Quote Originally Posted by cstkl1 View Post
jcool praz is right

this is a known fact and was discussed even during the x38/x48's days
that the cpl chip doesnt need to be cooled and theres no internal temp reading from them..

almost everybody who blew their board after replacing the tim on their pwms
was because they had too much contact with the cpl chip.
Sure, if you say so - I only do a customer build with the DFI every other week, what do I know...

My observations leave zero room for interpretation - the cpl chips overheat if they are not properly cooled. You guys just don't notice because most here probably have 2000RPM case fans, CPU fans etc. With case/rad fans running at 500-600rpm and water cooled CPU, it just does not work w/o cooling the big fat suckers