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Name: Brennan
Date: May 12, 2006 at 15:16:29 Pacific
OS: XP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: AMD X2 2.0@2.5/1GB DDR400
Comment:

I just recently discovered that the fan on my northbridge is no longer working. I get messages about it at boot. Sometimes the machine crashes. This all has been noticed starting today. I already have a new fan on the way from ASUS. My question is how safe do you think it is to run my computer for a couple hours at a time and then leave it off. What kind of applications should I not do that will stress the northbridge? Thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: GX1 Man
Date: May 12, 2006 at 16:34:26 Pacific
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I would not run it AT ALL!


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Response Number 2
Name: street1
Date: May 12, 2006 at 16:56:27 Pacific
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See response 1- GX1 Man is absolutely correct.

I would not run it AT ALL!


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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: May 12, 2006 at 18:15:35 Pacific
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Nah !!!

Just sprinkle some pixie dust on the NB chipset and fire up the computer, if it burns you probably needed a new board anyway...huh


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Response Number 4
Name: SkipCox
Date: May 13, 2006 at 07:45:15 Pacific
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"My question is how safe do you think it is to run my computer for a couple hours at a time and then leave it off."

Answer: About as safe as slapping a hungry Grizzly Bear.

"What kind of applications should I not do that will stress the northbridge?"

Answer: The boot process, Microsoft Windows, and Linux.

Replace the fan...

Skip


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Response Number 5
Name: Brennan
Date: May 14, 2006 at 11:48:29 Pacific
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Yes so Ive decided not to really use it at all until the new heatsink arrives. Ive also decided to use this one instead of the stock one asus is sending me. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118214.
I took off the bad hs/fan for the chipset and the thermal paste they used was caked onto the chip and the hs. Since I had to take out the mobo to take off the old one, I had to make sure everything still worked, so I cooled down the chip via canned air. I plugged it in and it was only on for 30 seconds in the BIOS and I turned it back off and the chipset itself was hot enough to burn skin, because it did. Just a followup. Thanks for the colorful comments.


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Response Number 6
Name: street1
Date: May 16, 2006 at 14:18:53 Pacific
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Make sure you use the thermal paste
properly when you reassemble everything.

Also don't do that burned skin thing again.

I'm worried about the CPU.LOL


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Response Number 7
Name: Brennan
Date: May 18, 2006 at 12:00:44 Pacific
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So everything has been reassembled. I have been letting the computer run for a while, and it seems at idle the MB temp is about 43 C. At full load it gets up to 48 C. Should I install a fan on the heatsink I bought, even though the heatsink is a passive one known to work fine at stock speeds with my mobo?


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