Ok, so I came home last night and found my PC was off and wouldn't turn back on. Naturally I figured it was the power supply so I took the power supply apart and I could definately smell smoke. I went and got a replacement power supply today and it booted just fine. But I opened up the PC and noticed that the fan on my motherboard doesn't run anymore. So I guess my question is, do I really need that fan to run? If so, is there any way of replacing that fan without replacing the entire motherboard?

My motherboard is MSI MS-6380E @ 133mhz bus

8/12/2005 3:44:05 PM

When you say "fan on the motherboard" are you talking about the one on the CPU? if so, yes you need that fan and its easy to replace.

8/12/2005 3:45:32 PM

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8/12/2005 3:49:22 PM

^^ No, not the CPU fan, my mobo actually came with a fan mounted to it as well.

^ I was afraid of that, is there anyway to just replace that fan?

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8/12/2005 3:56:51 PM

Yes. unscrew it and take it Intrex or whatever.



Dont try BB or CC. They wont have it. You need a PC repair shop or http://www.neweggorsomeonetheronlinemerchant.com

8/12/2005 3:58:46 PM

shit that means my 2nd trip to intrex in 2 days

8/12/2005 4:02:50 PM

I'm supprised your motherboard will boot with the fan not working.

8/12/2005 4:46:14 PM

on that board i'd just replace it with the zalman passive heatsink - no more fan trouble

8/12/2005 5:36:03 PM