Passive NB cooling and overclock

msv · 01-28-2005, 04:44 AM

Hello!
What´s Your experience in passive heatsinks and overclocking?
There´s a passive HS on the NB of my Asus A7N8X-X. Anyone who has successfully overclocked such an MB without frying it?
Last winter my old Soltek (VIA KT266A chipset) gave up with a fair amount of overclock and a Zalman passive heatsink, and I´m a little afraid to fry another NB.
regards
Mikael S.

OK, OK, I know, if You´re not willing to loose it, don´t overclock it.

SewerBeing · 01-30-2005, 09:49 PM

depending on the chipset, heatsink and your voltages running a passive sink is quite safe and effective. BTW I dont think if you do it right and keep your voltages sane that running a passive nb heatsink will fry your mobo

msv · 01-31-2005, 02:11 AM

Feels like I´ll have to learn this from the beginning: How do I set the voltage for the NB? I haven´t come across any such setting in the BIOS.
regards
Mikael S.

01-28-2005, 04:44 AM	#1
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	Passive NB cooling and overclock Hello! What´s Your experience in passive heatsinks and overclocking? There´s a passive HS on the NB of my Asus A7N8X-X. Anyone who has successfully overclocked such an MB without frying it? Last winter my old Soltek (VIA KT266A chipset) gave up with a fair amount of overclock and a Zalman passive heatsink, and I´m a little afraid to fry another NB. regards Mikael S. OK, OK, I know, if You´re not willing to loose it, don´t overclock it. __________________ The only constant factor in all Your failures is You. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnen mihi habis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

01-31-2005, 02:11 AM	#3
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	Feels like I´ll have to learn this from the beginning: How do I set the voltage for the NB? I haven´t come across any such setting in the BIOS. regards Mikael S. __________________ The only constant factor in all Your failures is You. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnen mihi habis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

01-30-2005, 09:49 PM	#2
SewerBeing Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 1	depending on the chipset, heatsink and your voltages running a passive sink is quite safe and effective. BTW I dont think if you do it right and keep your voltages sane that running a passive nb heatsink will fry your mobo

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