Hello,
I was wondering if there were any other X38 owners who could post their "System Temps".
I'm assuming that system temp is northbridge, correct? The manual doesn't state it so, but it certainly seems like it (with my temps at least).
You see, I believe that my X38-DQ6 board has an overheating northbridge issue. No, it is not a cooling issue, as the heatsink and heatpipes are working--very well in fact. The BIOS reports that the System Temp (idle) is roughly 52*C--that's with the MCH undervolted by 10%.
Call me crazy, but no motherboard chipset (especially one with 3 heatpipes leading out) should be running at that temperature while idle and undervolted. How on earth can I overclock this motherboard, when the NB is running so hot already?
I run the northbridge with a 333MHz system bus (1333MHz quad pumped). All voltages for the CPU, memory, MCH and FSB are at stock (except the -10% undervolting of the MCH). Further, my case is the Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 with all the stock fans running and my CPU cooler is the Gigabyte 3D Rocket II.
I also believe the BIOS is correct (F6b by the way) as the heatsink array is extremely hot to touch (really feels like 50*C to me).
Could this be a factory overvoltage problem? Does my motherboard's northbridge MOSFET deliver too much voltage?
I'd like some more input from some other X38-DQ6 owners and Janus.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Northbridge reaches 62*C under load!
I was wondering if there were any other X38 owners who could post their "System Temps".
I'm assuming that system temp is northbridge, correct? The manual doesn't state it so, but it certainly seems like it (with my temps at least).
You see, I believe that my X38-DQ6 board has an overheating northbridge issue. No, it is not a cooling issue, as the heatsink and heatpipes are working--very well in fact. The BIOS reports that the System Temp (idle) is roughly 52*C--that's with the MCH undervolted by 10%.
Call me crazy, but no motherboard chipset (especially one with 3 heatpipes leading out) should be running at that temperature while idle and undervolted. How on earth can I overclock this motherboard, when the NB is running so hot already?
I run the northbridge with a 333MHz system bus (1333MHz quad pumped). All voltages for the CPU, memory, MCH and FSB are at stock (except the -10% undervolting of the MCH). Further, my case is the Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 with all the stock fans running and my CPU cooler is the Gigabyte 3D Rocket II.
I also believe the BIOS is correct (F6b by the way) as the heatsink array is extremely hot to touch (really feels like 50*C to me).
Could this be a factory overvoltage problem? Does my motherboard's northbridge MOSFET deliver too much voltage?
I'd like some more input from some other X38-DQ6 owners and Janus.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Northbridge reaches 62*C under load!
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