OvKillz Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 I took off my stock chipset fan and jsut left it with the chipset heatsink, it dosnt get too hot does it? The noise was driving me insane. Its a Intel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Ummmm...yea...you might want to put that fan back on and deal with it until you can buy a new fan. That heatsink wasn't designed be used without a fan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 If the motherboard came installed with passive cooling, leave the passive cooling on (same thing with active cooling) B) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 ( so basically put your fan back on ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 lol, just "borrow" a friends fan.....i did Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousfigure Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 well 845 chip set doesnt really get that hot so you could cool it with passive cooling most newer built by intel boards do not have fans on the chipsets Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 The 845 chip will run fine with just about any heatsink on it, passive or active. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvKillz Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 Yea i thought cuz its the stock, its there for a reason but it didnt really get that hot so i just left it off, what do you all mean by passive cooling? So i can jsut leave it off with the stock heatsink? Cuz its like hurricane in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 lol, just "borrow" a friends fan.....i did i'm usually on the reciving end of that yeah, if it comes with a fan leave it on, it's there for a reason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 two options: 1) buy a replacement fan - hopefully you can find out the noise rating a buy a good one 2) buy a BETTER passive heatsink active heatsink = chunk of metal with a fan on it passive heatsink = chunk of metal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvKillz Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 O, but it isnt safe to leave it just the stock heatsink then. lol (looking for an excuse to take it off, its seriously gone too loud) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted September 28, 2004 Posted September 28, 2004 Yeah, you will either want either active or passive cooling. But not active cooling which you turned into passive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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