ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[OldGuy]

For anyone curious about the heat pipe assy...be prepared for a long journey cleaning up the mess you make by removing this assy...if you are curious as to whether or not heat is being transferred properly thinking the heatsinks feel rather cool even though you are pumping a decent dose of voltage...

The north and south bridge are mounted with something more akin to a two part thermal epoxy. Key word "epoxy" You will need a blow dryer to heat up the south bridge as it covers a large area (chip wise) and you will not be able to remove the assy without heating up contact points during removal. Compared to recent mobos I've seen this at least makes good contact as opposed to massive globs of grease running every which way.



It took awhile to get the SB cleaned up. Just multiply the NB that you see times two. This was using Arctic cleaning solution, blow dryer and fingernail. Heat it up, apply cleaner and let it sit for 10~15 minutes. Remove a layer and repeat. Not looking forward to cleaning NB and avoiding damage to the pad...

The PWM's are covered with a thermal pad and it makes piss poor contact, maybe 75% total. Considering how well the board runs it doesn't seem to be a major point. Prepping for phase right now which prompted the removal in the first place (plus just a tad bit of curiousity why the sinks felt so cool, relatively speaking).

Anyway, just wanted to warn those thinking they may need to remove and regrease. Asus actually did a decent job and this particular heat pipe assy works pretty well...

[Speederlander]

For anyone curious about the heat pipe assy...be prepared for a long journey cleaning up the mess you make by removing this assy...if you are curious as to whether or not heat is being transferred properly thinking the heatsinks feel rather cool even though you are pumping a decent dose of voltage...

The north and south bridge are mounted with something more akin to a two part thermal epoxy. Key word "epoxy" You will need a blow dryer to heat up the south bridge as it covers a large area (chip wise) and you will not be able to remove the assy without heating up contact points during removal. Compared to recent mobos I've seen this at least makes good contact as opposed to massive globs of grease running every which way.



It took awhile to get the SB cleaned up. Just multiply the NB that you see times two. This was using Arctic cleaning solution, blow dryer and fingernail. Heat it up, apply cleaner and let it sit for 10~15 minutes. Remove a layer and repeat. Not looking forward to cleaning NB and avoiding damage to the pad...

The PWM's are covered with a thermal pad and it makes piss poor contact, maybe 75% total. Considering how well the board runs it doesn't seem to be a major point. Prepping for phase right now which prompted the removal in the first place (plus just a tad bit of curiousity why the sinks felt so cool, relatively speaking).

Anyway, just wanted to warn those thinking they may need to remove and regrease. Asus actually did a decent job and this particular heat pipe assy works pretty well...

Well, my NB at least was blazing hot under the stock orginal BIOS so I suspected the heat transfer was decent. Much cooler to the touch now though under 0304.

[OldGuy]

Well, my NB at least was blazing hot under the stock orginal BIOS so I suspected the heat transfer was decent. Much cooler to the touch now though under 0304.

Yeah, I thought your comment earlier about NB heat sounded "strange" Even at 1.70v it is nowhere close to 680i NB temps...I thought maybe heat just wasn't being tranferred proper but that doesn't seem to be the case. This heat pipe assy might actually do what it's supposed to do...I hope

[eva2000]

Just wanted to post a quick thank you to eva2000... All of your initial posts are proving to be a great wealth of info and providing a nice base of reference to work with. I'm so used to working with Nvidia based boards that I can get a bit lost when something new comes along. So far this board is pretty fun to work with and you've taken alot of guess work out of the equation

Glad i could help

Thanks for the NB/SB cooling info... looks like Asus did listen when it came to NB/SB heatsink contact this time

I decided to leave mine intact as the board is running fine as is

[orion23]

Glad i could help

Thanks for the NB/SB cooling info... looks like Asus did listen when it came to NB/SB heatsink contact this time

I decided to leave mine intact as the board is running fine as is

How do I tell the temperature of the NB?

What program can give me this reading?

[OldGuy]

Fresh meat.........

[burningrave101]

How do I tell the temperature of the NB?

What program can give me this reading?

By looking at the reported motherboard temp using Asus PC Probe or whatever.

How accurate is PC probe mobo temp? It seems to register so high when I am running blend, easily in the 50C range or better, but my NB isn't that hot to touch and I know the airflow is ok. What is it measuring?

For people running blend (especially with quads and boosted NB/FSB volts), what is your PC Probe mobo temp reading after about 15 minutes or so?

Mine is low 30's under load but I only have a dual core instead of quad. NB voltage was up to 1.55v with a high FSB.