Nforce4 Zalman Passive/Active 1/2 speed fan mod

germanjulian · Feb 3, 2006, 08:13 PM

Yes its retro but it works great

I been crying out my eyes. New system, I like it quiete, the Zalman passive northbridge gets to hot to touch.. so needed some active cooling. Thanks to the mobo layout (which is great by the way) and the HUGE Zalman CPU cooler I just could not get a 80mm or 120mm fan positioned in such a way to cool the beast :bang head

So I looked around and found the original northbridge cooler which I attached to a fan speed controller... full speed = to loud could hear it over other fans... half speed pushed good air and was drowned out by the 120mm fans etc. mhhhhh

started thinking... saw some cardboard.... saw some sticky tape....

where did the fan go??

here it is

:santa:

heheh gonna fix that sticking out sticky tape. Its secure and the fan won't come of nor will the paper. I pushed the cables into the fan grills. Fan running at half speed...

the northbridge is a little warmer then my finger

Lets OC some more

For my system and full size pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/germanj...7594056481853/

Lowfat · Feb 3, 2006, 09:33 PM

doesn't look like it will work all that well because the airflow isn't directed at all.

germanjulian · Feb 3, 2006, 09:41 PM

? the fan is on top of the heatsink and cover it pretty much.. when I put my finger behind it I feel air moving... its not hot any more and its not loud

it works

Feb 3, 2006, 08:13 PM	#1
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	Nforce4 Zalman Passive/Active 1/2 speed fan mod Yes its retro but it works great I been crying out my eyes. New system, I like it quiete, the Zalman passive northbridge gets to hot to touch.. so needed some active cooling. Thanks to the mobo layout (which is great by the way) and the HUGE Zalman CPU cooler I just could not get a 80mm or 120mm fan positioned in such a way to cool the beast :bang head So I looked around and found the original northbridge cooler which I attached to a fan speed controller... full speed = to loud could hear it over other fans... half speed pushed good air and was drowned out by the 120mm fans etc. mhhhhh started thinking... saw some cardboard.... saw some sticky tape.... where did the fan go?? here it is :santa: heheh gonna fix that sticking out sticky tape. Its secure and the fan won't come of nor will the paper. I pushed the cables into the fan grills. Fan running at half speed... the northbridge is a little warmer then my finger Lets OC some more For my system and full size pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/germanj...7594056481853/ __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Feb 3, 2006, 09:33 PM	#2
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	doesn't look like it will work all that well because the airflow isn't directed at all. __________________

Feb 3, 2006, 09:41 PM	Thread Starter #3
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	? the fan is on top of the heatsink and cover it pretty much.. when I put my finger behind it I feel air moving... its not hot any more and its not loud it works __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\