I can't stand it any longer...I have to know....what is the little fan that is mounted on this mobo cooling???
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I can't stand it any longer...I have to know....what is the little fan that is mounted on this mobo cooling???
The Motherboard chipset? :)
I have just put your signature to the test, Ridgerunr!! So that's where the chipset is!! Duh....!!
No prob stevejr,glad to help... :)
To be even more specific it is cooling the chipset "Northbridge" chip, which is what handles data transfer between the various buses for the most part. There is also a "Southbridge" chip which mainly handles I/O, but that one doesn't get hot enough to require any form of active cooling.
Before I built this new system, I did a lot of reading and read about the 'northbridge','southbridge' chipsets but I never actually read where there was a cooling fan involved...and I didn't put the two things together....now I know....thanks.