The OFFICIAL MSI K8N Neo2-939 tips and tricks guide thread

[stealthbomber]

Yeah i will post with my results, temps, issues and etc...

So you used ceramique paste, do you think arctic silver 5 will be alright to use on the NB?

Yeah should be ok as long as you're very careful not to shorten the board with AS5, I used ceramique for both the CPU and NB since it's fully non conductive and many have found the performance is pretty much as good as their own AS5.

I don't think the NB chip is 100% flat so I applied a tiny bit extra paste at the centre and refitted the HS/fan before pushing down on it to make sure the paste would spread evenly, not safe if you are using AS5 since it only takes a tiny amount of excess paste to shorten the board.

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Yeah should be ok as long as you're very careful not to shorten the board with AS5, I used ceramique for both the CPU and NB since it's fully non conductive and many have found the performance is pretty much as good as their own AS5.

I don't think the NB chip is 100% flat so I applied a tiny bit extra paste at the centre and refitted the HS/fan before pushing down on it to make sure the paste would spread evenly, not safe if you are using AS5 since it only takes a tiny amount of excess paste to shorten the board.

Fair enough, ill use AS5 on the NB, ill just spread it using thin plastic or something.

[swetmore1331]

Is there a way to control this with software?

[mad mikee]

Is there a way to control this with software?

Works fine for me.

[swetmore1331]

I hooked up the Northbridge fan on my Fan Controller and dropped the RPMs. Added a huge glob of heatsink compund. All is nice and and stable. I hate fan noise. I am running an Aquirius 2 water cooler on the CPU and 9800. This little water cooler works really well on this rig. I even crank the rpm's down on the radiator fan. Ahhhhhh quite. Only noise I hear are my hard drives. All is stable and quite.

3200 Winchester, MSI K8N Neo2
250 x 10 @ 1.7 volts

[funkflix]

I've made an little Overclockingguide for MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. There are
so many questions about it (not only at this forum), that i thought it's an good
idea.

Here ist the link (right klick and download/ use WordPad or something to open it): http://people.freenet.de/funkflix/ocgk8n.txt

It's not very good, but i think some "newbie" should help this a bit!

[Jack]

I've made an little Overclockingguide for MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. There are
so many questions about it (not only at this forum), that i thought it's an good
idea.

Here ist the link (right klick and download/ use WordPad or something to open it): http://people.freenet.de/funkflix/ocgk8n.txt

It's not very good, but i think some "newbie" should help this a bit!

could you fix that guide? as all i get is mostly random letters and numbers

Mine reboot at any more than 3'65v.

if you wind it up in windows, higher than 3.65V it reboots?