Good morning,
Problems, much the same as quite a few others with the same combo it seems.
I ordered a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum with a AMD 3500+ (939) 90nm, 2x512OCZ DDR400. Tsunami dream case.
The CPU and GPU are overheating at the same time then shutting down the system.
I have made sure all the fans are moving and running at optimal RPM's.
I have replaced the Ultra XConnect 500w PSU with a Enermax 550W PSU.
I have replaced the 6600GT with a 9600XT
I have switched the memory around
Doing all of these items still produced the same results of the CPU and GPU over heating and shutting the system down.
My last option will be to remove the entire board from the case, set it on the MB box and run it that way and see the temperatures I start getting.
I have read alot of issues with over heating and these baords, is it possible that the BIOS is just jacked and is reporting the wrong temperatures?
That might make sense, but if the NVidia tools are showing the GPU heating up, that runs seperate from the bios correct?
Would it be better to just have them switch to a different board all together? I like the NForce3 ability of this board, but is it worth it in the end? I guess I will have to wait and see with the board out of the case.
Any tips or similar stories?
Problems, much the same as quite a few others with the same combo it seems.
I ordered a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum with a AMD 3500+ (939) 90nm, 2x512OCZ DDR400. Tsunami dream case.
The CPU and GPU are overheating at the same time then shutting down the system.
I have made sure all the fans are moving and running at optimal RPM's.
I have replaced the Ultra XConnect 500w PSU with a Enermax 550W PSU.
I have replaced the 6600GT with a 9600XT
I have switched the memory around
Doing all of these items still produced the same results of the CPU and GPU over heating and shutting the system down.
My last option will be to remove the entire board from the case, set it on the MB box and run it that way and see the temperatures I start getting.
I have read alot of issues with over heating and these baords, is it possible that the BIOS is just jacked and is reporting the wrong temperatures?
That might make sense, but if the NVidia tools are showing the GPU heating up, that runs seperate from the bios correct?
Would it be better to just have them switch to a different board all together? I like the NForce3 ability of this board, but is it worth it in the end? I guess I will have to wait and see with the board out of the case.
Any tips or similar stories?
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