Asus A8n-E chip fan failure

[detrunks]

Hi,

I have a fan failure on the motherboard, but I'm not sure what the fan is for. It's the silver one so I'm assuming it is for the chipset. Do I need to fix it?

Thanks

 

[vnf4ultra]

Without the fan the chipset is likely to overheat when you stress the computer. If it overheats too much it could kill the motherboard. You may try contacting ASUS as I believe I heard that they would "give" users a replacement fan if the user would pay shipping. If that is no longer the case, you could replace it with a cooler like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108072

 

[detrunks]

thanks mate - I'll get it replaced