Re: A8N Sli-Deluxe chip fan problems

On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 23:55:04 -0400, "Jason" <ae2wolfman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>That's because the Premium uses a heatpipe setup which has to be mounted in
>a certain orientation, if you put it upside down, it traps the heat at the
>chipset instead of transporting it to the heatsink

Yes, we know why it gets hot when mounted upside down. This scenario
was posted here as evidence that the temp sensor that's reported as
"motherboard" or "system" is actually measuring the chipset
temperature.

>"milleron" <millerdot90@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:jqt9f11ta6eobgauo74njrt0hmfestr1a7@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:01:00 -0700, "tawpgk" <tawpgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I have the same HS as you the NB47J. I am taking the Motherboard
>>>temperature
>>>as the nForce4 chip temperature. Is that not correct?
>>
>> After many questions and replies on many forums besides this one, I
>> believe that you are, indeed, correct. The "motherboard" or "system"
>> temperature is always the hottest one reported on this series of
>> boards. I think that logic tells you that this sensor must be in or
>> near the nForce chipset.
>> There have been posts from a few A8N-SLI Premium owners whose choice
>> of case forced them to mount the board upside down. In that case the
>> heatpipe cooling of the chipset fails, and the chipset becomes
>> terribly hot. These users reported "system" temps of over 60°C.
>>
>>
>> Ron
>

Ron
.

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