Can i turn it off

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forrehmmnd

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ok, the northbridge fan in my system is the loudest thing in there an drives me nut. the mobo is in my sig and the NB is the nforce 4 ultra.the hsf attached is about 1.5 inchs tall with a 1.75-2 cm fan. is it safe to turn the fan off or will i burn up my chipset. i have looked at other coolers but the mounting is in a way that i cannot find one that will mount correct even with modding. so again, can i leave it off ?.
 
You haven't listed the motherboard in your signature.. But as a general rule of thumb, it isn't okay to switch off the NB fan. If I weren't needed on stock cooler, it wouldn't be there.
 
Captain Slow said:
You haven't listed the motherboard in your signature.. But as a general rule of thumb, it isn't okay to switch off the NB fan. If I weren't needed on stock cooler, it wouldn't be there.
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woops, coulda sworn it was in there, its the ecs kn1 extreme. yeah your probably right. i shout probably keep it on. i will continue the hunt for one that fits.
 
Try either an HR-05 or an HR-05-SLI chipset cooler. If it doesn't cool well enough passively, you can attach a low speed 92CM fan to it.
 
it doesnt fit and it wont mount correctly.i have my scythe ninja in there and not much else fits in that area. any suggestions ?
 
Get a different fan. Pick up a low speed 60mm or 80mm and just mount it blowing on the northbridge heatsink.
 
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