I just bought the Shuttle AK31A motherboard (KT266a)chipset. When I first saw the north bridge fan it looked like a cheap file of garbage and after it started buzzing a week later I was right!! I ...

This fucking chipset cooler is too damn loud. It was whiny as hell so I decided to remove the cover grill, exposing the fan. Even with it off, it's too loud and clearly the loudest component in my box ...