How to loose the heatpipes on UD3P or DFI UT P45

[technut36]

Hey guys I really like these two boards, especially the UD3P (lower price). The problem is that I want to put them in a Lian Li PCV2100B Case, in which the motherboard is oriented upside down.The mobo cannot dissipate from those pipe efficiently when it is upside down.

Any suggestions on what I can do with the UD3P or the DFI UT P45 to completely loose the heat pipe and provide my own cooling.

thanks bros!

[zsamz_]

you can take the heatpipes off easy but lose warranty
once you take the screws out they will know
i took the heatpipes off mine:eek:
i dont buy no gigabut board no more :down:

[Cooper]

Hey guys I really like these two boards, especially the UD3P (lower price). The problem is that I want to put them in a Lian Li PCV2100B Case, in which the motherboard is oriented upside down.The mobo cannot dissipate from those pipe efficiently when it is upside down.

Any suggestions on what I can do with the UD3P or the DFI UT P45 to completely loose the heat pipe and provide my own cooling.

thanks bros!

have you actually tested this ? Heatpipe with copillary inner structure works despite it's orientation.

[Plan.B]

The mobo cannot dissipate from those pipe efficiently when it is upside down.


this is one of those cooling myths that won't die


Heatpipe with copillary inner structure works despite it's orientation.

+1.

[technut36]

have you actually tested this ? Heatpipe with copillary inner structure works despite it's orientation.


this is one of those cooling myths that won't die



+1.



Guys I have never tested this. I talk to DFI support and they told me I cannot use it upside down, it will overheat. The dude said I shouldn't use any board with heatpipes in upside down orientation.

I am really hoping that u guys tell me that its ok to use the UD3P upside down without heating issues.

If you look at the mobo upside down, NB is the higher point connected to the point, so since heat rises, it will collect at the north bride, which will blow for overclocking.

HELP!!!

[Plan.B]

I used the DFI LP UT P35 in an upside-down setup for a long time, overclocked, with no heat issues. Then I wanted to watercool the northbridge, so I: cut the heatpipes right at the southbridge hs, and re-mounted the stock southbridge hs with good thermal paste; cut the heatpipes right at the mosfet hs, and re-mounted stock mosfet hs with good thermal paste (ground down hs feet slightly for better contact); and mounted mcw30 to northbridge. I ran it in this config for a long time, overclocked, with no problems. When I cut the heatpipes there was nothing inside the pipe - no liquid. I didn't see any wick or wick structure inside the pipe either, but I could be wrong because when I cut the pipe it deformed the pipe. If there is no liquid inside they are not true heat-pipes, so maybe it really just spreads the heat around among the three heatsinks, by conducting heat through the pipe itself (and not the evaporative & condensing action of the liquid in the pipe). That's all I know, I could be wrong. I would try it first, with stock cooling, in the upside down position and see what happens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe

[Asgard_thor]

have a fan pushing up?
problem solved