asus m2npv-vm runs hot, so i changed the hs (pics included)

[shadowlord]

hello all!

recently i bought a asus m2npv-vm for it's cheap price with integrated gfx.

the board runs fine but even with the installed sempron 3200+ with stock speed the northbridge gets so hot that i could only touch it for ~ 5seconds.

the southbridge without a heatsink gets even hotter, i could only touch it for a second.

since i like my computer silent, adding a additional fan was out of the question.
so i replaced the nb heatsink with a coolermaster one (a similar model is also aviable from thermalright)

stock board



i had to saw of a row of fins to make it fit but it's still way larger than the stock one.
then i've used a thermal pad to stick the stock heatsink onto the southbridge.





now both heatsinks are still feeling hot when i touch them, but i could touch them as long as i want now. so thats definitely an improvement.

btw the mobo temp sensor did report 30C° before the mod and it's still the same, so i assume that the sensor is nowhere near those hot bridge-chips.

take care...

 

[unclewebb]

Good work. Improved chipset cooling is always a good thing.

I think I hit 2900 MHz with a cheap single core 2000 MHz processor on this board. I was really amazed that the on board video could handle an overclock like that.