To all the guys who said their NB got hot on the 8RDA+.

[mookydooky]

I think you guys may have been right. Don't get me wrong, mine never got hot, it was barely warm, but I think that the stock NB heatsink was perhaps not making good contact. I just removed it and replaced it with a fan sink, and I have to admit, it gets pretty warm, even with a fan. I also notice that I can run Prime95 for more than 10 minutes at 210 max timings even though USDM is saying my CPU is at 54C.

Like I said, I think you guys were right and I'm sorry for doubting you. If some of you other guys are having some problems reaching higher FSB, maybe you guys should check to see if the heatsink is making good contact.

[Mickey Padge]

Are the temp readings accurate ? Mine reads from 19c-23c depending on room temp (NB). Or are the temp readings not to be trusted?
Cheers

[mookydooky]

Originally posted by Mickey Padge
Are the temp readings accurate ? Mine reads from 19c-23c depending on room temp (NB). Or are the temp readings not to be trusted?
Cheers

I strongly doubt they're accurate, but it's the only thing we've got to go by...

[Mickey Padge]

I am wondering if I should flatten the NB then ? One other board I have had before only had contact with each corner of the NB . Not good
Might be worth a shot , it just means taking my vapochill to bits

[muzz]

When I changed my nb hs the guy offered to mill it... well it didn't come out to good, cuz it's round, and only the center touches the sink......... I just put on a hsf ( small sink + deep Fan). haven't put my hand in there as of late, I like my fingers where they are.......

[magnux]

My Thermaltake Crystal Orb should be arriving from SVC tomorrow, along with a nice tube of Arctic Silver Adhesive. Time to show this NB who's boss.

[Dbird]

Originally posted by magnux
My Thermaltake Crystal Orb should be arriving from SVC tomorrow, along with a nice tube of Arctic Silver Adhesive. Time to show this NB who's boss.

I've got one of those on my NB and it works great (also used AS Adhesive to mount). I never even ran the system with the stock HS so I can't tell you the difference, but at 200FSB the ORB barely even gets warm.

[dr5op3rdud3]

hmm...so i should lift the heatsink and put some thermal compound inbetween it? ... ill see how it goes wid just a fan first... i dunno though its a small fan... and warrenty ahhh

[Kuja]

Observe the type of thermal compound presently under the heatsink, get some more of it (well the same colour anyway) and so if the board ever dies, just take the heatsink off, put some of the old stuff on and RMA it
noone'll ever know the difference

[SteveI]

Originally posted by Kuja
Observe the type of thermal compound presently under the heatsink, get some more of it (well the same colour anyway) and so if the board ever dies, just take the heatsink off, put some of the old stuff on and RMA it
noone'll ever know the difference

If you are concerned about the warrantee, don't do anything that would void it. As overclockers, we push the envelop... running our systems way out of spec... No one, anywhere is warranteeing the abuse we put our systems through. If something fails because we take it too far, or physically alter the component, we should not hold anyone but ourselves for the outcome. To do so gives enthusiasts a bad name.

/lecture

[Mickey Padge]

Very well said , but I can remember one board I have purchased that would not run at stock because of poor contact on th NB plus the board did not have a fan .
I made a better contact and added a fan and all was well

Oh the board was NOT an epox one
Cheers

[SteveI]

Originally posted by Mickey Padge
Very well said , but I can remember one board I have purchased that would not run at stock because of poor contact on th NB plus the board did not have a fan .
I made a better contact and added a fan and all was well

Oh the board was NOT an epox one
Cheers

That's a damn fine reason for RMA... If the damn thing won't run stock properly, I'd definitely consider returning it.

BTW... Epox has nothing to do with my opinion... If any mfgr promises something, I expect it delivered.... Then I take my chances :devil: .

[Mickey Padge]

I remember reading in certain forums at the time that some KT333 NB chips were not flat , they were curved inwards at the center . I took the corners down a bit , but your right I should have rma 'd the mobo .
I would have probably got the same deal with the new one though

[dr5op3rdud3]

Originally posted by SteveI


If you are concerned about the warrantee, don't do anything that would void it. As overclockers, we push the envelop... running our systems way out of spec... No one, anywhere is warranteeing the abuse we put our systems through. If something fails because we take it too far, or physically alter the component, we should not hold anyone but ourselves for the outcome. To do so gives enthusiasts a bad name.

/lecture

yes sir :^| ...

[MiGGinZ]

North bridge seems cool but I pu my finger on the SB and it burns me if I hold it there too long

[Wassup Doc]

I'd get rid of that thermal pad underneath the stock heatsink. Its so tiny I doubt it would be effective at heat transfer. Mine didn't even have any white goup added like my old 8K5a2+ board.

FWIW, my NB is 30-32C running at 200mhz. I'm using a Zalman NB cooler with an AX7 blowing hot air through it..

[Galifrey]

hey nice post mookydooky, my NB has always been hot, until I added an 80mm fan blowing onto it... it made a huge difference to stability at high FSB speeds...

Its good to see someone admitting an "error" when the discover something new as it makes people sit up and take notice....

Still a lot to learn with this chipset, but we are getting there gradually...

[Shonk]

My nb runs around 41 ish with the case off

32 with case on.

(fitted a 92mm fan into side of case blowing directly onto the cpu fan/nb)

92mm fan is 5v modded btw so runs super quiet

its the most effective fan in my whole system
droped cpu temp by quite a bit as well

[Kuja]

Re: warranty

Not in this case - changing the thermal compound under a heatsink is a trivial operation, and if it's fine once you have finished, you know you did nothing wrong. If the board then dies through no fault of your own in the future, I don't think it's wrong to change the compound back to default and RMA it