Northbridge temps..

[vietbboibrave]

So, I have been noticing my video card gets really hot and blows hot air on my northbridge. I bought the Antec Super Cyclone slot blower to help get the hot air out of the case, but it hasn't come yet.

However, I took off the stock heatsink/fan on the chipset and put some AS5 on there to try and help. When I run Speedfan it says my northbridge temp is 98C!! Is this even possible? If I touch the heatsink it feels warm but not too hot, is the temp monitor thing broken?

I don't know what the temps were before I tried to apply the AS5, as I just found out about Speedfan and how to view my NB temps...

Any ideas?

My mobo is MSI K8N Neo4-F, video card x1800xt w/Accelero X2

 

[potato28]

Its because ur blowing the hot air from the video card onto the nb. Look at ur temps for ur 1800xt. Or does it always say 98C?

 

[vietbboibrave]

Ehh, my video card idles at 45 and goes up to 55ish load.

I restarted a couple times and now Speedfan lists my NB temps at 29C, so I dunno what the hell was going on, lol...

 

[ZippZ]

Can't be 98 degrees. My NB runs at 62 degrees and it's painful to touch.

 

[Qianglong]

Most likely the temp sensor is wrong. On my gigabyte Nforce 4 mobo with passive N-Bridge HSF, the temp hovers around 80C , measured using a sensor.

 

[pkme2]

98C is 208F.
If you got those temps, you would definitely smell something cooking. For sure.
Try using a thermometer to check before using any further.