broken MB fan w/springs

mulgarus · 01-14-11, 03:23 AM

Hello, I have a problem with a heatsink fan on a Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. I went to add a couple of sticks of ram and bumped into the spring/cap and it went jumping out of the case.. but i found it..

So the question is if it is able to be fixed in anyway? thanks for any help.

the fan in the middle

ViN86 · 01-14-11, 08:55 AM

I would pick up another fan like this one in the link below (make sure it's for a chipset, i.e. a northbridge/southbridge)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-155-_-Product

Then take out the motherboard, and if you turn it over you can see the plastic plugs on the opposite side from the broken fan. Clip those pieces of plastic to get it off. Clean off any thermal compound on there, then reapply some new thermal compound, and install the new heatsink/fan.

I did it a while back with on of my boards which had a chipset cooler fan die (it was really loud). It was pretty simple and fixed my problem.

**mullet** · 01-14-11, 09:56 AM

low profile.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/67...?tl=g40c16s501

ViN86 · 01-14-11, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mullet

low profile.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/67...?tl=g40c16s501

Even better.

mulgarus · 01-14-11, 01:49 PM

ok thanks for the help and links

**mullet** · 01-14-11, 02:51 PM

I remember that mobo. I read so many bad reviews on the SB fan I replaced it before putting it in my PC.

Ninja Prime · 01-14-11, 03:07 PM

If you're careful and the little post the spring sits on is still in tact and long enough to poke through the back side of the mobo, you can very carefully take a hot knife blade, or some other flat hot peice of metal and mushroom the end so it still retains. I've done that when I had the same problem.

ViN86 · 01-14-11, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mullet

I remember that mobo. I read so many bad reviews on the SB fan I replaced it before putting it in my PC.

Yea that thing is loud and annoying too.

mulgarus · 01-14-11, 05:30 PM

how fast will the MB reset the pc because of the heat you think?
I got home this afternoon and hooked up everything again and it started up and spent about 60 seconds after getting into the desktop before getting a blue screen of death and started to restart itself again and again before i turned it off..

ViN86 · 01-14-11, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mulgarus

how fast will the MB reset the pc because of the heat you think?
I got home this afternoon and hooked up everything again and it started up and spent about 60 seconds after getting into the desktop before getting a blue screen of death and started to restart itself again and again before i turned it off..

I wouldn't run that without a fan on the chipset. I recommend you replace it before you use the computer.

01-14-11, 03:23 AM	#1
mulgarus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	broken MB fan w/springs Hello, I have a problem with a heatsink fan on a Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. I went to add a couple of sticks of ram and bumped into the spring/cap and it went jumping out of the case.. but i found it.. So the question is if it is able to be fixed in anyway? thanks for any help. the fan in the middle

01-14-11, 08:55 AM	#2
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: broken MB fan w/springs I would pick up another fan like this one in the link below (make sure it's for a chipset, i.e. a northbridge/southbridge) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-155-_-Product Then take out the motherboard, and if you turn it over you can see the plastic plugs on the opposite side from the broken fan. Clip those pieces of plastic to get it off. Clean off any thermal compound on there, then reapply some new thermal compound, and install the new heatsink/fan. I did it a while back with on of my boards which had a chipset cooler fan die (it was really loud). It was pretty simple and fixed my problem.

01-14-11, 09:56 AM	#3
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: broken MB fan w/springs low profile. http://www.frozencpu.com/products/67...?tl=g40c16s501 __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

01-14-11, 01:49 PM	#5
mulgarus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	Re: broken MB fan w/springs ok thanks for the help and links

01-14-11, 02:51 PM	#6
mullet Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,998	Re: broken MB fan w/springs I remember that mobo. I read so many bad reviews on the SB fan I replaced it before putting it in my PC. __________________ • LIAN-LI PC-A70B • ASUS MAXIMUS V FORMULA (0701) • i7-3770k + NOCTUA\|NH-D14 • Intel 520 240GB SSD • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 1600 • • EVGA GeForce GTX 680 • PCP&C 750 Quad • ASUS 12x BD-ROM • DELL U2412M E-IPS • Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 • Logitech Z5500 5.1 •

01-14-11, 03:07 PM	#7
Ninja Prime Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 2,263	Re: broken MB fan w/springs If you're careful and the little post the spring sits on is still in tact and long enough to poke through the back side of the mobo, you can very carefully take a hot knife blade, or some other flat hot peice of metal and mushroom the end so it still retains. I've done that when I had the same problem.

01-14-11, 05:30 PM	#9
mulgarus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	Re: broken MB fan w/springs how fast will the MB reset the pc because of the heat you think? I got home this afternoon and hooked up everything again and it started up and spent about 60 seconds after getting into the desktop before getting a blue screen of death and started to restart itself again and again before i turned it off..