DFI UT X58-T3EH8 continued - Part 2

[Sniper]

On my board there is a clearly visible gap between the pwm sink and the puls chips. A thin grey piece of something hangs in the air between them. Does anyone with a correctly mounted cooler have a clear picture of how this should look like ?
My board works ok, but needs a dedicated 70mm fan directed right at the puls chips to allow any kind of oc.

[jcool]

On my board there is a clearly visible gap between the pwm sink and the puls chips. A thin grey piece of something hangs in the air between them. Does anyone with a correctly mounted cooler have a clear picture of how this should look like ?
My board works ok, but needs a dedicated 70mm fan directed right at the puls chips to allow any kind of oc.

Yes, this is exactly what I'm talking about. The temperature is measured from those dual pulse modulator chips. If they are running w/o the heatsink making contact and without a fan blowing onto them, they will heat up more and more and cause the Vcore to break down when they reach approx. 110C, causing the system to BSOD or reboot.

[Praz]

Yes, this is exactly what I'm talking about. The temperature is measured from those dual pulse modulator chips.

The CPL-4-50 inductors have no temperature measuring ability built into them.