problem solved :)

sbohdan · May 27th, 2006

just wanted to share a little experience I had - maybe it will help someone someday. I had problems with my new rig when OC'd (see sig) - it wasn't stable in games and certain multimedia apps. I thought it was an issue with voltages in bios (CPU or NB) so I kept trying different voltages and test. after lots of work to no avail, I lowered the FSB from 920 to 900 (3.38Ghz) which is pretty lame considering that I read other people OC setups like mine to 3.7Ghz with ease (on air) and still wasn't stable. I was beginning to think that maybe my mobo is faulty somehow, when I checked around components for heat (the finger method) and got burnt on... the south bridge :!: yes not the NB, which usually is the one to overheat (after the CPU). this came as a surprise to me since in my past rigs the south bridge was never a problem. next day I bought a little 4cm fan and OC'd to 3.5Ghz with rock solid stability :P

drew and not u · May 27th, 2006

Nice! I bet you can take it even further now!
This makes me curious about my southbridge temps.
hmmmmmmm
/goes to investigate

**simple_inhibition** · May 27th, 2006

lol NF4 users dont have to worry about it

:P

sbohdan · May 27th, 2006

yeah, the 3.5Ghz was just an easy OC with very little voltage raise on the CPU and NB. I will push it later but am happy for now :D my rig is rock solid now (I checked with PCmark05 in loops and prime95)
BTW my mobo has the NV Nforce4 intel edition chip (MSI P4N diamond) and I suspect it has something to do with this :?

**simple_inhibition** · May 27th, 2006

lol i meant nF4 AMD version

yeah the nF4 chipset runs VERY hot

**gvblake22** · May 27th, 2006

Yeah dude, SB chips are very often overlooked. On my Socket A nForce2 system the south bridge of my Abit NF7-S got REALLY hot and the the onboard sound crackled and skipped. So I cut up some small RAM heatsinks and thermal taped them onto the SB and it worked fine after that! :D

polobunny · May 28th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

lol NF4 users dont have to worry about it

:P

Until the fan fails.

Thanks for the tip sbohdan

**simple_inhibition** · May 29th, 2006

LOL so true, my fan died on my DFI SLI-DR, so i sat my 120mm fan right next to it and the ordered an evercool vc-re. its quieter and it cools better :)

polobunny · May 29th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

LOL so true, my fan died on my DFI SLI-DR, so i sat my 120mm fan right next to it and the ordered an evercool vc-re. its quieter and it cools better :)

Heh, it's funny how much you can spend for a so-said quality computer component, but it has a 2 cents fan on it. Mine on my current board was making some noise at first, it stopped however. I'm going to change it for some quality thing next time I change my CPU, my Thermaltake Big Typhoon needs some AS5 anyway. ;D
I've seen too much chipset fans go away and computers burst out in flames (ok lol that might be a bit much) to let this chipset fan fail on me.

Lead Head · May 29th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Quote:

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

LOL so true, my fan died on my DFI SLI-DR, so i sat my 120mm fan right next to it and the ordered an evercool vc-re. its quieter and it cools better :)

Heh, it's funny how much you can spend for a so-said quality computer component, but it has a 2 cents fan on it. Mine on my current board was making some noise at first, it stopped however. I'm going to change it for some quality thing next time I change my CPU, my Thermaltake Big Typhoon needs some AS5 anyway. ;D
I've seen too much chipset fans go away and computers burst out in flames (ok lol that might be a bit much) to let this chipset fan fail on me.

I took the fan off my chipset, and it bearly got wam :?

May 27th, 2006	#1
sbohdan VGA tuner & F@H Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 670	problem solved :) just wanted to share a little experience I had - maybe it will help someone someday. I had problems with my new rig when OC'd (see sig) - it wasn't stable in games and certain multimedia apps. I thought it was an issue with voltages in bios (CPU or NB) so I kept trying different voltages and test. after lots of work to no avail, I lowered the FSB from 920 to 900 (3.38Ghz) which is pretty lame considering that I read other people OC setups like mine to 3.7Ghz with ease (on air) and still wasn't stable. I was beginning to think that maybe my mobo is faulty somehow, when I checked around components for heat (the finger method) and got burnt on... the south bridge :!: yes not the NB, which usually is the one to overheat (after the CPU). this came as a surprise to me since in my past rigs the south bridge was never a problem. next day I bought a little 4cm fan and OC'd to 3.5Ghz with rock solid stability :P Main rig: Chieftec modded case,MSI P4N Diamond, D830@3.48Ghz,1.4V,928FSB 2GB patriot Extreme Performance 6400@900Mhz, 4-4-4-17 Inno3D 7900GT@542Mhz/1.6Ghz, Thermalright SI-97 Samsung 320GB, Maxtor 250GB; Antec 500W Swiftech NB, Asus StarIceBlue CPU cooler; XP Pro Laptop: Dell XPS 1530 (T7500; 3GB 667 RAM; 160GB 7200rpm HDD; 8600GT; Vista 32bit) my 6800LE mod

May 27th, 2006	#4
sbohdan VGA tuner & F@H Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 670	yeah, the 3.5Ghz was just an easy OC with very little voltage raise on the CPU and NB. I will push it later but am happy for now :D my rig is rock solid now (I checked with PCmark05 in loops and prime95) BTW my mobo has the NV Nforce4 intel edition chip (MSI P4N diamond) and I suspect it has something to do with this :? Main rig: Chieftec modded case,MSI P4N Diamond, D830@3.48Ghz,1.4V,928FSB 2GB patriot Extreme Performance 6400@900Mhz, 4-4-4-17 Inno3D 7900GT@542Mhz/1.6Ghz, Thermalright SI-97 Samsung 320GB, Maxtor 250GB; Antec 500W Swiftech NB, Asus StarIceBlue CPU cooler; XP Pro Laptop: Dell XPS 1530 (T7500; 3GB 667 RAM; 160GB 7200rpm HDD; 8600GT; Vista 32bit) my 6800LE mod

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May 27th, 2006	#2
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 2,128	Nice! I bet you can take it even further now! This makes me curious about my southbridge temps. hmmmmmmm /goes to investigate

May 27th, 2006	#3
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,474 Blog Entries: 1	lol NF4 users dont have to worry about it :P

May 27th, 2006	#5
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,474 Blog Entries: 1	lol i meant nF4 AMD version yeah the nF4 chipset runs VERY hot

May 27th, 2006	#6
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,475 Blog Entries: 1	Yeah dude, SB chips are very often overlooked. On my Socket A nForce2 system the south bridge of my Abit NF7-S got REALLY hot and the the onboard sound crackled and skipped. So I cut up some small RAM heatsinks and thermal taped them onto the SB and it worked fine after that! :D

May 29th, 2006	#8
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,474 Blog Entries: 1	LOL so true, my fan died on my DFI SLI-DR, so i sat my 120mm fan right next to it and the ordered an evercool vc-re. its quieter and it cools better :)