hehe.. try this.. remove the nbridge fan from the heatsink. Put an 80mm fan on top of you vid card, facing the nbridge heatsink. Problem solved. I did the same to my GF3, only the 80mm fan is resting on top of my sound card, facing up into the GF3. (there are two empty slots b/n my sound and AGP card) I made 'feet' for the fan by taking zip ties and lacing them through the screw holes on the fan. If you put the fan on a table, it sits about a 1/2" off the table. If you put your hand next to the AGP card, you can feel the air rushing out from all around it. (I'm using panaflo L1A 80mm's.)
p.s. at 12v, you can hear them. At 5v, you can't, but your PC will crash. I'm going to use a rheostat, or perhaps wire it up to run at 7v... Eventually I'm going to w/c it!
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my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled...
486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive
Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course
16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem
Windows XP (think about it)
Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan
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