Myself at least, always try to use as little vcore as possible at the wanted speed. Start at 1.35 and use less after making sure it's stable.
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Myself at least, always try to use as little vcore as possible at the wanted speed. Start at 1.35 and use less after making sure it's stable.
Like Ben said way back, somewhere before page 1000 of this thread, a setting of 1.2875 in the BIOS gives you 1.34V vcore - and that's right in the middle of the AMD-recommended normal range (1.3 - 1.4)Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
This thread is WAY too good not to read every bit of it...just wish someone would edit it into sub-threads...hell, let's make a whole new web site out of it :)
why would ASUS set their default Vcore value to a value higher then the rated value?...sounds like I better lower my 1.425 Vcore...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
no idea, but my 3800x2 defaults to 1.425. that will not hurt it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
Not sure we really needed another thread for this but to each their own. But the info is pretty good and consolidates alot of what's on this one. We will have splintered into 10 different threads working out all the same issues before long.
Speaking of that did you guys see that there is a thread on the 903 bios out now? Not on the asus site but was found on someones board so it may be official and not beta. Could be a little more stable and possibly fix some of the issues we have been having.
Flashing to 903 did the trick for me. Now I have a WD2500KS in SATA 1 by itself and a pair of WD800JBs IDE w/SATA adapters in 3 & 4 running RAID 0..all works fine (up yours ASUS "you can't do that!" tech support)Quote:
Originally Posted by cronic
Did some quick speed tests with hdtach and the HD part of pcmark05...my old pair of IDE drives in RAID0 are almost exactly the same performance, including CPU utilization of 4% (nvdia IDE) as the single SATA II drive. Now I'm wondering what a pair of SATA II drives will do...onwards and upwards.
Perhaps even i can install the OS on the pair of SataII drives finally. Time to flash.
X2 Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 SATA II Raid 0Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
HD tach V3.0.1.0
Quick bench- 8MB zones
Ramdom access 13.5ms
CPU util 7% (+/- 2%)
Average read 97.6MB/s
Burst read 218.2MB/S
Edit. long bench- 32MB zones
Ramdom access 12.9ms
CPU util 4% (+/- 2%)
Average read 101.4MB/s
Burst read 216.7MB/S
what do u get on a single drive
Nice Average...I get this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus...
http://www.pbase.com/image/53649163/original.jpg
I got this with my 2x raptors on my a8n-sli deluxe any one with the same config but with the a8n32-sli care to compare?
Did you run the proper program to enable 3gb/s?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus...
I get much better scores with 2 Hitachi T7k250 Sata 3gb/s.
This is the red line after I enabled 3g/s
On the same system you may see my results with 1.5gb/s.
This is the blue line with my T7K250 at factory settings.
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/mloupos/sata2v1.png
No - want prog is that:am:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marios
I do not remember the URL and I am not on my PC now.
I downloaded from Hitachi.
You run it from a bootable floppy disk.
You must enable both 3g/s and the spread something (you get no info on this whether it is enabled or not by default).
thanks for that , was on their site ATM :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marios
Big thanks for that again 'Marios' - I remenber reading it know in a review when I was selecting what hardware to get - and then forgot:am:
X2 Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 SATA II Raid 0
HD tach V3.0.1.0
Quick bench- 8MB zones
Ramdom access 12.8ms
CPU util 10% (+/- 2%)
Average read 103.9MB/s
Burst read 326.3MB/S - better then SCSI ultra320
Edit. long bench- 32MB zones
Ramdom access 12.9ms
CPU util 6% (+/- 2%)
Average read 104.3MB/s
Burst read 306.5.7MB/S
:D
Hi Guys,
Not sure if anyone here has experienced this or if it's actually something which has a very simple answer but;
I have 2x Maxtor 300gb 6V300F0 SATAII drives which I bought for my new A8N32 build, yet with both bios 703,805 and 903 when I raid them I am completely unable to partiton them as part of the Win setup.
The bios sees them fine, the F6 setup sees them fine and confirms the space, but when trying to then partition them in the windows setup it just says "please wait" and then drops me back to the main partitioning screen after having done nothing.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Scott C
Sweet
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott C
Did u use the 'F10' on the boot screen to build the raid array ?
Hiya,Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus...
Yeah, array is built and set to bootable, but regardless of what i've tried (other than swapping drives over which would be a nightmare as the only spare ones I have are being used so I can troubleshoot now :p) nothing seems to want to work.
It's XP-32 with SP2 slipstreamed or XP-64 SP1, it will just not let me make any partitions, both drives seem to work fine individually so I just don't get it
Thanks,
Scott
Did u use the right drivers at the F6 promt when widows is booting ie NOT the Silicon Image ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott C
Hiya,Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus...
I used both the Nvidia Raid and Nvidia Storage, something along those lines. What the A8N32 CD produces :)
Thanks,
Scott
:confused: strange worked for me - but others have had issues setting up a raid array tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Scott C
For those of you having trouble with raid.
which drivers are you guys using for the raid setup? what's the version on the floppy?
MSWORKS3U_1 (well thats what it labels the floppy)Quote:
Originally Posted by safan80
Hiya,Quote:
Originally Posted by safan80
I believe the drivers are "IDE SATA RAID driver version 5.52" which are part of the nForce4 AMD/Intel X16 driver package
Scott
Maybe once the Nvidia driver is installed but I think 'safan80' is on about the ones u install the OS with with the F6 keyQuote:
Originally Posted by Scott C
Can someone with this board disabled all ide controllers and let me know if they show up in device manager?
Thanks to you guys I spent 2 days trying to find this board here in sweden... Guess what? Today I found one of the very few left. It was the last one they had in stock at Optimistic Solutions and they didn't think they would get anymore until february.... I haven't seen them in stock anywhere else either so I am pretty happy ATM.... :woot:
Without this thread I most likely would've gone for the A8N-Sli Premium... So thank you all... :D
There are still some bugs to work out on the board but congrats!! What's the weather like over there?Quote:
Originally Posted by koSmiQ
On a side note I just got my new 4400 X2 so we'll see if it will reach 3gig on the Mach II...
I can live with some minor bugs. I am not going to raid anything anyway so I will get past a few there...
Well right now there is about -7 degrees celcius outside, 10cm snow and today it rained (strange :banana::banana::banana::banana:, was about -4 when that happened, totaly wicked).
Now I only need my new X2 to get here and I will see what this baby can do for real... :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by koSmiQ
Brrrr.. Stick your pc out the window and overclock it.. :D New Orleans is still relatively warm. ~15C
When I lived in Alaska I piped in -50 air into my computer for supercooling. Pretty sweet. Could we say Mother Nature is the ultimate overclocker??
Anyone using the OCZ platinum 2 gig ddr 400 (2-3-2-5) kit on this board and if so does 1t work.
There looks to have been two new bios files uploaded to their FTP site, 1009 and 903.
No details that I can see, 903 is pretty well known now but first i've heard of 1009. Might have to give that a try and see if it fixes my raid problems!
Thanks,
Scott
...Quote:
Originally Posted by bigjohns97
I do, but I haven't pushed anything yet. Runs 1:1 at 220 just fine @ 1T with the 2-3-2-5 timings. There's an OCZ tech named Marcus that has this board too. There are a couple of posts by him at Bleedingedge. He has some other OCZ sticks running at 270.Quote:
Originally Posted by chew*
I also tried the recommended OCZ timings for this RAM on the SLI-Premium board ...2.5-3-2-8 as I remember...but like I said, no problems yet at 2-3-2-5.
U got a link for that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott C
Thx cisco greatly aprreciated as its cheaper for me to buy a board that supports this memory than take a chance on another 2 gig kit that will work on the abit at 1t or at all for that matterQuote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
Testing Bios 1009 right now, seems to be as stable as 703, no new features, just general default improvements. ECC is disabled, and the APM page isn't empty anymore. Prime testing @ 2.8Ghz right now.
No warm boot problems so far, at least it's on par with 703, testing higher speeds now.
Just found release notes for this and 903 posted on the ASUS boards...but NOT in the DL section. Posted by someone named "Doc"...trying to find out where he got it...probably translated from German--the German ASUS site always has it's :banana::banana::banana::banana: more together.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
Quote:
[1009 ]
----------------------
1. Fixed System MAC/UUID will sometimes lose when AC Power lost
2. Add AI tuner Option under AI Booster to set Auto or Standard
3. Support changing SATA/RAID mode individually in the Bios
4. Add new memory frequency of 216,233 or 250 MHz no matter memory SPD is(E series support only)
5. Hidden ECC DRAM Support option when DRAM Doesn't support ECC function
6. change OnBoard GLAN1 option "Auto" to "Enable"
7. Adjust PowerManagement Default/power on option
8. Show PowerManagement option at APM option
[ 0903 ]
----------------------
1- Support max CPU frequency to 500MHz
I just ordered this board from newegg.com and they still have some in stock Atm.
Just ordered mine too!
lol let me tell you that ive been trying to get this board for alittle bit now and i finally got one from the egg just 10min ago. i hope it works good with my tccd and fx55. well just have to see
Received my CPU from the US (Monarch) yesterday :)
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7...arge5sw.th.jpg
Stock cooling, auto memory timings and high 27 Seconds 1M Super Pi :banana:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5...7sec0ff.th.jpg
Could anyone please inform me how I can make my Z503 Ballistix's memory timings better as it's not Super Pi 32M stable at the moment :slap: :(
I'll be playing with voltages soon and is this good for an Opteron? :stick:
Egg is out of stock now............
And I am signed for an In Stock Alert email, but none came. Thanks for nothing NewEgg.Quote:
Originally Posted by pcdoc1
Edit: In stock ATM @ Ajump.com for anyone looking still looking to score one. ~$20-25 more than NewEgg with free ground shipping, but $100-$300 less than eBay.
Geeez, I still don't know wtf is up with stock in the USA. Here in Toronto this board is in stock EVERYWHERE.
Yeah I don't understand why they can't keep a steady pace of stock. It's not like one component on there is not being produced or is really expensive to make. The A8N-SLI Del and Premium were both out in readily available quantities if I remember correctly.
And cheaper, eh? Can't remember last time a MB was cheaper up here...if it's ever happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
Here in Vancouver Netlink (NCIX.com) keeps selling out, but they ship to the US also--it's where I got mine... Anitec here also ships to US and usualy has it...
Demand is high but distribution for this thing is weird...like Fry's in the US had it first? What next, Best Buy? :rofl:
it took me 2 months to get the a8n-sli deluxe when it was first out a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nocturnal
whats you setup water or air? Also when kind of temps are you getting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybertronic
europe is even worse, i have the board on order for 6 weeks now and still no clue when i can expect it. went through 100+ UK, german and dutch webshops yesterday and none had it in stock..
maybe i should get it from USA too.. :/
Try CPU/12 and 3-3-2-7, it's what I ran for 280 HTT and that was SPi32M stable. TRFC = 24, Async latency = 11, Read preamble = 9.5. Apparently Optys like a low TRP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybertronic
Stock cooling for now until next year which I'll be using a Storm G4 as I'm waiting for other components to complete my w/cing loop :)Quote:
Originally Posted by safan80
I haven't looked at load temperatues yet but at idle the Opteron is doing arounf 38C with the case temperature at 31C :stick:
Thanks, I'll be trying that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stone_cold_Jimi
What timings and voltages are members here using at 290MHz+ for 2GB Ballistix's? :)
Just wondering to see if I can achieve 10 X 300 1:1 :banana:
If I wasn't OC the CPU, I got 3-3-3-8 manually at 282 HTT 1:1. If that was auto, it would go to 3-5-5-10. Possibly something like 3-4-4-10 or 3-5-4-10? Dunno, I recall having to relax timings a lot beyond 285.
thanks I can't believe I missed this small thumb nail. better late than never! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by qdemn7
Is there a working version of ClockGen for this motherboard? :(
Hi Guys,
I'm a new member of this forum ! :D
My name is Gigi and I write from Italy !
Excuse if I don't speak English very well !
Dear Scott C., I have the same problem with the same hard disk (250GB) Maxtor SATAII 250GB 6V250F0.
I have two hard disk in Raid 0 on Nforce4 SATA II controller and my motherboard is Asus A8N32SLI Deluxe with bios 0703.
When I tried install the Operating System on Raid array (Windows XP Prof. SP2), Windows didn't create the partition on hard disk.
I loose many time for this problem, but now, the unique solution is set the jumper on hard disk in SATA 1 position.
In this mode all runs OK !
I have written to Maxtor support, but I haven't reiceved any response at the moment.
I think that it's a bios problem of M.B. and i hope in a new bios version !
Maybe a firmware revision problem for the hard disk too !
I'm waiting for a last solution.
Gigi
Hi guys,
a little question.
In the same day Asus, in the official site, has released two bios for the A8N32SLI m.b., ( 903 and 1009).
Which is the better for you ?:confused:
I think is the 1009 but I'm not sure.
Gigi
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybertronic
Yeah about 10-15 pages back in the thread. It's not very stable though. Works about %50 of the time. Can hard lock your computer. Fair warning...
I've got another problem now :(
http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/5...i32m8uj.th.jpg
This is on stock cooling for now :)
I've tried the same settings for OCCT and it stops at 6% or more and it's the same if I put my CPU voltage at 1.5V :stick:
The load temperatures are around 46-48C :confused:
Could anyone please tell me what am I doing wrong? :(
Hey ben thanks for the informative thread, just 1 question
Im moving to this board but I have a Thermalright SI-120 and the Corsair LED ram, will it have clearance issues?
thanks in advance
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldy402
the picture by qdemn7 shows that no. I'm going to be putting an xp-120 in mine. however mine is not going to be here until the 28th. As for the ram you'll probably have to put them in the b channel spot rather than the a channel.
edit: I mean that there looks to be no clearance issues.
Another vote for probably not. I have the SI-120 and theres probably an inch of space above my ballistix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aldy402
BIOS 1009 is now officially up at the ASUS site...:banana: :D
A8N32-SLI Deluxe Bios version 1009
1. Fixed System MAC/UUID will sometimes lose when AC Power lost
2. Add AI tuner Option under AI Booster to set Auto or Standard
3. Support changing SATA/RAID mode individually in the Bios
4. Add new memory frequency of 216,233 or 250 MHz no matter memory SPD is(E series support only)
5. Hidden ECC DRAM Support option when DRAM Doesn't support ECC function
6. change OnBoard GLAN1 option "Auto" to "Enable"
7. Adjust PowerManagement Default/power on option
8. Show PowerManagement option at APM option
very nice! I was thinking about getting one of these. but I dont want to pay 300 dollars for one.
~Michael
Yep it's real nice. Using Speedfan, a new Temp shows up. I assume it's the PWM, but not positive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Wow, This is awesome!
I still havn't updated my BIOS to 1009 yet (I'm still using 0805 Beta)...I'm waiting to read people's opinions on it to see if it is a keeper or not....
BIOS 0903 is also up at the ASUS site now as well...
Just wondering ~ Which prefered method are you guys using to flash bios's on this mobo ?
Bios 1009 seems stable but still not able to get my TCCD mem over 200MHz but with Xmas being tomorrow havent had a good chance to give it a good try yet
As for flashing the Bios I have used the floppy and the widows util. floppy is safer but util is quicker (no need to find floppy etc) but if goes wrong the :banana::banana::banana::banana: may hit the fan, if unsure use floppy
I got a DFI Expert yesterday, and according to that both of my CPUs are screwed (although a large pinch of salt is required). If so, my A8N32 might be ok after all. Hope so. It's a really nice mobo and the good BIOS revisions are coming through. I'll have to put it in a pyramid to give it powah lol.
AFUDOS...it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMooN
dosQuote:
Originally Posted by TheMooN
press Alt + F2 during POST and the bios automatically flashes after reading file named A8N32SLI.Rom on floppy.
ASUS Updater (Windows) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMooN
I wouldn't recommend that unless you're 100% sure the system is stable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eluzion
Of course, if you're flashing with floppy, you should be 100% sure the file is not corrupt either, so there's a risk in every method.
is 1009 better then 0903?...seems like people like the 0903 BIOS better at some other forums...any opinions here?
in my BIOS memory configuration settings there is something called "Idle Cycle Limit" and it is set to 16 ...isn't that the same thing as "DRAM Idle Timer" from previous ASUS motherboards?...if so shouldn't that be set to the highest number possible?...in my last motherboard I had that option set to "Infinite"...the BIOS Optimization guide also recommends setting it to Infinite...only thing is that the A8N32 board "Idle Cycle Limit" setting does not have an option to set it at "Infinite"...there are only a series of numbers you can choose from...so should I set this to the highest number option?
hey guys i would like to know how can i do raid 0 with my 2 raptors 74gz at asus a8n32 sli deluxe 1) where i must put the disks and 2) what is the bios settings to do this.
thank you in advance
I just installed 2 x 512mb 7800GTX and have 2gig of ram running on this board with bios 1009.
In bios under system information it is showing 2gig installed but only 1.5gig usable? and in windows under System Properties it says 1.48gig?
WTF is with that!!! :slapass:
Anyone else seeing anything like this.
If memory serves me correctly before I installed the 2 512mb card I think System Info showed 2gig. :confused:
It's a Windows 32-bit thing...you won't get that with XP 64-bit or Vista. It has to do with the video ram occupying, the same address space as the MB ram.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowdog
With 4GB of ram installed and 2X 7800 256's Windows will only report 2.75 GB...in your case it would report 2.25GB.
But yours is the first case I've seen of the video RAM eating into space below 2GB. Didn't think that could happen.
Look in the ASUS site under the A8N32 FAQ...it's the first item.
Just out of curiosity, add the /3GB switch to your boot.ini...Widows addresses 4GB of virtual ram...by default it keeps 2GB to itself and releases 2GB for use. The /3GB switch changes that so it will release up to 3GB. Just curious if that will force it to manage the RAM differently and give you back your 2GB.
Microsoft KB article about /3GB
I just used JBOD for a Raptor 74 and a Samsung 200. Used the connectors opposite the space between the gfx. A lot of ppl having trouble with RAID tho, do a search containing keywords SATA, RAID, A8N32.Quote:
Originally Posted by wifi
thank you for the reply :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stone_cold_Jimi
ill check this out
Ah ok, thought the vid card ram was causing some sort of issue with windows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
Uhhhhh. NO.
WinXP 32bit supports upto 4GB ram, where as 64bit will go well beyond that. Just that with SP2, there's a bug that limits the max useable memory to 3GB in most cases, but there are fixes for it.
I believe lowdog is only running 2GB ram and the board is only detecting 1.5GB? You might have enabled 'memory hole' or something in BIOS, disable that if you're only running 2GB. Other than that, it could be bad memory or something.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
No what? You just said the same thing I said about XP 32-bit...except for the "bug" part.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
There's no bug--it's a design thing with 32-bit OS's including XP. XP-32 addresses up to 4GB of ram. The BIOS, add-on card address spaces, etc., all take away from that 4GB. And like I said, it normaly keeps 2 GB to itself for OS kernel processes... part of that 2GB Windows uses has always been shared with all the bits and pieces used by the BIOS and add-on cards. These used to be small "bits and pieces" but not any more. If XP doesn't have what it thinks it should have from the upper 2GB because something else has reserved it, in this case it seems to dip down into the lower 2 and grab some.
The /3GB switch tells XP to release up to 3 for apps. At least when those apps (Photoshop for one) are running, it manages with less by butting-out of the 2-3 GB space... which is why I suggested it may help...it should be happy with less and not need to dip down below 2GB...maybe...maybe not.
All the RAM in video cards has always used the 2-4GB address space--we just didn't notice before because only server geeks ever went above 1GB until the past couple of years. Now 2GB+ is becoming more common so we're starting to notice all this memory management fiddly crap...add 1GB total Video ram with 2X 512 cards in SLI--which is also a brand new thing--and you notice it even below the 2GB "safe" area apparently.
XP-64 doesn't have the same 4GB limit. Its limits are 16GB physical and a whole bunch of terrabytes virtual. It's all just transitional stuff before Vista comes out next year. If you can't wait, switch to XP-64.
BTW...what's this memory hole thing in BIOS you speak of? Is that the same old setting that reserved one Megabyte (NOT Gigabyte ) for ISA cards like the Soundblaster live? To that one I have to say "Uhhhhh. NO." :D
Nothing wrong with the memory, it used to show 2gig in system>properties before I wacked in the 2 x 512mb cards. :fact:Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
I have installed 1009 BIOS and it is OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
Be carefull though.
I had a few problems with auto settings.
You should check whether everything is OK in BIOS
For example.
In my case my SPD reads 250 (DDR500).
With previous BIOS auto settings used a fixed 200MHz (DDR400) setting for my DIMMS.
1009 BIOS correctly set my memory to DDR500, since I have an E6 dual core CPU that supports this timing.
The problem was that the auto vcore gave 1.6v VDIMM.
My memory has to get 2.8v to work at DDR500.
This made my system unstable on my very first Windows session.
Changing Vdimm to 2.8 corrected the problem.
Another example.
In case of a RAID you still can see your Hard disks and change their settings with 1009 BIOS. The problem is thar 32 bit trasfer rate is set to dissabled by default. I had to change this to enabled manually.
I am not sure if this changed anything though.
Any way 1009 BIOS is much better than any other BIOS.
Use SATA 1 and SATA 2 ports (the upper two slots)Quote:
Originally Posted by wifi
Enable SATA 1 controller, SATA1 and SATA2 ports in BIOS
restart
press F10 and follow the instrictions to set your RAID0
Make a floppy disk with the latest RAID drivers from Nvidia (just copy the sataraid folder contents C:\NVIDIA\nForceWin2KXP\6.82\IDE\WinXP\sataraid\*. * to A:\)
During Windows installation Press F6 when prompted and install both drivers (there are two drivers)
under the Memory Configuration settings in the BIOS there is an option called "Hardware Memory Hole"...set that to DisabledQuote:
Originally Posted by Cisco
Just a note for new A8N32 owners, an update to 0903 may not be necessary. Asus has been shipping with BIOS 0903 installed for a couple weeks. Check your BIOS chip, the second row is the version. Mine reads 0903, and the retailer had it on hand for a couple days before I bought on 12/15. So if you are one that got in on the last batch that hit stores last week you may not need do anything at all, 0903 running well me for me right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
0903 sounds more stable then 1009...I think I'm gonna flash to 0903 from my current BIOS 0805
Hey guys I am getting about 45C on the NB chipset by Asus pc probe. What are you guys getting. Well this room is pretty hot it is like 80F in here.
CPU is at 47C almost no load
damn i need my LS or WC asap :P
Chipset sounds about right. CPU sounds good, for those room temps. See my sig for my system. As I type this, Chipset is 44C, CPU is 42C, room temps are 24C. Chipset runs hot for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashOv3r1De
Read the thread I made. Take off the heatpipe assembly and put some AS5 on the mosfets + replace the gum used on the chipsets with some AS5. That's what I did to mine and it never goes above 36C.
my idle temps.....Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashOv3r1De
http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/6760/probe23jz.jpg
What is your ambient room temp and what are your load temps
45C on mb aint bad right, i used to get 51C on the eXpert
Wow that is a very good idea i will do that :) Also I hate the stock hsf it is loud :/Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
I don't know about this, the push through clips holding on the heatpipe are all hotglued in place on my mobo. My heatpipe gets bloody hot when the system is under load and to me that means there is excellent thermal transfer of heat from the chipsets through to the blocks and heatpipe. And the 36C your getting is with air blowing on the heatpipe I'll bet, from proabably your cpu fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
I'm running wc on a naked X2 4800+ @ 2750Mhz with 1.375V. In ambient room temps of 28/30C my cpu load temp under dual instances of prime is 36C and mobo is 32C........but this is with a small desk fan blowing on the mobo and my 2 x 512mb 7800GTX's (also wc'ed).The mobo needs air on it because it WILL get HOT (heatpipe) if it's not cooled well.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1135548622
Dude, where do you live and can't you open the window? To have your MB still be only 32° your case must be a wind tunnel!Quote:
Originally Posted by lowdog