can chipset get to hot

[unwise]

Hi all,

I have an C366@366, it has been @458
Motherboard: ASUS MEL-C
64MB PC100
viper 550

Since a few months I sometimes lock up when playin Age of Empires (after more then an hour of playing). The strange thing is that the game continues but my mouse + keyboard stop working. When I immediatly restart the computer it wont vind them too. after a while cooling down, it will.

I don't remember when exectly this started, but it did.

I noticed that the chipset turns almost to hot to touch, but it has no coolingplate.

Hope somebody has an suggestion

Tanks, Folkert

[alpha]

Yes, chipsets can get too hot. Try www.2cooltek.com (http://www.2cooltek.com) under video coolers for a possible solution, but make sure any selected cooler has sufficient space for fitting. I had the same problem with my k6-2 450@ 550mhz and my Savage4. How is your processor temperature?

[werd]

you can hit either www.plycon.com (http://www.plycon.com) or www.millisec.com (http://www.millisec.com) and get some chipset coolers and put them on. I am in the process of doing the same thing, chipset gets too hot while at 112mhz

[unwise]

Thanks, I will look at the links right now

--edit--
I don't now my processor temp. I have tried Asus probe, but is tells me it cant find someting (i belive the error is revering to some chip on the motherboard but I am not sure.

[This message has been edited by unwise (edited 08-22-2000).]

[penguin]

If you live on the west coast of the USA then you could go to Frye's electronics. For $9.95 they have a 486 chip cooler with heatsink and fan. I have one on my chipset and it helps alot.

[koryo]

how are these hsf attached to the chipsets? i heard some people talk about thermal epoxy. but what is that exactly and is it a permanent solution. reason i am asking is because if my motherboard is underwarranty and they see a hsf attached with an epoxy, wouldnt that void my warranty? or does it somehow come off easy and no one can tell?

[Spencer]

Something else to try is if you have a heatsink on your AGP chipset (little greenie), put some thermal paste/compound under it. That is if it is held to the motherboard with pushpins. This really helped the stability of my board at 83MHz AGP bus. I would not recommend removing it if it's attached with thermal epoxy. Just because to put it back on you'll have to use thermal epoxy or tape again. Unless of course there is a place for a pushpin heatsink, then you could replace the stock one. Hope this helps. Also, Tennmax has some BGA Chipset coolers (fan/heatsink integrated) that use pushpins to install to the motherboard.

[unwise]

Tanks all, I have found an old big heatsink somewhere in my room, dont now where it came from, from wich I made fit on the chipset, between some capacitors. it seems to help, but I will test it longer when i have the time.

Greetings, Folkert

[Richard_Cranium72]

Today I made one for my old unit from a piece of copper sheet about 3" square.

I took a flat faced hammer and made it perfectly flat then sliced 9 slots in it right down to the square that the chipset measured.

I folded the fins at a 90 degree angle to the flat and twisted them to allow airfow from the side case fan.

Then sandblasted it with 220 grit glass beads to give it a matte finish as slick finishes do not give off heat as well.

Filing a little copper onto a piece of paper and mixing up a smidgen of epoxy and I'm in business.

Mine too was almost too hot to touch, now it has been running about 45 min and is barely warm.

Copper transmits about 242 btu/hr per in/sq, aluminum about 160, silver about 265. Don't quote me on that.

[unwise]

Tanks again, with te big heatsink, I still had the same problems, but after a few days, I wanted to know how fast it would stop if overclocked from 366 to 458, but it just would not lock up! ??? Then clocked back to 366 and still no lock up. The problem was fixed...

Because I still found the chipset too hot, I searched and found an old 486 heatsink with fan, and used it.

That makes an total of 6 fans

Bye, Folkert