The fan on my MOBO is going to die. It is an ASUS Mobo and there is a small fan over the main chip. To remove it means a total dismantle of the MOBO and then snip the pins on this fan from the back. I just don’t fancy doing that to my 5 year old PC, which I’ve upgraded with more HD (1TB) and more memory (4GB).
It’s going to die because I was getting warnings about Chip fan speed from the bios boot up screen.
I cleaned it with brush, blower, sucker etc. etc. It is Ok now and seems to be maintaining speed ( I downed “Speedfan” so I could watch it.).
But it will die in the end.
So, I was going to buy an ordinary 3 inch fan and just add it to the case, blowing on the Mobo. (With a suitable inlet of course). I’m doubling up for the time being but that shouldn’t do harm should it? Can’t really have too much cooling can you? Also, where should I take the power from for such a set up?
Oh, btw, I’ve been in touch with ASUS, because they were replacing this fan FOC for Mobo’s made 2006. They politely told me it was too far out of warranty, and that they didn’t make that mobo/fan anymore so there was actually nothing he could replace it with. Another reason why I don’t want to take the old one off.
By: PeeDee - 7th December 2010 at 23:10
Mobo…..it’s 70 to 100 sovs versus a tenner for the fan. The global recession is in my pocket too. No brainer.
27vet. Great kid!
By: Grey Area - 7th December 2010 at 22:28
Heed ye not the siren voices!
Replace the motherboard, and put whatever fan you like onto the CPU.
You know you want to…… 🙂
By: Denis - 7th December 2010 at 21:57
The existing one isn’t screwed in, it’s one-off push/bent platic rivets, hence one needs to get round the back and snip them off.
If they are the plastic clips I’m thinking of, they can come out by squeezing the tip with longnose pliers. As for MB repairs, I have just fitted my six year old MB with all new Capacitors involving snipping the old ones out and resoldering new Caps in place, If I can do it then anyone can!
A new CPU fan is not a really hard job at all, the same as a Northbridge fan replacement.
By: Arabella-Cox - 7th December 2010 at 21:30
Just put the unit outside :diablo:
I bought a new computer and kept the old one for my kid. But it packed up just the other day and it is unlikely that I will find a replacement graphics card which is what I suspect. So it was a good move that I bought the new one and copied most of the stuff from the old one onto it. So I think that is the way to go.
BTW that’s her and the late computer last Christmas.
By: PeeDee - 7th December 2010 at 20:10
Robbo,
I’m probably going for this option.
To remove the old fan means a dismantle and removal of the mobo.
The new fan will need to fit (Screw holes) where the old one is, there are no other holes in the area. Hopefully they are all a standard PCD for a given fan diam. The existing one isn’t screwed in, it’s one-off push/bent platic rivets, hence one needs to get round the back and snip them off.
Nowthen, after dismantle/removal/repair and replace mobo, does the team think the PC will simply re-boot as if nothing happened? Or will I have to re-install all my drivers?
By: Grey Area - 6th December 2010 at 22:09
Well, so long as the new motherboard is the same form factor (eg, ATX) as the old one then everything that you unplug from the old one (eg, RAM, power connections, drive cables, video cards) should plug straight back into the new one.
All you need to do then is to install the new motherboard drivers when you boot into Windows – these will usually come on a CD – and off you jolly well pop.
Make a note of the model number of your old motherboard and ask for advice from the shop where you buy your new one. The smaller independent oufits are often best for this sort of thing, in my experience.
By: PeeDee - 6th December 2010 at 19:25
GA, I may consider this.
When you rebuilt, what had to be reinstalled etc?
A new PC is not really an option pricewise, but a new Mobo with all the latest chips on maybe.
By: Grey Area - 6th December 2010 at 18:29
That’s a rebuild of everything though.
Not necessarily.
I’ve replaced motherboards without doing a total rebuild in the past.
By: pauldyson1uk - 6th December 2010 at 16:08
You could always buy a new motherboard.
To be honest, that’s what I’d do in your situation.
this is what i would do too and also install an extra fan inside the case
By: Sky High - 6th December 2010 at 15:48
At today’s prices for PC’s, isn’t a new one a worthwhile investment?
By: PeeDee - 6th December 2010 at 12:48
That’s a rebuild of everything though.
By: Grey Area - 6th December 2010 at 06:18
You could always buy a new motherboard.
To be honest, that’s what I’d do in your situation.
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