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ibmkg · 08-26-2008, 05:05 AM

Northbridge has a stock Al heatsink. I just mounted a fan over it. It is cool enough.

I have not touched the MCH Northbridge and ICH south bridge voltage. And I don't know what FSB termination voltage is so it is also set to auto.

Southbridge is passively cooled. It has a small Al stock HS.

The Vregs had a small Al HS over them. I somehow managed to put a small fan over the V regs (used sticky tape!). It keeps the regs cool but not the caps located near the CPU (hidden by the Cu WB). That is because air can't get to it. I can add another fan but...! ugly and noisy!

BTW It's a P5WD2-Premium Mobo.

08-26-2008, 05:05 AM	#4
ibmkg Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 129	Re: Heat - Caps/passive components Northbridge has a stock Al heatsink. I just mounted a fan over it. It is cool enough. I have not touched the MCH Northbridge and ICH south bridge voltage. And I don't know what FSB termination voltage is so it is also set to auto. Southbridge is passively cooled. It has a small Al stock HS. The Vregs had a small Al HS over them. I somehow managed to put a small fan over the V regs (used sticky tape!). It keeps the regs cool but not the caps located near the CPU (hidden by the Cu WB). That is because air can't get to it. I can add another fan but...! ugly and noisy! BTW It's a P5WD2-Premium Mobo. __________________ NOTE: Suggestions are based on my perceptive. I could be erroneous. Therefore, no one has the right to criticize an individual other than rephrasing and or expressing his own annotations on the subject matter itself.