Hello, I have a ASUS M4A88T-M Motherboard. When I had the stock Heatsink for my CPU, the fan could blow some air to the Northbridge Heatsink by the sides, but now, since I changed to a Retail Cooler (Arctic Alpine Pro 64), there is no more air that is circulating on the northbridge.
In idle, it is hot, my fingers hurt only if I touch the base of the heatsink and put it for 8-9 seconds.
But when I stress the IGP for around 30 minutes, it burnt my finger when I tried to touch it.
I do not have a temperature sensor on the Northbridge.
I tried reseating the Northbridge Heatsink, it did make the "heatsink" cooler, but I am afraid that I may have reduced the thermal transfer.
I am not worried about it getting hot, however, I am afraid that the heat would shorten its lifetime or even break it.
Is that a normal temperature for a Northbridge?
Also, the Southbridge is a little bit hot too, since it has a tiny heatsink, but I am not worried about that as much as I am for the Northbridge.
Thanks is advance!
In idle, it is hot, my fingers hurt only if I touch the base of the heatsink and put it for 8-9 seconds.
But when I stress the IGP for around 30 minutes, it burnt my finger when I tried to touch it.
I do not have a temperature sensor on the Northbridge.
I tried reseating the Northbridge Heatsink, it did make the "heatsink" cooler, but I am afraid that I may have reduced the thermal transfer.
I am not worried about it getting hot, however, I am afraid that the heat would shorten its lifetime or even break it.
Is that a normal temperature for a Northbridge?
Also, the Southbridge is a little bit hot too, since it has a tiny heatsink, but I am not worried about that as much as I am for the Northbridge.
Thanks is advance!