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8KNXP Rev.2.0 Northbridge Fan Problem
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 |
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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 |
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Mine's been "grinding" away during the boot process for months and still works. I'll let it grind away 'til it quits, then either replace or remove it. Keep in mind that when installing a third-party passive heatsink you'll likely need to remove the mobo first. I may decide to remove the fan and lubricate its bearing, as that sometimes works to quieten them down. As per another suggestion, I think removing the fan altogether is acceptable, as other 875i mobos, like Asus, come with no fan. I suspect it is there only to provide extra cooling in the event of extreme overclocking. "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 |
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Hey Bob,
I'm about to move everything to a new case so I was going to remove the mobo anyway. I did in fact get a response from Gigabyte today in which they offered to send me a new fan but they said it might take a while because stocks are limited. Does that mean they've had a shed load of requests for new ones? Hmmm.......sounds dodgy to me : ) Cheers. Si "Bob Davis" wrote in message news:bnDnc.56219$NZ4.8895@lakeread05... Mine's been "grinding" away during the boot process for months and still works. I'll let it grind away 'til it quits, then either replace or remove it. Keep in mind that when installing a third-party passive heatsink you'll likely need to remove the mobo first. I may decide to remove the fan and lubricate its bearing, as that sometimes works to quieten them down. As per another suggestion, I think removing the fan altogether is acceptable, as other 875i mobos, like Asus, come with no fan. I suspect it is there only to provide extra cooling in the event of extreme overclocking. "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 |
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The Northbridge fan on my 8KNXP rev 1.0 board also seems to grind away
on boot. (My first 8KNXP mobo died a mysterious death after 8 months -- its fan made the same grinding sound. The RMA replacement's fan also seems to exhibit the same grinding. I should point out that I do not believe that the failure of my first board was in any way related to the Northbridge fan.) I haven't been too concerned about the grinding sound, as the fan appears to work fine once running. For now, I've just decided to keep an eye on it, and will contact Gigabyte if it ever fails. Regards, Kris I'm about to move everything to a new case so I was going to remove the mobo anyway. I did in fact get a response from Gigabyte today in which they offered to send me a new fan but they said it might take a while because stocks are limited. Does that mean they've had a shed load of requests for new ones? Hmmm.......sounds dodgy to me : ) |
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Hey Kris,
That is weird because exactly the same thing happened to me. This is my second board after the first one just.......well died. Anyway, I've ordered a Zalman ZM-NB47J passive heatsink to replace that little screaming fan. I think I'll also get Gigabyte to send me a replacement fan and heatsink just in case I don't like this new one. Cheers. Si "Kris Vorwerk" wrote in message om... The Northbridge fan on my 8KNXP rev 1.0 board also seems to grind away on boot. (My first 8KNXP mobo died a mysterious death after 8 months -- its fan made the same grinding sound. The RMA replacement's fan also seems to exhibit the same grinding. I should point out that I do not believe that the failure of my first board was in any way related to the Northbridge fan.) I haven't been too concerned about the grinding sound, as the fan appears to work fine once running. For now, I've just decided to keep an eye on it, and will contact Gigabyte if it ever fails. Regards, Kris I'm about to move everything to a new case so I was going to remove the mobo anyway. I did in fact get a response from Gigabyte today in which they offered to send me a new fan but they said it might take a while because stocks are limited. Does that mean they've had a shed load of requests for new ones? Hmmm.......sounds dodgy to me : ) |
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"Si" wrote in message ... Hey Kris, That is weird because exactly the same thing happened to me. This is my second board after the first one just.......well died. Anyway, I've ordered a Zalman ZM-NB47J passive heatsink to replace that little screaming fan. I think I'll also get Gigabyte to send me a replacement fan and heatsink just in case I don't like this new one. Cheers. Si "Kris Vorwerk" wrote in message om... The Northbridge fan on my 8KNXP rev 1.0 board also seems to grind away on boot. (My first 8KNXP mobo died a mysterious death after 8 months -- its fan made the same grinding sound. The RMA replacement's fan also seems to exhibit the same grinding. I should point out that I do not believe that the failure of my first board was in any way related to the Northbridge fan.) I haven't been too concerned about the grinding sound, as the fan appears to work fine once running. For now, I've just decided to keep an eye on it, and will contact Gigabyte if it ever fails. Regards, Kris I'm about to move everything to a new case so I was going to remove the mobo anyway. I did in fact get a response from Gigabyte today in which they offered to send me a new fan but they said it might take a while because stocks are limited. Does that mean they've had a shed load of requests for new ones? Hmmm.......sounds dodgy to me : ) my GA7 DXR had the same grinding noise, so i opened my case and checked it out... found it to be the fan, but as it was still runnin, i left it alone. few weeks later it stopped grinding, so i thought great something was in teh bearings and has fallen out so no more grinding... checked it a few days later, and no movement... ended up replacing it with new heatsink+fan (coolermaster slc-s41) and not even gonna bother with gettin any help from gigabyte, still got problems with my Ga7 VRXP randomly rebooting and 0 help from them! |
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Someone needs to buy and aftermarket fan and replace the old Gigabyte grinder, the report back to this forum. Me? Why not. I've thought about it, but haven't yet since the fan grinds at first, then straighens up and is silent until restarted. I think it is a standard 40mm fan. Another option is to lubricate it as I mentioned in an earlier post. "Si" wrote in message ... Hey Bob, I'm about to move everything to a new case so I was going to remove the mobo anyway. I did in fact get a response from Gigabyte today in which they offered to send me a new fan but they said it might take a while because stocks are limited. Does that mean they've had a shed load of requests for new ones? Hmmm.......sounds dodgy to me : ) Cheers. Si "Bob Davis" wrote in message news:bnDnc.56219$NZ4.8895@lakeread05... Mine's been "grinding" away during the boot process for months and still works. I'll let it grind away 'til it quits, then either replace or remove it. Keep in mind that when installing a third-party passive heatsink you'll likely need to remove the mobo first. I may decide to remove the fan and lubricate its bearing, as that sometimes works to quieten them down. As per another suggestion, I think removing the fan altogether is acceptable, as other 875i mobos, like Asus, come with no fan. I suspect it is there only to provide extra cooling in the event of extreme overclocking. "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 |
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