered the process, i'll just add that it should ship with thermal paste, use only a tiny bit of it, half a pea is the commonly quoted number.
Bob_the_lost
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Should do, if not you can always cut it down a bit with a hacksaw.
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