Overheating NB on an Asus stiker II formular

[Ragdollcatman]

Yes, tried all of that - the mobo won't work if the soundcard isn't installed.

Nevermind, I'll see what happens when I get it back.

[Ragdollcatman]

Well here is what Asus says about the Nvidia chipsets:

Dear Valued Customer,

If the NB temperature is below 105C, and the PC could keep work smoothly, it is still normal for the chipset. And long-range limit temperatuer for the chipset is 105C. As mentioned. Nvidia chipset may make a little more heat. but correspondingly, it could endure more heat. So if now the PC could work smoothly, please do not worry. If it is could not work stably, please contact your retailer for a check. If it is due to motherboard faulty, he will send it to us through distributor for RMA. We will solve your problem as soon as possible.

Best Regards,

Jany

ASUS Customer Service

If you have any suggestions or feedback about our technical support service, please e-mail to xxxxxxx. We will then arrange for a specialist to work with you regarding your issue. Your suggestions and feedback are appreciated and allow us to provide better service.

This sounds like complete BS to me, but there we go.

[Ragdollcatman]

I finally got my Striker II Formula back..

It must be one of the "new" ones, because it now has ANOTHER heatsink on the left of the South-Bridge, going inbetween the two PCI-E slots....

Anybody know what that is for? Let alone what extra stuff I will need if I do decide to buy liquid cooling parts for it.

[Ragdollcatman]

Right....

I have ordered these components to build up a new gaming PC

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S - 2.8GHz 65w CPU
500Gb Seagate HDD
8Gb of Crucial Ballistix Tracer (Red) 800MHz DDR2-800MHz RAM (wanted the black but out of stock)

If I have won the thermaltake evo PSU I'll use that... If I haven't then I will have to buy the Corsair HX750 or HX850 - some advice will be welcome.

The complete set up will be:

Asus Striker II Formula
Q9550S CPU
8Gb RAM
2 x 512Mb BFG 9600 GT OC2 GPUs in SLi
Onboard sound
2 Asus Lightscribe drives
1 Floppy drive
2 or 3 HDDs - 500Gb, 320Gb and 250Gb (main, secondary, back up,email folder and docs)

[MadMax2911]

Originally Posted by Ragdollcatman

I finally got my Striker II Formula back..

It must be one of the "new" ones, because it now has ANOTHER heatsink on the left of the South-Bridge, going inbetween the two PCI-E slots....

Anybody know what that is for? Let alone what extra stuff I will need if I do decide to buy liquid cooling parts for it.

no sorry I cool on air-see my sig-
Max out