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- May 10, 2013
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- Motherboard
- GA-Z87X-UD7 TH
- CPU
- Haswell i7 4770K
- Graphics
- EVGA GTX 770 4GB SC
- Mac
- Classic Mac
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Does anyone have these boards and experiencing the North/South Bridge on board fan noise? Have you found a solution to the noise? if so, how did you do it???
I called gigabyte, they were nice and explained a lot. basically the boards are cooled by a heat sink with embedded fans, the north bridge is connected to the CPU and if that over heats it will send a command for the board to shut down before any damage is done. The south bridge however, is not connected to the overheat shutdown command, so if i unplug the fan and the board gets too hot, there will be damage. gigabyte would not tell me the temperature threshold and will not provide that information.
I could water-cool the north bridge and hope that it keeps the fans from revving up, but i am wondering if anyone has found a better solution. gigabyte told me if i unplug those fans and the board overheats they will know and i will lose my warranty privileges.
I called gigabyte, they were nice and explained a lot. basically the boards are cooled by a heat sink with embedded fans, the north bridge is connected to the CPU and if that over heats it will send a command for the board to shut down before any damage is done. The south bridge however, is not connected to the overheat shutdown command, so if i unplug the fan and the board gets too hot, there will be damage. gigabyte would not tell me the temperature threshold and will not provide that information.
I could water-cool the north bridge and hope that it keeps the fans from revving up, but i am wondering if anyone has found a better solution. gigabyte told me if i unplug those fans and the board overheats they will know and i will lose my warranty privileges.