hey guys, i have an Asus a7n8x del rev 2.0 running, more edtails in sig...
i recently installed active cooling on my northbrdige, i'm at work and i forgot what it was, the enclosed copper fan that comes with 2 smaller pieces of copper as "heatsinks" maybe vantec something? glacier? ehh anyways....
i also needed to cool my s/b @200 fsb as the audio output was noisy (static-y when volume was turned up and nothing was playing.)
so i looked at the tiny heatsinks that came with my nb/vga cooler and opted for teh stock nb aluminum taller heatsink to put on my s/b...
i cleaned the bass of the n/b, and used thermal tape to mount it on my southbridge......
however, my audio output still has a bit of noise... its reduced, but if i raise my volume during gaming, or large video playback.....(ogg stuff etc etc) i can hear noise when the audio goes quiet, and i'ms upposed to be hearing silence....
its not anything obnoxious, but i'm just thinking that its probably not going to be a good thing in terms of long gaming sessions, since i read that s/b inadequate cooling could lead to instability, for some reasons i haven't figured out yet.
....or is the onboard audio known to have a slightly noisy signal? (analog light green connection, speakers dont exhibit the same noise with other sources)
i'm reluctant to put in more active cooling just for my sb....
i recently installed active cooling on my northbrdige, i'm at work and i forgot what it was, the enclosed copper fan that comes with 2 smaller pieces of copper as "heatsinks" maybe vantec something? glacier? ehh anyways....
i also needed to cool my s/b @200 fsb as the audio output was noisy (static-y when volume was turned up and nothing was playing.)
so i looked at the tiny heatsinks that came with my nb/vga cooler and opted for teh stock nb aluminum taller heatsink to put on my s/b...
i cleaned the bass of the n/b, and used thermal tape to mount it on my southbridge......
however, my audio output still has a bit of noise... its reduced, but if i raise my volume during gaming, or large video playback.....(ogg stuff etc etc) i can hear noise when the audio goes quiet, and i'ms upposed to be hearing silence....
its not anything obnoxious, but i'm just thinking that its probably not going to be a good thing in terms of long gaming sessions, since i read that s/b inadequate cooling could lead to instability, for some reasons i haven't figured out yet.
....or is the onboard audio known to have a slightly noisy signal? (analog light green connection, speakers dont exhibit the same noise with other sources)
i'm reluctant to put in more active cooling just for my sb....