Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:14:56 AM
After struggling with one for a while that was actually forcing me to significantly underclock my machine, I finally said heck with it and took the HSF off the NB.
Prior to removal, with the Abit-OEM HSF, temp at idle hung 58 to 60 C (with memory running at 100 DDR = 200Mhz instead of the 133/266 that it should be running at. Now that the HSF is completely off, and I wiped some of the goop away that they'd caked on there, it's currently running at 64C (having *just* stopped playing an online fps game).
So, the stock HSF is worth a measly 5 degrees C? That's awful. Anyway, I ordered a zalman passive cooler that, with shipping, is $10. I'll let you know if it makes any difference. Kinda weird having a cpu that's cooled just fine, and a Northbridge that will crash my system because of temperature if I don't underclock my memory speeds
Edit - I just put the side back on the case, and the temperature is down another 4 degrees Celsius (assumedly because now the Case fan is actively sucking the hot air from the nearby northbridge out instead of letting it sit there). So, 60 degrees and holding steady. booooooo on ABIT - they should be ashamed of themselves. Is this standard fare? I've never had to stress about northbridge cooling before this mobo (KD7A)...
neye
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