Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard?

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2016/10/15 16:19:10 (permalink)
Howdy, 
 
The small Northbridge fan on my X58 motherboard basically sounds like an old prop plane at this point -- I've tried to tighten the screws, put a little padding in as I thought it was the housing vibrating, but I think the fan itself is just super loud. The board performs fine, and has for years, but if possible I'd like a replacement for the fan, if you guys even have any left! Otherwise, I've read that you can MacGuyver it with a 40mm fan and some zip ties... or something. 
 
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    EVGATech_BrandonS
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    Re: Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard? 2016/10/15 16:32:03 (permalink)
     
    I'm very sorry to hear about the fan on your motherboard. I'll be sending you an e-mail regarding this problem. 
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    Re: Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard? 2016/10/15 19:13:12 (permalink)
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    I'm very sorry to hear about the fan on your motherboard. I'll be sending you an e-mail regarding this problem. 


    I've got the same problem on both E758 boards I have. I just removed the fan and housing and have a side panel fan blowing across the bare heatsink. So, I'd be interested if you have some sort of solution.

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    Re: Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard? 2016/10/16 02:09:23 (permalink)
    My fan died I hacked an old 970i fan onto it.

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    Re: Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard? 2016/10/18 08:30:09 (permalink)
    I apologize for the delay HeavyHemi; I was out of the office for the weekend and was unable to submit this request. I'll send you an e-mail as well, and we should be able to replace the fans. 
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    Re: Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard? 2016/11/07 10:10:44 (permalink)
    I just found this thread. My fan on my Northbridge is dead. Is there a replacement I can get? 
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    Re: Replacement for northbridge fan on an old X58 SLI motherboard? 2016/11/07 17:14:30 (permalink)
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    I apologize for the delay HeavyHemi; I was out of the office for the weekend and was unable to submit this request. I'll send you an e-mail as well, and we should be able to replace the fans. 


    Thank you very much Brandon. I received the fans and my NB temps dropped 10C under load.

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