Asus M2n4-sli

[Scenic]

Re: Asus M2n4-sli

Those Asus chipset heatsinks/fans are a common reason for toasted boards.

got a bunch of Asus A8N SLI (SE) a while back..
all of them had dead fans and overheating killed the chipset -.-

out of 9 boards only 2 survived it.. and one of them is kinda flaky detecting HDDs.. so it may be toasted aswell..
sometimes it works fine, sometimes it locks up / freezes while detecting the HDDs/ODDs, and sometimes it detects random crap..
(MaYTc0H 6h35dfH instead of Maxtor 6Y080P0 for example)

edit: and its not a problem with the HDDs or cables :/

[POM_MJ]

Re: Asus M2n4-sli

I agreed, thin aluminum, too hot, chipset should be toasted if fan die.
I will replace with Noctua NC-U6 chipset cooler.

[paul_h]

Re: Asus M2n4-sli

I always chuck a zalman nb47 northbridge heat sink on my boards, works OK because I have a 120mm case fan blowing in from the front down the bottom.
I also usually get passive video cards, or buy a passive zalman cooler to suit whatever is in there, and the biggest tower CPU cooler with a 120mm fan.
Costs a bit to set up, but quiet, low maintenance, and no future breakdowns due to overheating, fans failing, or tightly spaced fins on the typical small CPU/GPU/NB chipset fans blocking up with dust

[POM_MJ]

Re: Asus M2n4-sli

after I've changed all KZG to Panasonic.FL/FJS, It run stable now.
HyperPi 32M 2 threads passed with 3% Overclocked.

cannot get Noctua NC-U6 for chipset cooler, I used Cooler Master Blue Ice mod with a new 4cm. fan.

[c_hegge]

Re: Asus M2n4-sli

Nice work. That Worstec PSU isn't a Rev. 12E is it?

[POM_MJ]

Re: Asus M2n4-sli

Nope, It's Fairtec ATX-300-12Z from this thread => https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8017