Hello
Remove the whole fan as I've done. It is not really needed at all.
If you are still worried, replace the heatsink with a passive one from
Zalman which provides better colling than de original fan/heatsink
combination anyway and is quiet!
Good luck,
Boudewijn


"Si" wrote in message
...
The Northbridge fan on my mobo has started making a kind of grinding sound
during the boot process. After windows has loaded it goes back to the
normal
noise it's supposed to make. Initally I thought the noise was coming from
one of my hard drives as it sounded like when the bearings go and even
went
as far as buying a new one! Anyway, this mobo is only a couple of months
old
and I was wondering if this is an easy thing to fix or should I take it
back
to the shop?

Cheers.

Si