backside of motherboard question

teezer · 05-10-04, 03:53 PM

should i do this? ~~~ i'm trying to hide a scsi cable between the motherboard and tray ~~~ had to use a foam pad so cable would slide and not hang on sodder tits ~~~ this has left no room for any air movement on the backside of mb ~~~ recommendations? ~~~~~ thanks in advance

VAdept · 05-10-04, 08:24 PM

Thats fine. A lot of people do that to clean up all the cables in the case. There isn't reall much airflow back there anyway unless you cut your own hole and added a fan.

Neo-Tebow2000 · 05-10-04, 09:56 PM

I would cut a whole and add a fan to be safe

hafa · 05-10-04, 11:59 PM

The only thing I would look for is keeping the area behind the north and south bridges clear. Although there is admittedly little airlflow on the backside of the motherboard, inadvertantly insulating these hot areas can't help.

If you intend to retain the foam pad, cutting a hole and adding a fan would avail you little. Better to leave well enough alone.

teezer · 05-11-04, 09:01 AM

as the pix shows ~~~ with the foam, there is no airflow and no point of a fan ~~~ so, some airflow or no airflow?

David · 05-11-04, 09:21 AM

Looks to me like it should be fine. Perhaps if it was a socket CPU then some airflow behind the socket may have helped, but if you are using Slot 2 then there shouldnt be a problem.

teezer · 05-17-04, 08:30 PM

one more bump before the "fashion police" nail me for using red and pink in a abutting manner

is there really any heat to worry about on the backside of the mb?

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teezer Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ohio	backside of motherboard question should i do this? ~~~ i'm trying to hide a scsi cable between the motherboard and tray ~~~ had to use a foam pad so cable would slide and not hang on sodder tits ~~~ this has left no room for any air movement on the backside of mb ~~~ recommendations? ~~~~~ thanks in advance __________________ ========================== dual P3 550/1mb xeons ~ 1 gig ecc cas2 ~ 2x9GB 10K seagates ~ elsa gloria II ~ dvd, cdrw into nikko beta III > phase linear 400 > kef 101s (like cruising the internet in an older mercedes with a sound upgrade)
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05-10-04, 08:24 PM	#2
VAdept Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hidden Mountaintop Research Lab	Thats fine. A lot of people do that to clean up all the cables in the case. There isn't reall much airflow back there anyway unless you cut your own hole and added a fan.
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Neo-Tebow2000 Registered Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana	I would cut a whole and add a fan to be safe
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hafa Premium Member #24 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A tiny dot in the middle of the Pacific	The only thing I would look for is keeping the area behind the north and south bridges clear. Although there is admittedly little airlflow on the backside of the motherboard, inadvertantly insulating these hot areas can't help. If you intend to retain the foam pad, cutting a hole and adding a fan would avail you little. Better to leave well enough alone. __________________ . HTPC: Core i3 540/8GB/300GB Raptor/GTS450-1GB/W7P-64 ~\|~ File Server: (Green) AMD 4850E/4GB/6TB RAID/Windows Server 2008 ~\|~ Notebook/Workstation: M780 Toshiba Convertible Tablet/i7 M620/8GB/128GB Crucial M4 SSD /7200RPM 750GB/W8 Pro Putting the YO back in YOU(')R(E)... \| Who is this "u" person, anyway?
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05-11-04, 09:01 AM	Thread Starter #5
teezer Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ohio	as the pix shows ~~~ with the foam, there is no airflow and no point of a fan ~~~ so, some airflow or no airflow? __________________ ========================== dual P3 550/1mb xeons ~ 1 gig ecc cas2 ~ 2x9GB 10K seagates ~ elsa gloria II ~ dvd, cdrw into nikko beta III > phase linear 400 > kef 101s (like cruising the internet in an older mercedes with a sound upgrade)
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05-11-04, 09:21 AM	#6
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	Looks to me like it should be fine. Perhaps if it was a socket CPU then some airflow behind the socket may have helped, but if you are using Slot 2 then there shouldnt be a problem. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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05-17-04, 08:30 PM	Thread Starter #7
teezer Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ohio	one more bump before the "fashion police" nail me for using red and pink in a abutting manner is there really any heat to worry about on the backside of the mb? __________________ ========================== dual P3 550/1mb xeons ~ 1 gig ecc cas2 ~ 2x9GB 10K seagates ~ elsa gloria II ~ dvd, cdrw into nikko beta III > phase linear 400 > kef 101s (like cruising the internet in an older mercedes with a sound upgrade)
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