noisy chipset fan

**moosemil91** · February 6th, 2009, 12:28 PM

Hello, I have disciovered a noisy ASUS chipset fan on my pc. I want to remove the cover of the fan It's for a A8N-SLI MB. It sound as if the blades are rubbing on the cover. How do I remove the cover? there are no screws.

thanks for your help.

**stroyal** · February 6th, 2009, 01:04 PM

Is this your board? Is there a decal covering the screws?

It's probably not hitting the cover, more likely it is dust or a bad bearing

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**JPMiller** · February 6th, 2009, 01:51 PM

In my experience, you can "bandaid" a small northbridge fan all you want, but it is too small to actually ever work well period.
I suggest replacing it altogether with a fanless option.
Newegg.com - ZALMAN ZM-NB47J Aluminum Heatsinks only - Memory & Chipset Cooling
as long as your case has relatively decent airflow this will more than suffice

**moosemil91** · February 7th, 2009, 02:52 PM

Hello, I wonder if somebody can help me. I have a A8N-SLI mb with a noisy fan sometimes the fan sound like it's rubbing against the cover. I would like to remove the cover to get access to the fan to clean it and oil it and to let it run without the cover. I feel that would be a temporary solution until I get a new fan. The cover has no screws . Is there a way I could remove the cover without moving the fan from the mb? I asked this question yesterday but I did not get the answer I was looking for. I would appreciate if someone could give me an answer.
Thanks .

**RicheemxX** · February 7th, 2009, 02:54 PM

Threads merged, please don't double post
-Rich

**Atomic Rooster** · February 7th, 2009, 02:57 PM

Unfortunately, you'll need to remove the entire motherboard to get at the fan. The pins holding it to the motherboard need to be compressed from the bottom in order to remove them. Since you'll need to go that far, it would be best to buy a new cooling solution such as the one JPMiller suggested.