North bridge noise

about the NEO2-S
this North bridges fan makes a hell of a noise, is he really nesseary if i don't overclock at all ? because in all later models MSI didn't put on a north birdge active cooling...
my machine is working intesively but no overclocking is being made.
i saw some threads about it here, but is there any official or something close to it from MSI saying this usless ( but sure is beautiful ) fan can be removed without any risk ?
thanks

remove the FAN only, don't remove the entire heatsink!
MSI won't give you any official answer. The heatsink without the fan is sufficient for normal cooling, provided your chassis is well air-ventilated.

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Tought the MEGA PC isnt quiet enough, seems to be the North Brige fan who always goes on the same speed. One tougth is the following;
Is a Zalman North Bridge Heatsink good enough to replace the North Bridge fan on a MEGA PC? It seems to be enougt height if you skip the idea of a secondary IDE drive. Or are there some better 3rd party noise killer fans available for the North Bridge?
Your opinions pleese?

Wonkanobody writes:
your using onboard vga thats in that chip so it really needs active cooling
I also have this noise complaint, and I use a separate AGP card (ATI AIW 9000). the Video card is already rather quite.
Does this mean I can easily remove the fan when I do not use on-board VGA. Does the chip really need a fan?

North Bridge Temp by SpeedFan 4.09

I tried using MBM to check my temperatures but it seemed to give me wrong readings. Now I am using SpeedFan 4.09 to check my temperatures.
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1. I believe NB in SpeedFan stands for North Bridge. Is that correct?
2. Is this temperature for the my board being measured correctly? Read from some other posts that sometimes the temperature measured maybe wrong.
3. If correct, how can I cool down my North Bridge? For CPU, we have the HSF. For the system, we have intake and exhaust fans.
My correct temperature readings:
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This is very interesting.
I turned my 12 cm ball bearings fan for the front to become an exhaust fan. So my system is now with 2 pieces of 12 com ball bearing fans, no intake fan.
After doing some normal light work and copying of huge files from my system to my external usb 2 hard disk (noticed before that the temp goes up when I do this), the temperature is still very nice. Here's the temp:
1. CPU: 32 to 42.0, Mean 40 deg C
2. System: 31 to 40, Mean = 38.9 deg C
2. NB: 53 to 57, Mean = 53.7 deg C
My cpu and system temp are now almost the same. The next best thing is that the system is much cooler now, by about 4 deg C.

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Hello to everyone!!!! :biggthumbsup:I have one small query!Recently i installed creative soundblaster audigy 2 zs pci card onto my pc.Some days later i observed that the (6?) leds on the north bridge fan didn't work and so do now.
Is there an explanation for that?I also did a format before the installation of the sound card,however, i don't know which is the reason
Can anyone solve my query?Thank you very much!!!!

That technician is trying to pull you off by giving these irrelavent reasons.
Yes, the sound will be disabled if a PCI sound card is added in, but what has it got to do with the NB Fan . Your technician really beats me to this point... as I've never come across anybody giving such an excuse before
It's good that you RMA the mobo instead of going back to that technician again ... He got to start brushing up on things like this

Can/Should the North Bridge thermal paste be replaced ????

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I have a 865PE Neo2 LS and I was wondering if anyone have replaced the thermal paste bettwen the North Bridge chipset and it's cooler? I'm asking because I bought the Ceramique, a very good thermal compound from Artic Silver (http://www.arcticsilver.com/ceramique.htm), and I applyed it to my CPU. It gives me 42 degrees Celsius in CoreCenter at full load. My CPU is a 2.6 GHz and nothing is overclocked. So, I was wondering if I could apply it to the North Bridge.
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Regards,

I just installed the gold Zalman NB HS with Arctic Silver 5 and a paper clip. Here's how it works:
If you get a big paper clip [standard large office size] and flatten it out and then re-purpose it into the appropriate springy shape with with needle-nose pliers, you can make your own retention spring. It's a bit tricky getting it tightened up properly and sticking the pliers in there is not for the fumble-fingered -- I have to admit that my wife was doing some of the precision work at the end -- but my system has no complaints 20 minutes later with Arctic Silver in there.
I used a needlenose set of pliers (precise twisting), a standard pair of pliers (general flattening), and the wire cutters on the needlenose pliers (because the flat paper clip is much too long).
Now all I have to do is shut that darned video card up and I should be doing pretty well.
Hope it helps! (and that I've not steered you wrong as it's only been working for 20 minutes thus far...)
::Kaze (goes to run a stress test)

KT4 Ultra MB: Replacing the AGP 8X North Bridge Fan

Opened a friend's PC this afternoon to add an ethernet card and 1Gb memory and unsurprisingly found it was dust-bound. Whilst attemtping to clean the north bridge fan (45mm AGP 8X) I noticed it wasn't turning very freely - in fact it wouldn't turn at all when I powered it back up. Trouble is I haven't a clue how to remove it to replace it! This tiny fan appears to have two diagonally opposed spring-loaded pins, the other diagonal having two miniscule screws which just keep turning, but not releasing anything.
I realise this is a very old board, but can anyone suggest how to remove this fan? Just a thought; I imagine this fan has not been working properly (at all?) for sometime - so is a replacement vital?
Thanks for reading this.

You know when you have a toothache but you get to the dentist there's no sign of pain - well this chipset fan has started to work again!
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North bridge fan & SFAN1

How come when i plug my fan onto SFAN1 i can view its RPM in the bios under North Bridge Fan BUT CoreCenter still reads 0rpm. Also, is it possible to have Cool N' QUiet control SFAN1, PWFAN1, and PWFAN2??

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Bubble on CPU and on North Bridge

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Apple's Hardware Warranty states the warranty does not apply...
d) to damage caused by service (including upgrades and expansions) performed by anyone who is not a representative of Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider
Section 2 - "The Plan does not Cover" of the AppleCare agreement states...
Plan, if Damage due to accident, abuse, neglect, misuse (including faulty installation, repair, or maintenance by anyone other than Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider)
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Did all KT6-FISR have north bridge fan

I've just bought a KT6-FISR brand new. The first thing I've noticed is that the north bridge has a heat sink on it, but no fan. Neither is there a fan in the box.
Did all KT6-FISR have a north bridge fan as standard?
Is it fitted onto the heatsink on delivery, or does the user have to fit it?
I'm just wondering whether it has been taken from the box by 'someone' at the computer shop.

I depends on what MSI included in that particular bundle as it isn't the same for every board the SR/LSR I know probably wouldn't have it the FISR could have it though still doubtful only the top of the rung FIS2R would be the one that should have it no questions asked. Now the heatsink on fanless boards will do just fine the fan is tiny noisy at times, and isn't needed in fact I'm replacing my northbridge HSF with a Zalman fanless one.

MSI 890FXA-GD65 North Bridge Temperatures

Hi there I have recently purchased the MSI 890FXA-GD65 for a new build. The thing that suprises me is that the temps on the North Bridge are very random. It normaly stays in the 55 C- 65 C range, but it is constantly jumping up and down in a matter of seconds. For example it goes from 58C to 65C in a second and then could drop to 55C the next second and after that could jump to 70C and it just continues playing. I am wondering if anyone else has the same issue with the readings and what could be the cause of ti?

I am waiting for a memory at the moment. However the airflow in my case is more than adequate, GPU idles at 30C and does not exceed 50 under load with the fan at 25% of the max speed. The CPU is well cooled with no fans on the heatsink (Thermalright Black 120), idling at 25C and going to 45C under load and overclocked. The RAM modules are very cool on touch as well and my MB shows constant temperature of 28C - 30C. I think its something wrong with the diode, because there is no way that the temp would jump from 55 to 70 in a second and the next second to come back down to 60. I was just wondering if someone else has similar thing with their mobo. I have got 3 year warranty on it so I am not that worried about it, plus it is not crashing or anything, its just the readings.
P.S. I forgot to mention that this is not detected as NB on any program. Instead on AIDA64 shows up as AUX temperature, and on HW Monitor comes up as TMPIN1, but I read it corresponds to NB usually. Plus this is the warmest part on touch.

North Bridge - TMPIN1 Temps High

HW Monitor is reporting the TMPIN1 is @ 76 °C on the MSI Big Bang Xpower mobo. I am not sure but I think it is the North Bridge. Should the temperature be that high? I am not OCing, I just have the computer on and do not have any programs running besides the HW Monitor. It has been on for 15 minutes and the TMPIN1 is @ 76 °C. The case I am using is Lian Li PC-B25FWB which has 5 fans which should be cool enough. The temp on the CPU is averaging 31 °C. I plan on OCing and do not want to fry the mobo, what can I do to fix this? I just purchased the mobo a week ago, I probably can return it.

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I spend a while trying to remove the purple paste that was stuck on the north bridge last night. Applied some Arctic 5 and the average temp on the north bridge is 60 °C. Not great but a lot better then before. I would say MSI has an issue with the paste they use for the north bridge.
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The bottom line to all this is rather simple & based on Intel's Thermal & Design Guide for their chip. If the IOH temp doesn't hit 95C Tcontrol at full load for a continual sustained period of time (on a daily basis), it should never be a problem or potential issue concerning component longevity or data loss or corruption.
The last thing desired with this response, is to start an argument or debate in your thread. There is no specific issue or functional/operational problem with your board is there? In your case, an aftermarket CPU cooling solution has been used. That loss of passive air to the surrounding components sometimes needs to be addressed depending on the use of the system. OC'ing, hardware configuration, can all have an impact with individual components & inside the case temps. One must follow what they think is best for their individual systems, not what some folks would post & present as a problem or issue when there is none.

MSI Eclipse north bridge temp

MSI Eclipse north bridge temp [room temp 19C]
1/ GreenPower Default >60C [6 CPU APS LED]
2/ GreenPower Optimize 75C [2 CPU APS LED]
3/ GreenPower Max Power Saving 80C [2 CPU APS LED]
why is it with Max Power Saving ,north bridge temp is highest.
please enlight me

Hi!
Check my post here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=122469.0
I haven't tried experimenting with power savings yet.

North bridge toothpaste removed

hello all, lately i faced unformal problems, as auto restart with blue screen or freeze, wich cause to loose my works, till now it's about 30 times of this random error, with same psu and same settings b4 i ddn't faced this problem, until i remebere now that i removed the toothpaste gel on the northbridge chip, do u think it's the problem, if yes what can i put instead?
thanx in advance.

http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm
And now, the ostriches running in the horse race.
The toothpaste is... well, it's toothpaste, all right? Requests for me to also test brand name pastes and/or Tartar Control and stripey variants will be treated with all the respect they deserve.
Vegemite, on the other hand, is an Australian thing.
For those who haven't tried it (as food, not as thermal compound), it's not as weird as you might have heard. Even I, an Aussie raised on the stuff who puts enough on his sandwiches that the type of bread being used becomes difficult to determine, can appreciate that even a smear of Vegemite on a cracker may be a pretty intense culinary experience for people unaccustomed to the distinctive flavour of concentrated yeast extract. But there are most definitely worse things.
But in the short term, and assuming you don't bridge any contacts with it (it's sufficiently conductive to cause problems), it would seem that toothpaste works just fine as thermal compound. If you're almost out of genuine thermal goop, can't get any more right away, and know you're going to be reseating a processor cooler umpteen times as you fool around with whatever it is with which you are fooling around - well, you can probably make do with toothpaste.

North bridge fan

Seems like the nb fan on my neo2 is always running at it's top speed (~5200 rpm). It should throttle down to a lower speed at times, shouldn't it?
Thanks.

Well I discovered through the process of elimination that the nb fan at 100% is really not that loud and thus wasn't the source of all this damn fan noise. It's my evga 6800gt that's relatively quite loud. Any suggestions?

MSI K9A Platinum north bridge cooler options

Hi just got mt MSI board and wondering if any one has opinion on updateing northbridge south bridge coolers also planning to put board in a HTPC case any opinions on useing zalman 8000 cpu cooler and should i go crossfire with my x1650xt video card now or wait for the new ati cards

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