Hot SouthBridge - P5N-E SLi.

ShadowPho · 06-14-08, 05:19 PM

I have been getting quite a few extremely weird problems with my HDDs. Today I took a look at my southbrige and it was BURNING hot. (like, 70C approximated by my burning fingers).
It only started recently, and I believe it is because we just just got a hot day here at chicago, and it's 80F in my room instead of the usual 65-75F.

I have an E6400@2.8GHz,
DDR2, 2Gigs of 666MHz @ 840MHz
2 HDDs, one with 320GBs, one 80GBs.

How can I mount a HS on this southbridge?

Glue, superglue, arctic silver? Will aluminum be fine?

Right now I put some fan blowing cold air over it and it is fantastic.

ShadowPho · 06-14-08, 10:36 PM

Is there any special conducting glue to glue a heatsink on it, or can I use any glue?

dealmaster · 06-14-08, 11:07 PM

If you have a heatsink laying around and don't have any thermal tape (that's how I'd attach it if you had some), then some AS5 in the center and a tiny bit of superglue at the corner of the heatsink would work well. But really, thermal tape is the best solution here.

If you're going to order a new heatsink or heatsink/fan combo, they'll likely use the stock pushpin holes to the left and right of the southbridge. The HR-05 or HR-05 SLI are excellent heatsinks, I have one on my heavily overvolted NB and it dropped my temps from 65-66C to 41C max (that is with a 80x80x15mm fan, though).

meionm · 06-15-08, 09:54 PM

Your motherboard got holes around southbridge so you could use pin down heatsink.

Many smaller heatsinks come with thermal adhesive tape that should do it be enough for southbridge.

If you want to glue heatsink to the southbride you could use acrtic sliver adhesive. Though you won't be removing that heatsink, so make sure that it doesn't interfere with any other devices

ShadowPho · 06-15-08, 10:29 PM

Sweet, thank you!

I removed an old northbridge heatsink, cut down 3 pins, filed down surface, drilled a hole, and attached it to southbridge.

It helps although I still need a HSF I think. But still get BSODs

(0x000000F4)

baditude_df · 06-16-08, 12:59 AM

I use this one. It should fit your mobo no prob. I see the holes there, and they're spaced the same as mine.
http://www.petrastechshop.com/enslonfocoso.html
Keeps my MCP at ~45 at all times. I'm a bit over volted too.

06-14-08, 05:19 PM	Thread Starter #1
ShadowPho Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I am in your stack, SUBbing your registers!	Hot SouthBridge - P5N-E SLi. I have been getting quite a few extremely weird problems with my HDDs. Today I took a look at my southbrige and it was BURNING hot. (like, 70C approximated by my burning fingers). It only started recently, and I believe it is because we just just got a hot day here at chicago, and it's 80F in my room instead of the usual 65-75F. I have an E6400@2.8GHz, DDR2, 2Gigs of 666MHz @ 840MHz 2 HDDs, one with 320GBs, one 80GBs. How can I mount a HS on this southbridge? Glue, superglue, arctic silver? Will aluminum be fine? Right now I put some fan blowing cold air over it and it is fantastic. Attached Images __________________ "Take only that which you can give" Need Help? IM me! I want to help the OC community! MainComputer: E6400@2.69-4.0 gig RAM-8800GT ASUS P5N-E SLI Last edited by ShadowPho; 06-14-08 at 06:03 PM.
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06-14-08, 10:36 PM	Thread Starter #2
ShadowPho Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I am in your stack, SUBbing your registers!	Is there any special conducting glue to glue a heatsink on it, or can I use any glue? __________________ "Take only that which you can give" Need Help? IM me! I want to help the OC community! MainComputer: E6400@2.69-4.0 gig RAM-8800GT ASUS P5N-E SLI
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06-14-08, 11:07 PM	#3
dealmaster Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Texas	If you have a heatsink laying around and don't have any thermal tape (that's how I'd attach it if you had some), then some AS5 in the center and a tiny bit of superglue at the corner of the heatsink would work well. But really, thermal tape is the best solution here. If you're going to order a new heatsink or heatsink/fan combo, they'll likely use the stock pushpin holes to the left and right of the southbridge. The HR-05 or HR-05 SLI are excellent heatsinks, I have one on my heavily overvolted NB and it dropped my temps from 65-66C to 41C max (that is with a 80x80x15mm fan, though). __________________ Gaming Computer: Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5GHz 1.31v \| AsRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 \| 8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-1600 \| Sapphire 6950 2GB (flashed to 6970) \| Megahalems Rev b w/ Scythe Ultra Kaze 2000 Push/Pull \| Corsair HX620 \| Fractal XL R2 \| Samsung 830 256GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB \| Samsung 2TB HEATWARE
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06-15-08, 09:54 PM	#4
meionm Member Join Date: Mar 2004	Your motherboard got holes around southbridge so you could use pin down heatsink. Many smaller heatsinks come with thermal adhesive tape that should do it be enough for southbridge. If you want to glue heatsink to the southbride you could use acrtic sliver adhesive. Though you won't be removing that heatsink, so make sure that it doesn't interfere with any other devices
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06-15-08, 10:29 PM	Thread Starter #5
ShadowPho Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I am in your stack, SUBbing your registers!	Sweet, thank you! I removed an old northbridge heatsink, cut down 3 pins, filed down surface, drilled a hole, and attached it to southbridge. It helps although I still need a HSF I think. But still get BSODs (0x000000F4) __________________ "Take only that which you can give" Need Help? IM me! I want to help the OC community! MainComputer: E6400@2.69-4.0 gig RAM-8800GT ASUS P5N-E SLI
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06-16-08, 12:59 AM	#6
baditude_df Northern Senior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Calgary, AB. CAN.	I use this one. It should fit your mobo no prob. I see the holes there, and they're spaced the same as mine. http://www.petrastechshop.com/enslonfocoso.html Keeps my MCP at ~45 at all times. I'm a bit over volted too. __________________ \| GA- H55N-USB3 \| i5-760 @ stock \|AXP-140 RT\| ICD7 \|Corsair 80G SSD \| Saphire HD6870 1GB \| Silversone SG07B-W with 600w\| \| Win7Ux64 \| 8G HyperX DDR3-1600 @ Stock Timing and Voltage <<<<<<HeatWare 60-0-0: All right here at OCF!>>>>>> Join the OCF Rosetta Team - Help Find a Cure! \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/
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