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    Question Motherboard chipset fans, need em or not ?

    I got an Asus A7V133 motherboard, which comes with an on board fan for the chipset, the fan failed and smoked itself to death this morning, i spoke to the company that i bought it off and they want to return it to the supplier, except it will take a couple of weeks at least. Can't be without it for that long.

    He reckons its not needed anyway, whaddya reckon ?

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    I wouldn't risk it. Manufacturers don't eat into their profits by adding in un-necessary extras. The board may well run OK without the fan, although it may also have niggly instability. The chip will be running hot though, and a couple of weeks now could weaken it & cause premature failure later.

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    Agreed,
    Though chipset fans are no so important - You will lose waranty on the System if you fail to resolve the situation.
    On extreme cases Bad chipset can damage BIOS, Memory or eve main CPU.
    I would recommend on a repair ASAP.

    Don't take the chances - It's just don't worth it.

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    The warranty has nearly expired, could this be the answer i need cos absolutely no-one has the fans for sale :

    <a href="http://www.quietpc.com/vgamb.php" target="_blank">http://www.quietpc.com/vgamb.php</a>

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    It might work but i think you want something with a fan. Check <a href="http://www.componentauthority.com/therbluorbch.html" target="_blank">here</a>. It's for VGA chipsets but it might work no? What MOBO is it and what chipset?
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    Asus A7V133, Via Kt133 chipset.

    Have *ahem* kinda attached a p3 fan for the time being

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    why not fit a standard 40mm fan to it??? They only cost a couple of Quid.
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    Cos i can't find anywhere that does em !

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    [quote]Originally posted by UKMatt:
    <strong>Cos i can't find anywhere that does em ! </strong><hr></blockquote>

    PM me with your address and I will send you one. I have 3 sitting here doing nothing.
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    in a pinch I have used a fan from an old 486 heatsink.

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    this is not the first post concerning these boards. I too have the same motherboard and have had the same problem in the past, as have others.
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    Unhappy

    The whole board has gotta go back, the cpu fan don't work now, and it works fine on another pc, think the mobo has blown something

    Worse thing is, i have to go all weekend without gaming

    None of my other pc's will recognise my 60gb hd, so i can't get anything off that either.

    Wednesday is the best i can hope for

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    I like the concept of keeping the northbridge chipset cool. The one thing that motherboard manufacturers have overlooked is the quality of the fan. All of them that I have seen have been low quality SLEEVE bearing, which will only last a short amount of time under certain environments. At my shop we use the Giga-Byte 7DXR for our system and they come the cheap fans on the heatsing. So what we do is replace it with a High Quality SUNON fan and it fits perfectly. Bottom line is the fans are a good idea as long as they are not SLEEVE BEARING.

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    [quote]Originally posted by Milkman:
    <strong>I like the concept of keeping the northbridge chipset cool. The one thing that motherboard manufacturers have overlooked is the quality of the fan. All of them that I have seen have been low quality SLEEVE bearing, which will only last a short amount of time under certain environments. At my shop we use the Giga-Byte 7DXR for our system and they come the cheap fans on the heatsing. So what we do is replace it with a High Quality SUNON fan and it fits perfectly. Bottom line is the fans are a good idea as long as they are not SLEEVE BEARING.

    The Milkman</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Sleeve bearing fans are fine as long as nothing is in the way of them. 2 of the 4 case fans in my system are 4 year old sleeve bearing fans that are running quiter than the ball bearing fans I have just bought!!!!! The MTBF rates on sleeve bearings are still in excess of 4 YEARS!!!! Tell me? How many people keep a motherboard for more than 4 years???? About 3-4%???
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    I've got a mobo thats 4 years old.

    Think its in the loft somewhere

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