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From: Jeff on 22 Oct 2007 16:04
Hey

I've got an computer build around a abit IS7 motherboard.

A few months ago I replaced the chipset fan (the fan which the motherboard
was delivered with) with a passive chipset cooler (Zalman Chipset cooler
NBF47 ).

A week ago I opened the cabinet and to my surprise one of mounting brackets
for the passive chipset cooler was broken and the chipset cooler was hanging
loos in the cabinet

I haven't got any problems with my computer, it is stable etc...

There are currently 2 fans in the computer (1 in PSU and 1 on CPU - Intel
2.6GHz)

Currently this computer have no chipset cooling

From bios (pc health status):
Active Temperature 70 degree
System Temperature 36 degree

Does this look right? Or could it be an error which reports wrong
temperatures?

Does this computer need extra cooling?

any suggestions?

Jeff


From: abituser on 22 Oct 2007 18:06

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:04:04 +0200 'Jeff'
wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit:
>I've got an computer build around a abit IS7 motherboard.

I've got an IS7-E2 (which doesn't have the chipset fan).

>A few months ago I replaced the chipset fan (the fan which the motherboard
>was delivered with) with a passive chipset cooler (Zalman Chipset cooler
>NBF47 ).

>A week ago I opened the cabinet and to my surprise one of mounting brackets
>for the passive chipset cooler was broken and the chipset cooler was hanging
>loos in the cabinet

Yikes!

>I haven't got any problems with my computer, it is stable etc...

Phew!

>There are currently 2 fans in the computer (1 in PSU and 1 on CPU - Intel
>2.6GHz)

Sounds about right.

>Currently this computer have no chipset cooling

Ooh.

>From bios (pc health status):
>Active Temperature 70 degree
>System Temperature 36 degree

>Does this look right? Or could it be an error which reports wrong
>temperatures?

Who knows.

>Does this computer need extra cooling?
>
>any suggestions?

Yes, get yourself a new chipset fan and install it asap.
Meanwhile those temps don't look bad for this mobo.
From: Beryl on 22 Oct 2007 18:26
Jeff wrote:
> Hey
>
> I've got an computer build around a abit IS7 motherboard.
>
> A few months ago I replaced the chipset fan (the fan which the motherboard
> was delivered with) with a passive chipset cooler (Zalman Chipset cooler
> NBF47 ).
>
> A week ago I opened the cabinet and to my surprise one of mounting brackets
> for the passive chipset cooler was broken and the chipset cooler was hanging
> loos in the cabinet
>
> I haven't got any problems with my computer, it is stable etc...
>
> There are currently 2 fans in the computer (1 in PSU and 1 on CPU - Intel
> 2.6GHz)
>
> Currently this computer have no chipset cooling
>
> From bios (pc health status):
> Active Temperature 70 degree
> System Temperature 36 degree
>
> Does this look right? Or could it be an error which reports wrong
> temperatures?
>
> Does this computer need extra cooling?
>
> any suggestions?
>
> Jeff

Those temps are cooking compared to my Athlon and NF7 board.
The CPU fan almost doesn't count, it just redistributes heat that's
already trapped in the case. And PSU fans (at least mine) don't move a
whole lot of air. You need case fans. And pin the Zalman back on.
From: frodo on 23 Oct 2007 14:13
FWIW, my IS7 (northwood) temps, as reported by ABIT-EQ:

sys: 32 C cpu: 35.5 C pwm: 35.0 C

that's at "idle", under full load they never go above 48

---

so your reported "active temp 70" is pretty high.

-----

here's "standard" numbers for a P4:

Pentium 4 Northwood Core stock cooling
28c-55c average and 57c worry limit

Pentium 4 Prescott Core stock cooling
45c-70c average and 75c worry limit

From: Jeff on 23 Oct 2007 17:01
I reported
Active Temperature 70 degree
System Temperature 36 degree

What is the difference between Active Temperatur and System temperature?


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