Chipset fan/cooling

rastagard · 12-07-2003, 10:54 AM

My fan that cools the chipset (not the CPU) has a small heatsink, or something attached to it. I had to clean the fan cause it started making a racket, and there was a "patch" attached to the heatsink or whatever, (it looks like corrugated radiator fins, hollow for air circulation, but with a flat back for good contact to the chipset) I am wondering if I should replace this patch with thermal grease, or leave well enough alone. I believe this is the Intel equivelent of thermal grease, it is a small square that is some sort of space age material, that is hard to describe. But it seems pretty well intact. It was installed with the MoBo, Abit IS7 w/ P4 2.6 gig HT.

ABOU · 12-07-2003, 01:02 PM

i also have a smal heatsink and fan on my chipset and personaly i wouldnt touch it fo rfear of F**king it up i would leave it well alone but maybe LP mite ahve some betta advice for U

Cirga · 12-08-2003, 01:27 PM

Is it running really hot Rasta? I wouldnt bother with it if its running well. Why create a problem if there isnt something to fix eh? hehe

Just a thought anywhoo... And you are right.. that is a thermal grease compound of some sort.

12-07-2003, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
rastagard Humble Idiot Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,271	Chipset fan/cooling My fan that cools the chipset (not the CPU) has a small heatsink, or something attached to it. I had to clean the fan cause it started making a racket, and there was a "patch" attached to the heatsink or whatever, (it looks like corrugated radiator fins, hollow for air circulation, but with a flat back for good contact to the chipset) I am wondering if I should replace this patch with thermal grease, or leave well enough alone. I believe this is the Intel equivelent of thermal grease, it is a small square that is some sort of space age material, that is hard to describe. But it seems pretty well intact. It was installed with the MoBo, Abit IS7 w/ P4 2.6 gig HT.

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12-07-2003, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
ABOU Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NORTHERN IRELAND Posts: 460	i also have a smal heatsink and fan on my chipset and personaly i wouldnt touch it fo rfear of F**king it up i would leave it well alone but maybe LP mite ahve some betta advice for U