Anyone running 8K9A3+ without the Northbridge fan (i.e. ha..

External Since: Sep 06, 2003 Posts: 2

If there's one thing that isn't good about this board is the way the
heatsink is attached to the northbridge, so the only obvious way to have
passive cooling on the northbridge is to disable the fan... Have anyone
tried this and what are your experience (stability problems, bad
motherboard, etc...?)

/Taba

External Since: Aug 21, 2003 Posts: 51

I run mine 8KHA+(VIA KT266A chipset) at 170MHz FSB without a fan on the
northbridge for 9 months now and it still works fine and it is heavily
overclocked.......
"Taba" <no.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If there's one thing that isn't good about this board is the way the
> heatsink is attached to the northbridge, so the only obvious way to have
> passive cooling on the northbridge is to disable the fan... Have anyone
> tried this and what are your experience (stability problems, bad
> motherboard, etc...?)
>
> /Taba
>
>