Which chip on the mobo to cool?

[Havoc_]

I have a PIII with 933 mhz and would like to keep this computer as long as I can. I have purchased some blue orbs (blorbs) to cool the chipset. Which chip do I put the blorb on? There appears to be 2 large chips on the board (apart from the cpu). I can just feel them or is there a "rhyme and reason" to selecting chips to cool.?

 

[JaY_III]

The most popular chips to cool woudl be
1- the Northbridge. it is a large chip taht will be very close to your CPU.. it shoudl already have a heatsink on it as you have a p3 and all never motherboards have a HS on it by default. But an orb would cool it better than the OEM heatsink... take it off and slap the Borb on

2- the clock generator,,, that often gets warm and people have reported that cooling it will make a more stable computer and you can often reach hight FSB speeds... This chip is very small and has a smaller metal rectangular chip next to it.. i thin the metal part will say 14.3xxx on it. this is also close to your cpu on it.

3- move you hand around in your computer when it is on. feel a warm spot?
then you may want to cool that area.

i dont think you can ever run into problems when you add extra cooling, as extra cooling is safer as it is... even though that by added heatsinks you can void you warenty, as it is a mod to the product.... So if you car about you warenty check to see if you will void it if you do add/change heatsinks on your motherboard

 

[Shadow ÒÓ]

perfect post Jay.

Touch your chips.....anything warm to the touch could be cooled.

 

[outhouse]

I bought a IWILL MB and it sucked did not work rite took it back quick! one note it did not have a HS or a HSF the guy at the store sold me a blueorb but the pins did not fit so he told me to use double sided thermal tape I would only use this as a last resort putting a thermal coumpound on the chip with 4 drops of superglue in the corner worked great for me and ive heard about guys that have used elmers instead of superglue.

 

[batboy]

Don't have much to add to what Jay said.

If you plan on touching motherboard chips, I'd first make sure you don't have any static buildup.

A $10 Radio Shack digital thermometer with temp probe on a long wire is perfect for checking out hot spots inside your case. Worked for me. I tried lots of case fan configurations and used that thermometer to accurately tell if I was getting good results. Some of my ideas sucked, I found out. After some trial and error, I now have a very cool setup.

 

[Door Knob]

outhouse (May 07, 2001 11:57 p.m.):
I bought a IWILL MB and it sucked did not work rite took it back quick! one note it did not have a HS or a HSF the guy at the store sold me a blueorb but the pins did not fit so he told me to use double sided thermal tape I would only use this as a last resort putting a thermal coumpound on the chip with 4 drops of superglue in the corner worked great for me and ive heard about guys that have used elmers instead of superglue.

Another real good option is artic silver epoxy. Stuff holds strong and works almost as good as the original artic silver.