MonkOfThePast Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 Hiya ppl i was a bit worryed about my chipset fan bing lose i was wundering if anybody esles was? :confused: the chipset haet gets up too 58c . shuold i be okie? any advice will help thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattle Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19469 somone asked that question in another thread, there was various advice given. I took my chipsett fan off and scraped that crappy yellow thermal pad off the back of the fan. Thus far thats the only complaint about this board I have. Cleaned the chip itself with a little alcohol, being very careful not to chip it. I applied AS5 and replace the chipset fan, its not really loose but it needs to be seated well, make sure the pushpins are seated correctly. I still had chipset tempps of 45C-55C, i corrected it buy adding a 120mm fan blowing under the video card to remove the dead hot air pocket around the chipset. My temps are 34C-40C max now, i can post pic if you like of the way I did it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkOfThePast Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 shure id like too see is it just normal cpu grese? atric sliver 5? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmo580 Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 AS5 is high quality. I recommend Arctic Ceramique. If you mess up it won't conduct electricity at least. You can squirt it all o ver your motherboard and stuff won't fry. If you do that with AS5, zap zap boom boom. I reserve AS5 for CPU only. GPU and Chipset get Ceramique. I ceramiqued the DFI fan and temps were around 40/41 load. I put on a vantec Iceberq4 copper cooler and it's still 40/41. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattle Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/arcticsilver5.html AS5 as you can see that blue 120mm fan I just wedged under me HDD cage and its held nicley, it helps the two 80mm fans pull in air also I would imagine. Send a nice current of air towards the zalman in the 6800gt and keeps a nice breeze going by the chipset, bought me like 11C I was using the blue 120mm fan as a cpu fan but it was only 2500rpm and 70 cfm, works great as a case fan tho . Also there's pics of the chip itself and the yucky yellow thermal pad I scraped off DMO580 is correct about AS5 , make sure you only get it on the chip and not the surrounding areas, Keep it neat, its more risky then ceramique but its more effective if done correctly I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkOfThePast Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 vantec Iceberq4 copper cooler were cuold i buy that and the Ceramique Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkOfThePast Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 NIce case i have the same looking one . and thank you for the pictures ~! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattle Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 welcome. replacing the chipset fan isnt really needed unless its failing, i wouldnt expect big diff in temp just buy replacing the fan. its a pretty capable fan, you just need airflow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkOfThePast Posted August 13, 2005 Posted August 13, 2005 yah i put my house fan and pointed it into the case lol now its down too 40c Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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