11-14-2022 11:37 PM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
11-20-2022 03:06 AM
Adrian1983 wrote:
Yep this is kinda the boat I'm in, I've heard they don't even screw the screws on the back of the board down properly on some boards hence the much higher temps on some models and pad is either not installed or not installed correctly, I've just installed a little 60mm fan on top of the chipset, Hasn't really made much difference a few C at best so that tells you it's not mounted properly (Poor quality control)
Same here I'm not about to ruin my CPU application and remove the board because of this, It's the board designers fault so I don't care and I am not wasting any more time on trying to fix a poor QC fault.
What's even more annoying is it's mounted from the back with screws on some so I'm guessing it's the same for the Gaming A also, Yet another oversight from Asus, Why do you need to mount a tiny little heatsink from the back of the board and make it inaccessible without literally destroying your setup, All it needed was 2 tiny screws to hold this flimsy heatsink on and they could have been mounted at the front and not the back.
11-20-2022 07:08 AM
NotHarry wrote:
The heat sink on the Asus board was slack and the screws took no pressure to undo. The dry thermal pad I found underneath had hardly any indentation what so ever. I also would imagine the thick plastic shroud covering 3 quarters of the heat sink was helping to keep the heat in rather than disperse it. The rest of that board ran pretty cool but that didn't matter as the chipset alone was driving those temps up.
Anyone with the same problem I would encourage to remove and reseat it. The job is not a large one. I have not tested mine but a guy on overclockers done the same procedure and reported temp drops down to the 30s on idle. So it is worth it because the temps caused by these chipsets can be quite scary.
11-20-2022 07:39 AM
Adrian1983 wrote:
Doesn't surprise me the screws were loose and that explains the dry pad, I may have a look next week, I'm just waiting for a Cablemod 12VHPWR cable for my 4090 which is due early next week so while I've got the GPU out and PSU cables I might take a look, I've still got some Gelid extreme thermal pads knocking about somewhere in 1.5 and 2mm I think so if I've got access to the back of the board when I take the right panel off I may take a look.
Any idea what thickness the chipset thermal pads is? Or is thermal paste better? I'm guessing if yours is a pad I suspect the Strix is also which would be too big of a gap for paste I reckon.
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