Chipset fan acting up, what to do?

Recently, my chipset fan has started making this awful grinding noise when I start my computer. It doesn't do it always, it goes away if I restart the computer or reconnect the fan, but I predict the fan is faulty and going to quit soon.

So what do you think I should do? Would I have to send my whole mobo for RMA to Asus if I wanted the fan fixed? Or should I just throw it away and get a new one?

Speaking of which, does anyone know if the A8N-Sli heatpipe coolers are available separately? They would fit my mobo and cut down on the noise.

dan

Take the easy path and just replace the fan.

No sense taking your mobo out. That's 10 times the work!

Get a HR-05



Or you could oil the bearings(more work than its worth)

The HR-05 and HR-05 SLI are great heatsinks, and silent if you don't use a fan - not included but not really necessary either.

I would get this:
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/encnfoconohe1.html

funnyperson1 said:

I would get this:
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/encnfoconohe1.html

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Nice!

You can always take a look around here and see what you can replace it with

Thanks for the input guys. The problem is, I need a heatsink which isn't very tall, because the chipset is right under my 7900gtx's heatsink, which would probably allow 2cm height at most.

dan

Dan0512 said:

Thanks for the input guys. The problem is, I need a heatsink which isn't very tall, because the chipset is right under my 7900gtx's heatsink, which would probably allow 2cm height at most.

dan

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That's why the HR-05 SLI is a nice choice - it has a horizontal offset:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109131