Chipset HS on TH7II

Has anyone modded this in any way? Should the thermal pad be replaced with some thermal compound? I put the thermal sensor on the HS and temps do rise when upping the vcore.

I have read about people removing the hs and applying AS2 or similar.
I have also seen a guy who put a small fan on the hs to cool it.

Haven't tried anything yet as I'm stable right now, and more worried about the mainboard temp(see post below).

Mike G

Funny you should mention this. Here is a post (follow below listed link) that I wrote recently explaining what I did with the mobo northbridge sink on my TH7-II.

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=71005

Batboy, did you take temps before and after your mod?

Is it dangerous to have Arctic silver on the northbridge for fear of shorting something out?

I didn't notice any temp change after the mod, but I don't think the mobo thermister is near to the northbridge and I have good case ventilation. However, just that mod alone allowed me to overclock another 2 MHz FSB, not a lot, but I'll take anything I can get. There was nothing right near the northbridge chip core to short out that I remember. The core is a little small thing in the middle of the chip, sort of like a Coppermine flipchip CPU core.

My 60mm fan mod.



There is my 60mm NB mod on my TH7-2. I'm currently burning in the CPU at 1.6V and have not experienced any issues thus far. Instead of Arctic Silver 3, which can be used no problems without damaging the core, I used some Alumina only cause its non-elec. conductive and I wouldnt have to wait upto 72 hours for AS3 to become non-elec. conductive on a thick coat.

I went and modded mine. I see what you mean the northbridge looks like a PIII core. Check my post in the cooling forum.