Making P5WDH ready for Conroe: An Illustrative Guide

[MrGarrison]

with 8-phase power the MOSFETs don't even get warm on my board. the TIM on the MOSFETs is padded tape, and for good reason. due to the means in which the components are installed on the board it would be virtually impossible to ensure a flat mounting surface for the heatsink without extremely right quality controls. the extra surface area provided by the "MOSFET cooler" is really there to wick the heat away from the NB cooler and place it in the path of the exhaust air from an aircooler....it's not there to cool the MOSFETs. If you'll notice, the other half of the VRM circuit MOSFETs are completely bare. Touch them when you are running, I think you will find they are plenty cool. The reason I didn't modify this area of the board is because it is completely unneeded and would probably only cause problems. Plus shorting out source to drain on a MOSFET spells instant death to it...it would be a shame to have a little AS5 kill one of the phases on your new Asus board...

FCG

So what you're saying is that I can remove the mosfet heat sink completely without any overheating problems? I'm asking because I want to replace the northbridge heat sink with a water block.

[ZX7891]

putting the mobo on the outside of an antistatic bag is bad, thats where all the static is

[DsM]

putting the mobo on the outside of an antistatic bag is bad, thats where all the static is

thats exactly what i was thinking...

[DeToNaToR.cl]

putting the mobo on the outside of an antistatic bag is bad, thats where all the static is

O Rly?

Didnt know that

[Supertim0r]

I'll try an other board and pray for a working mobo