Quote Originally Posted by need.for.mhz View Post
I'm using the stock, I noticed heatpipes getting warm, northbridge hot and digital pwm flaming hot. This is a good indication of good heat transfer, I tightened all of the screws holding heatpipes, they were somehow loose. I also tried using the trasnspiper & AS5 on digital pwm, this thing works like a dream, easy 20C off while priming.



There's no option in the bios . And a last I have some 24/7 result, this mobo is a complete b*itch to tweak, when I got it first day I couldn't break 1100DDR barrier with tracers @ 2.4v.

- Something like 2.12v load on ballistix.
- Performance Level 5


What got me stable is FSB VTT 1.53v & NB Core 1.5v. My FSB wall was somewhere around 480Mhz but it just takes too much time tweaking GTL Ref voltages. I should have Prime95 results next week when I get fresh AS5, the one I have is over 3 years old and it's very hard to spread out on the cpu, feels like clay.

Anybody had a problem when one day your board was rock stable and next day it was failing memtest at exact same settings. I found out that one day my board likes FSB VTT 1.35v and adding more ruins stability, other days it need more to stabilize. Today I'm pulling 1.53v through it
Did you have a hard time installing the transpiper at all? Did you find it made mounting the cpu cooler any harder with that copper plate in the way? Did you put thermal paste between the cpu and copper plate AND the copper plate and the cpu cooler?

I would love the try the transpiper on my system when I get the board but I have a bottom mounted psu and my rear exhaust fan is right beside the I/O shield meaning I have no airflow at the top portion of my case where the heatpipe would be sitting once installed outside of the chassis.