AMD 970 chipset heatsink on Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard gets very hot

sonyzz · Nov 9, 2014

should it be a problem or its normal? does it affects my internet connection?

rolli59 · Nov 9, 2014

It is normal and should not affect internet at all! Only cure is good airflow in the case!

huilun02 · Nov 9, 2014

AMD's stock cooler just sucks.

sonyzz · Nov 9, 2014

i have cooler master tx3 on my phenom II x4 965 BE non oc'ed

rolli59 · Nov 9, 2014

Tower coolers do not help airflow over VRM's but stock cooler blowing down on the board does.

huilun02 · Nov 9, 2014

The best you can do is reseat it with a new application of thermal paste, and then giving it good air flow.

sonyzz · Nov 9, 2014

Mobo is new about few weeks old

rolli59 · Nov 9, 2014

What case do you have and what case fans installed and where?

sonyzz · Nov 10, 2014

dont know but i have constant ping up's when playing league of legends and internet is slower not like it was before with this mobo http://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/960gm-gs3%20fx/ ping was always 40ms now it varies from 40 to 700 i reinstalled windows but same problem again playing same league of legends game, and again heatsink beneath cpu http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/gallery/ does get very hot but heatsink on vrm's does not ant SB heatsink is cool.Another question is what does chipset drivers do? do i need to install them or not? Case is http://www.overclockers.com/win-griffin-case-review/ fans are 80mm at the back, 120mm psu fan near the back fan, then gpu has 2 fans, and cpu fan for tx3 front fan is not connected cuz wire lenght is too small

rolli59 · Nov 10, 2014

Chip set drivers have to be installed they run all the installed features on your board, minimum recommended cooling for decent airflow is 1 intake fan in the front and 1 exhaust in the back regardless of PSU fan.

sonyzz · Nov 10, 2014

okay i understand what you are saying i have installed realtek lan,realtek audio,and usb3 drivers but on asus support page there is other chipset driver with has install of 1gb :??:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/HelpDesk_Download/ so i need to install it? Thoose chipset drivers are just catalyst drivers

rolli59 · Nov 10, 2014

If you have done the lan, audio and USB3 you should be good, modern windows will update the other drivers.

Guest · Nov 10, 2014

i'm not an expert on the 970 chipset i do however know quite a bit about the 990 chipset, which is safe up to boiling point i kid you not. I would imagine the 970 chipset is fine at whatever heat you're hitting

sonyzz · Nov 11, 2014

so motherboard isnt affecting my internet speed if lan drivers are installed because mobo is new, but my network is on wireless antenna "air grid" then cable goes in to my router, and from router to mobo, friend told me to plug in "wan" cable from "air grid" straight to computer but it did not helped, he was saying that my router could be bad but it worked well year and a half :??:

i will try call my network provider

rolli59 · Nov 11, 2014

Looks to be the right course of action.

sonyzz · Nov 11, 2014

then why amd 970 chip heatsink is very hot i mean VERY, maybe fault motherboard? cuz others like vrm heatsink and sb950 are cool like room temp only that one is very very hot

rolli59 · Nov 11, 2014

It is not unusual to see 60°C which is hot enough to burn.

Guest · Nov 11, 2014

Like i stated earlier it's safe pretty close to boiling point, 95 degrees celcius i did a little digging that indicated the 970 and 990 have the same temp thresholds, if i can find where i found that info over a year ago i'll link it here.

AMD 970 chipset heatsink on Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard gets very hot

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