[feckit]

I need to replace the Northbridge Fan on my A8N-E Motherboard.
The Southbridge is passive & just a heatsink only.
The Northbridge Fan is held in place by 2 springs, however these seem not to want to move, hence cant replace fan!

Any ideas on how to progress forwards as the pc cant really be used until this is replaced as currently it emitts a high pitched whine when fan attempts to work!

Any help most welcome.

[Adywebb]

Seems you have to remove the mobo with that board and push some pins on the back from what I read:

When I had to replace my old fan from my A8N-E. I had to take off the whole mobo because the way the clips are made, I had to pinch them at the end behind the mobo in order to pull them out...

Appears NB fan dying is a common fault - most replace with this passive heatsink: http://www.directron.com/zmnb47j.html

[feckit]

Cheers for that Ady.

Currently hoping to do the job over weekend sometime?

[feckit]

Update:
New Northbridge heatsink on & what a bar-steward to do!!
Had to cobble together a heatsink to put on it as none i had fitted.
Seems Asus only want Asus parts on their motherboards!!

It will also curtail crunching for the time being until i can make sure all is working OK.

[Me__2001]

i missed this one, the only reason i didn't get this board was because of this very problem, i went for the higher spec A8N-SLI Premium which is all passively cooled

glad you got it sorted ok though

[Adywebb]

Originally Posted by feckit

Update:
New Northbridge heatsink on & what a bar-steward to do!!
Had to cobble together a heatsink to put on it as none i had fitted.
Seems Asus only want Asus parts on their motherboards!!

It will also curtail crunching for the time being until i can make sure all is working OK.

You can get the Zalman one I linked to for £2.71 from ebuyer - surely even a tight-wad such as you can afford that

[feckit]

Originally Posted by Adywebb

You can get the Zalman one I linked to for £2.71 from ebuyer - surely even a tight-wad such as you can afford that

Found a nice big heatsink to put on it instead.
Extra fan gone in to help with cooling & all seem's OK at the moment.

[danitron]

On my A8N-E I've replaced the active chipset fan with a passive ZALMANN. No more dB problems & Chipset temperature is allways 38°C. Just remind to mount a noiseless case fan (800-1600 rpm) if U have a fanless Video card too! Or U will see your PC burning!

[wonderer]

Hi everyone!

My fan just broke down, so I got a new heatsink. But the current base of the fan seems to be glued to the board and won't budge, even after all screws and such are removed!

How can I loosen it? It doesn't even move slightly when I try to twist it.

[Adywebb]

Have you removed the motherboard and pinched the clips at the back?