chipset temperature

[zer0tech]

Hi everyone!

i recently bought a DFI Infinity Ultra-II-M2, which works real nice! the only problem or difference that i have found on this mobo, is that the chipset temperature is long way
from what i was used to, I'm not an expert about hardware, but this was just unusual:

first of all, the environment average temperature is really hot in here, 35°C (95°F) during the day, and 25°C (77°F) during the night.

So my chipset temperature oscillates from 62°C to scary 68°C (143°F-154°F).

I do not know and I can't find information about this, i even wrote an email to DFI support, hopefully they will answer, eventually.

Also, i have not overclocked any of the components of my computer.

my system specs:
AMD X2 3800+ Windsor Dual Core
Corsair CM2X1024 2GB dual chann
ATI Radeon x600xt
seagate barracuda 320GB IDE
PSU - Antec TruePower 2.0 550 WATTS
DFI Infinity UltraII-M2

 

[mb103051]

the nf4 chipsets run kinda hot.from what i understand 35c-65c is kinda a normal.of course cooler is always better with computers but if you stay under 65c you should be fine.i have an asus a8n-e board with a modified cooler on the nf4 chipset and my temps are 33-39c.i live in florida and its hot here too so you may want to see if you can put a better cooler on the chipset.

 

[zer0tech]

i'll try that, though it is hard to get good heatsinks in mexico, i'll see what i can do.

thank you, your reply helped me a lot, i hope more users come and share their experience with nf4 chipsets.

 

[GadgetBuilder]

The NF4 chip often runs warm plus it is hard to say where the temperature sensor is located vs the NF4 chip so the indicated temp may differ between mobo's.

I decided my NF4 was running hot based on touching the heatsink. The indicated temp was about 38C. I tried several approaches and settled on a fairly large passive heatsink plus a nearby fan inside the case (see picture linked below). SpeedFan controls this fan and the CPU fan so noise is minimal and cooling is adequate. Temp now runs 31-34C depending on ambient.

Documented here: http://www.gadgetbuilder.com/Computer/ComputerCooling.html

A heatsink from an old 486 would work fine and should be available from a discarded machine. I had to machine a fin off the one I found and then drill a mounting hole but it worked fine.

 

[zer0tech]

well, i'll try to get a heatsink then! in the meantime, im worried i'm because i can't work during the afternoon, because it gets too hot (68-69°C) my question would be, would this damage my chipset?

i got into the BIOS menu, and one option was to turn off the computer when the chipset reaches the 80°C, it was the lowest temperature on which it should turn off the system, but, the smartguardian software, which came with the mobo software, starts beeping at 67°C, what should i do!!!! i really need to work during the day, hehe, thank you!