Northbridge fan - needed?

[Halogen1212]

Hi, I have a DFI AK76-SN(AMD 761) motherboard that I bought about a year ago. Lately the northbridge fan has been making a lot of weird noises. It's hard to decribe but it's louder than my hsf. Do I really need the northbridge fan? I don't overclock nor do I have any plans to. Also, has anybody here had any experience with the SVC GC68 cooler? I recently installed one but the only way I could get it to snap down was by using pliers to bend the clip. My friend cut his finger trying to get that thing clipped down. Now I have to use a screw to brace the cooler against psu so it'll be in full contact with the cpu. Is there any way I can get a replacement clip or is there any way I can get the heatsink to go down fully without the screw?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[lordbob99]

hey halogen1212,

let me be the first to say welcome to the forums!

for most northbridges, u don't really need a fan on it. the noise on mine bothered me too, so i just took it off. haven't had any problems.

as for the gc68, i'm currently running it, and while it takes a little elbow grease to get the heat sink on, i didn't find it necessary to bend the clip prior to attatching. you definately need to use a screwdriver to attatch it. just make sure u use one that fits into the clip well, so that it won't slip and damage your mb.

hope this helps.

lordbob99

 

[Halogen1212]

Thanks for the welcome, lordbob99! That's nice to know that the northbridge fan is not really needed. Thanks for the help!