Help w/ HS and feel free to laugh

Larry Sellars · Post by **Larry Sellars** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:07 pm

I want to install a ninja HS but was unsure if it would fit. So i made a cardboard box the size of the HS and the box would fit if a "unknown" part on my MB was removed. Included is a pic of this part with a red circle around it. I'm guessing it may be a HS for the chipset. Anyway, can I take it out or will the ninja still fit as it is narrow at the bottom (the mystery part is only about an inch tall). Thanks!!

Well, i don't know how to post a pic, but here is the link of my MB, "part X" is the "spikey" HS next to the CPU slot.

http://www.biostar.cn/UploadFiles/2006112102946688.jpg

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murtoz · Post by **murtoz** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:39 pm

you really don't want to remove that - it is the northbridge heatsink, and the northbridge needs cooling.
I don't own a ninja but from the dimensions pic on scythe's website, it would appear there is more than an inch between the base of the heatsink and the lowest fin. Maybe a ninja owner can confirm?

mr_plow_king · Post by **mr_plow_king** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:53 pm

yes, there's at least 1 inch between tbe motherboard and the lowest fin. It should fit over the NB heatsink