Here is my solution to the northbridge problem.
I hot glued an old CPU fan (from an Athlon XP) to the northbridge heatsink. If I need to RMA, I just have to pry it off. You need to make sure that the fan is exhaust toward the heatsink and that there is enough clearance between the fan and your videocard.
This simple solution dropped my northbridge temperatures (according to Smart Guardian) by 8 degrees C!
I only wish that every computer problem could be solved this easily.
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CPU
Intel e8400 |
Motherboard
DFI Blood Iron |
Memory
G.Skill DDR2-800 |
Graphics Card
XFX 250GTS |
Hard Drive
120 Gb WD |
Sound Card
n/a |
Power Supply
Antec 500w |
Case
Midtower w/ fan mods |
CPU cooling
Zalman CNPS9500 |
OS
XP |
Monitor
Samsung LCD 2253BW |
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