Disconnecting the NB fan from my NF7 - is it safe ?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:46 am
Hi,
My rig consists of :
AMD Athlon 2500 @ 139*11 and 1.55v (Underclocked and undervolted)
Abit NF7 v2
Compucase 6A19 ( = Antec 3700amb) + HEC 300 AR-T (Thermal control)
Thermaltake volcano 9 @ 2100 rpm
120mm exhaust and 90mm Zalman intake both @ 5V
DVD rom + Segate 7200.7 120gb..running XP MCE 2005
of course the most distrubing noise left was that awful 40mm northbridge fan..So thinking that I'm running at low FSB (139) anyway, I can simply disconnect it at leave it with the aluminum metal it has and the leftover of the Volcano 9 cooling...
After doing so my temps, in a quite hot mid-day are:
CPU : 48c Idle, 50c Load (MCE2005 Live TV)
Case: 32c Idle, 34c Load
What do you think, is it safe to continue running it like that with the NB fan disconnected ? The system is perfectly stable, so what can be other sign that I'm not doing a good thing here ?
Thanks !
My rig consists of :
AMD Athlon 2500 @ 139*11 and 1.55v (Underclocked and undervolted)
Abit NF7 v2
Compucase 6A19 ( = Antec 3700amb) + HEC 300 AR-T (Thermal control)
Thermaltake volcano 9 @ 2100 rpm
120mm exhaust and 90mm Zalman intake both @ 5V
DVD rom + Segate 7200.7 120gb..running XP MCE 2005
of course the most distrubing noise left was that awful 40mm northbridge fan..So thinking that I'm running at low FSB (139) anyway, I can simply disconnect it at leave it with the aluminum metal it has and the leftover of the Volcano 9 cooling...
After doing so my temps, in a quite hot mid-day are:
CPU : 48c Idle, 50c Load (MCE2005 Live TV)
Case: 32c Idle, 34c Load
What do you think, is it safe to continue running it like that with the NB fan disconnected ? The system is perfectly stable, so what can be other sign that I'm not doing a good thing here ?
Thanks !