Northbridge Cooling - KT266 - no OC

[nonsequitur]

My friend's old KT266 motherboard has a northbridge that's actively cooled by a LOUD little fan.

I reccommended one of vantec's chipset cooling solutions, and when i went to put it in for him, i noticed one capacitor that prevented the fan from going on.

i'm curious if using one of the supplied heatsinks with the thermal adhesive would be enough, or if i should take a hacksaw to the little creature, removing the offending fins. The computer is on 24/7, but is not overclocked, and rarely doing more than background processes.

here's the heatsink i currently have for him: http://vantecusa.com/p_ccb_a1a.html

thankles for any input....

 

[Nexx]

Originally posted by BriguyNJ
My friend's old KT266 motherboard has a northbridge that's actively cooled by a LOUD little fan.

I reccommended one of vantec's chipset cooling solutions, and when i went to put it in for him, i noticed one capacitor that prevented the fan from going on.

i'm curious if using one of the supplied heatsinks with the thermal adhesive would be enough, or if i should take a hacksaw to the little creature, removing the offending fins. The computer is on 24/7, but is not overclocked, and rarely doing more than background processes.

here's the heatsink i currently have for him: http://vantecusa.com/p_ccb_a1a.html

thankles for any input....

dremel off whatever is getting in the way.. even crippled that vantec cooler should do just as good if not better job of cooling then the stock solution.