ABIT NF7-S - Northbridge HSF - Weird Power plug?
Greetings,
Just servicing the ATHLON machine I built last year and sold in Feb, taken it to pieces for a complete rebuild. Just took off the Northbridge HSF, and yes hardly any contact was being made. I had just been running the PC before I stripped it so the white goo was runny and the thing came off easy. Anyway I was gonna replace the stock NB-HSF with a Vantec Iceberg but I just noticed that the power plug on both the NF7-S and the NB-HSF is a midget thing? not the same as the plug on the Iceberg *or* the other power headers on the NF7-S mobo. Just took a look at my new AI7 and that has a *standard* power plug on the NB-HSF. Not sure if its possible to take the Back/Red wire from the midget plug and somehow fit it into the standard one? Any comments? -- Wayne ][ |
"Wayne Youngman" wrote in message ... Greetings, Just servicing the ATHLON machine I built last year and sold in Feb, taken it to pieces for a complete rebuild. Just took off the Northbridge HSF, and yes hardly any contact was being made. I had just been running the PC before I stripped it so the white goo was runny and the thing came off easy. Anyway I was gonna replace the stock NB-HSF with a Vantec Iceberg but I just noticed that the power plug on both the NF7-S and the NB-HSF is a midget thing? not the same as the plug on the Iceberg *or* the other power headers on the NF7-S mobo. Just took a look at my new AI7 and that has a *standard* power plug on the NB-HSF. Not sure if its possible to take the Back/Red wire from the midget plug and somehow fit it into the standard one? Any comments? -- Wayne ][ could always be crude and cut both cables and twist & solder the end you want to wires you want, then cover with insulation tape otherwise prise it apart and reassemble with superglue - should see some of my improvised connectors... |
Anyway I was gonna replace the stock NB-HSF with a Vantec Iceberg but I
just noticed that the power plug on both the NF7-S and the NB-HSF is a midget thing? not the same as the plug on the Iceberg *or* the other power headers on the NF7-S mobo. Just took a look at my new AI7 and that has a *standard* power plug on the NB-HSF. Not sure if its possible to take the Back/Red wire from the midget plug and somehow fit it into the standard one? Any comments? -- Wayne ][ I was thinking of replacing the NB-fan on my nf7s with a spare Iceberq4 VGA cooler I have, its 100% copper and seems to have the same power headers as those on the mainboard. All it would entail is cutting off the mounts for the vga card and a little of the as3 thermal adhesive! I want to replace my 2 x 256 PC3200 cl2 OCZ ram so I can go to a gig of ram, any suggestions that may help me hit 220 - 230 fsb? or am i better staying 2 x 256 to hit these speeds? chris |
"Chris" wrote in message ... Anyway I was gonna replace the stock NB-HSF with a Vantec Iceberg but I just noticed that the power plug on both the NF7-S and the NB-HSF is a midget thing? not the same as the plug on the Iceberg *or* the other power headers on the NF7-S mobo. Just took a look at my new AI7 and that has a *standard* power plug on the NB-HSF. Not sure if its possible to take the Back/Red wire from the midget plug and somehow fit it into the standard one? Any comments? -- Wayne ][ I was thinking of replacing the NB-fan on my nf7s with a spare Iceberq4 VGA cooler I have, its 100% copper and seems to have the same power headers as those on the mainboard. All it would entail is cutting off the mounts for the vga card and a little of the as3 thermal adhesive! I want to replace my 2 x 256 PC3200 cl2 OCZ ram so I can go to a gig of ram, any suggestions that may help me hit 220 - 230 fsb? or am i better staying 2 x 256 to hit these speeds? chris My CL2 OCZ ram does 210 with 8-3-3-3 timings and 200 with 7-2-2-2. Try relaxing the timings a little with ram ya have ...if not look at the PC3500 OCZ Platnum ram if you want to keep cl2 imings at that high FSB OZoNE -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
I disconnected the HSF months ago because it was prodicing horrible noise.
My machine is on DDR333 FSB and I had no problems yet. I should replace the vent (still under warranty), but I still don't feel like tearing the whole computer apart just to fix this, neither can I miss my machine for a week - that's how long it would take for a dealer to replace it. "Wayne Youngman" wrote in message ... Greetings, Just servicing the ATHLON machine I built last year and sold in Feb, taken it to pieces for a complete rebuild. Just took off the Northbridge HSF, and yes hardly any contact was being made. I had just been running the PC before I stripped it so the white goo was runny and the thing came off easy. Anyway I was gonna replace the stock NB-HSF with a Vantec Iceberg but I just noticed that the power plug on both the NF7-S and the NB-HSF is a midget thing? not the same as the plug on the Iceberg *or* the other power headers on the NF7-S mobo. Just took a look at my new AI7 and that has a *standard* power plug on the NB-HSF. Not sure if its possible to take the Back/Red wire from the midget plug and somehow fit it into the standard one? Any comments? -- Wayne ][ |
"John Smith" wrote I disconnected the HSF months ago because it was prodicing horrible noise. My machine is on DDR333 FSB and I had no problems yet. I should replace the vent (still under warranty), but I still don't feel like tearing the whole computer apart just to fix this, neither can I miss my machine for a week - that's how long it would take for a dealer to replace it. Hi, that handy to know, as the standard NB-HSF is not that good. I just it off the NF7-S and took it apart, lapped it etc and re-installed it using some Arctic Compound. I think a passive Zalman may be a good option. . . -- Wayne ][ |
I found the passive Zalman's to work just fine on the NF7-S NB...just make
sure there's airflow through the case. It was a relief to lose the stock Abit cooler's fan noise! "Wayne Youngman" wrote in message ... "John Smith" wrote I disconnected the HSF months ago because it was prodicing horrible noise. My machine is on DDR333 FSB and I had no problems yet. I should replace the vent (still under warranty), but I still don't feel like tearing the whole computer apart just to fix this, neither can I miss my machine for a week - that's how long it would take for a dealer to replace it. Hi, that handy to know, as the standard NB-HSF is not that good. I just it off the NF7-S and took it apart, lapped it etc and re-installed it using some Arctic Compound. I think a passive Zalman may be a good option. . . -- Wayne ][ |
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