SouthBridge heatsink

[randy66]

A7N8X 2.0 the south bridge gets really hot , I have good ventilation with my chieftec case (5 fans) 2 front blowing in , 1 side blowing in , 2 rear out and antec true 430 fan helping to blow out.
I'm using a 2500 Barton (11x200) with slk800u w/TT smart fan II
should I be at all concerned about the South Bridge Temp
?? . Cant hold my finger on more than 20 seconds (ouch)
passive cooler ?? chipset HSF ?? or don't worry ??
thanks much
p.s. m/board temp fine 27-28°c ,CPU usually around
38-40°c load ,25-26° ambient

 

[TKH]

Just get an heatsink from an old VGA card, size 30mmx30mm. It fits perfectly on the SB chip and no maore overheat SB. The easiest way to diagnose the overheating SB is to use the nForce APU. If you experience crackling and/or statics interruption after intensive period of gaming/heavy duty software, your SB chip is overheating. If you never experience any problem, then you are fine but still I reckon to put a heatsink onto it.

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[stupid_tech_geek]

I have the same problem. How could you mount the heatsink without damageing the board?

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[TKH]

Easy, use thermal tape.

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[stupid_tech_geek]

Cool. can you suggest where I might get some? Thanks

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[TKH]

Where are you from? I think you can get them easily online.

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[stupid_tech_geek]

Delaware,USA. What web sites could you recommend?

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[TKH]

I don't shop online, and I'm in Melbourne, Australia; you can try googling around, if you want to look for it locally, 3M manufactures thermal tape, maybe ask for it at some hardware store or electronic store???

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[TKS]

Go to <A HREF="http://Pricewatch.com" target="_new">http://Pricewatch.com</A> and search for 'thermal tape' You should find multiple sites from which to purchase it. <A HREF="http://jongrieve.net/gallery/a7n8x_nb/" target="_new">This</A> should be interesting also...it's your motherboard...someone decided to chronicle themselves swapping the northbridge cooler to southbridge and then purchase a new northbridge cooler. Hope this helps.

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