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**thlnk3r** · 02-23-09

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Originally Posted by MikeV_E36

-Which fan headers does the qfan control? except from the cpu's of course

MikeV_E36, only the CPU_FAN and CHA_FAN1 connectors support the Asus Q-FAN feature.

Good luck

MikeV_E36 · 02-23-09

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Originally Posted by thlnk3r

MikeV_E36, only the CPU_FAN and CHA_FAN1 connectors support the Asus Q-FAN feature.

Yeah I just read that too on the manual

thanks

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Originally Posted by txtmstrjoe

To answer your questions:

- The thermal sensor on the A8N32-SLI Deluxe is most likely on the "northbridge" (i.e., the chipset that is located closer to the CPU socket).
- The "northbridge" is the chipset directly beneath the CPU socket; it occupies the middle position in the array of heatsinks to which the heatpipe assembly is attached.

So in general the northbridge is the northest chip on the mobo whilst hangin in the case but in a8n32 the actual nb chip is the middle one? Have you ever tried to remove the metal film with the asus logo on it to attach a fan on?

blitz6804 · 02-23-09

The highest up heatsink is generally the MOSFETs/PWM in the motherboards I have dealt with. They are usually designed to share airflow with a stock AMD/Intel heatsink.

**thlnk3r** · 02-23-09

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Originally Posted by MikeV_E36

So in general the northbridge is the northest chip on the mobo whilst hangin in the case but in a8n32 the actual nb chip is the middle one? Have you ever tried to remove the metal film with the asus logo on it to attach a fan on?

MikeV_E36, that is correct. The chipset is in the middle and the bottom is the south bridge. The heatsinks on the left and top of the socket are cooling the mosfet/vrm's.

Good luck

EDIT: Sorry Blitz for the double post

**txtmstrjoe** · 02-23-09

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Originally Posted by MikeV_E36

So in general the northbridge is the northest chip on the mobo whilst hangin in the case but in a8n32 the actual nb chip is the middle one?

Yep.

S939 motherboards don't actually have a northbridge in the classical sense. Before K8s, you see, the memory controller always resided on the northbridge chipset (because it is closer to the CPU socket in the ATX specification). When AMD introduced the K8 microarchitecture (with its memory controller integrated into the CPU itself), most (if not all) K8-compatible motherboards only had one chipset. (They were never really called north- or south-bridge, technically-speaking.)

Dual-chipset motherboards only returned to the AMD side of the fence when nVidia introduced its nForce4 SLI x16 chipset; ATI's RD3200 chipset boards also required two chipsets. The terms "northbridge" and "southbridge" returned to the AMD enthusiast's lexicon, but simply as geographical descriptions of their relative locations.

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Originally Posted by MikeV_E36

Have you ever tried to remove the metal film with the asus logo on it to attach a fan on?

I removed mine on my original A8N32-SLI Deluxe (the one in the sig rig is a new replacement provided by ASUS when the original broke; it was an RMA replacement). It's just stuck on by an adhesive and it comes off rather easily. I didn't think of attaching a fan to it then, though. I suppose it's worth a shot.

MikeV_E36 · 02-23-09

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Originally Posted by txtmstrjoe

I removed mine on my original A8N32-SLI Deluxe (the one in the sig rig is a new replacement provided by ASUS when the original broke; it was an RMA replacement). It's just stuck on by an adhesive and it comes off rather easily. I didn't think of attaching a fan to it then, though. I suppose it's worth a shot.

Aaahh and something last that I recalled of now.. What's your opinion about the famous Stackcool sticker on the back of the pcb?? Should I remove it or not?

Thanks a lot for your support guys

I know asked too many today and got you tired sorry..

**txtmstrjoe** · 02-23-09

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Originally Posted by MikeV_E36

Aaahh and something last that I recalled of now.. What's your opinion about the famous Stackcool sticker on the back of the pcb?? Should I remove it or not?

I once tried to take that sticker off (on my old board), but it wouldn't budge.

Needless to say, I didn't try to take it off on the second A8N32-SLI Deluxe.

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Originally Posted by MikeV_E36

Thanks a lot for your support guys

I know asked too many today and got you tired sorry..

This Club's strength is in its helpful membership.

blitz6804 · 02-23-09

It is? I thought it was the strength of 939 pins! AMD is trying to recapture the power of those pins so much that they are not migrating far from them. AM2 has one extra. AM3 has one fewer. AM4 (or whatever they call the octocore 32nm planned for 2011) will likely have 939 pins again and will dominate the competition!

FnkDctr · 02-23-09

Well I added some info to my sig

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm98/fnkdctr/ocd.jpg

There is a screenshot as requested. I just ordered a new 700w ocz psu. Hopefully I can get to 3ghz with it, if not, ehh so what.

I have gotten around 2.920 but its not very stable, and im already running 1.50vcore, so I'm not going to push it since 1.45 is my usual limit for overclocking. Usually I run 2.790 on 1.35 12x and 466mhz ram.

Any ideas to boost my system would be greatly appreciated.

And btw I have a westinghouse 22inch lcd, run all games at 1600x1050

People who say an 8800gt will bottleneck on a socket 939 arent educated. I can run Sli 8800gt and rarely have a cpu bottleneck unless its an rts like sins of solar empire which only uses 1 core. Just turn up the graphics 100% and zoom in. All my games run 100% max graphics no lag.

blitz6804 · 02-23-09

I will add you to the off-site roster sometime tomorrow FnkDctr; glad to have you aboard! Thlnk3r or Txtmstrjoe might add you tonight to the on-site roster, if not, definitely tomorrow.

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