Northbridge on K8 Neo Plat. overheating

[madman2233]

what can i do about the northbridge on my K8 Neo plat. overheating? it never used to overheat, but starting this month, i havent been able to do any gaming because whenever i do anything that stresses the system, the northbridge goes upto around 55C and the computer either hangs or restarts. right now its at 45C, and im just just typing this.

what kind of aftermarket cooler can i use?
or is this motherboard just dying?

all my case fans are working, so the airflow in my case is good, my cpu stays at around 45C full load, its just my northbridge thats causeing problems.

o and this is not overclocked, all settins at stock.

Thanks

[Jamo]

have you took the thermal pad off? if not i suggest you take it off and add some thermal paste or AS5, this should result in lower temps

[Xyus89]

hej,

just ad fan at the side,
cools down allot!!

xyus

[madman2233]

it seems that the springs arnt applying enough presure for the thermal pad, or any thermal paste to work. is it normal that i can lift the heatsink up easily?

im gonna put some OCZ paste on it to see if that helps.

[madman2233]

hmmm, this doesnt look like a thermal pad:

wow picutre is huge so here:
http://arcade.dragonarmy.org/Downloa...5DDSCF0002.JPG


guess someone already put AS5 on there, but only part of the hs has contact with the chipset.

ok, i put some OCZ ultra 2 (only stuff i had) on the chipset, put the hs back on, and it seems that it isnt lifting up as easily as it was before, so time to test it out.

[madman2233]

its staying a little cooler now, its at 39C, hasnt gone above 42C, so thats good.

its still a lot warmer than my cpu which is at 31C right now.

[i found nemo]

should be cooler than that, but still good i'm usually 4-5c cooler than my cpu on my chipset

[madman2233]

it never used to get this high, i wonder whats going on, and my cpu is usaully a little warmer.

do you think i should get a better cooler for my chipset?

[i found nemo]

yes, newegg has nice chipset coolers availible