Zalman Passive NorthBridge Cooler

Hi All,

I recently bought some Zalman components to make my PC a bit quieter,
including a passive Northbridge cooler. Unfortunately, my Motherboard
(Abit IC7) doesn't have the required mounting holes.
I found that it's possible to stick the cooling element to the NB chip
using thermal epoxy. Is this safe enough ? Do I risk breaking the chip, by
accidentally hitting the cooling element ?

greetings, TIA
Jurgen

I used thermal tape. Works great for me. However, mine is on the southbridge
chip. It was working warm without the sink. Now, it's cool. I presume you
would have the same results on the northbridge. Wait and see for other
replies.


"Jurgen" wrote in message
news
Hi All,

I recently bought some Zalman components to make my PC a bit quieter,
including a passive Northbridge cooler. Unfortunately, my Motherboard
(Abit IC7) doesn't have the required mounting holes.
I found that it's possible to stick the cooling element to the NB chip
using thermal epoxy. Is this safe enough ? Do I risk breaking the chip, by
accidentally hitting the cooling element ?

greetings, TIA
Jurgen

I didn't think the southbridge got hot.

"Frank" wrote in message
.. .
I used thermal tape. Works great for me. However, mine is on the
southbridge
chip. It was working warm without the sink. Now, it's cool. I presume you
would have the same results on the northbridge. Wait and see for other
replies.


"Jurgen" wrote in message
news
Hi All,

I recently bought some Zalman components to make my PC a bit quieter,
including a passive Northbridge cooler. Unfortunately, my Motherboard
(Abit IC7) doesn't have the required mounting holes.
I found that it's possible to stick the cooling element to the NB chip
using thermal epoxy. Is this safe enough ? Do I risk breaking the chip,
by
accidentally hitting the cooling element ?

greetings, TIA
Jurgen

To the touch, my southbridge was pretty hot. Acording to my multimeter temp
sensor, it was around 40C. Now it's about 30-35C. However, with thermal
tape, it did a great job at cooling it, for me.

"JTS" wrote in message
...
I didn't think the southbridge got hot.

"Frank" wrote in message
.. .
I used thermal tape. Works great for me. However, mine is on the
southbridge
chip. It was working warm without the sink. Now, it's cool. I presume
you
would have the same results on the northbridge. Wait and see for other
replies.


"Jurgen" wrote in message
news
Hi All,

I recently bought some Zalman components to make my PC a bit quieter,
including a passive Northbridge cooler. Unfortunately, my Motherboard
(Abit IC7) doesn't have the required mounting holes.
I found that it's possible to stick the cooling element to the NB chip
using thermal epoxy. Is this safe enough ? Do I risk breaking the
chip,
by
accidentally hitting the cooling element ?

greetings, TIA
Jurgen

Sounds good, Frank. That's a pretty decent temp reduction!


"Frank" wrote in message
.. .
To the touch, my southbridge was pretty hot. Acording to my multimeter
temp
sensor, it was around 40C. Now it's about 30-35C. However, with thermal
tape, it did a great job at cooling it, for me.

"JTS" wrote in message
...
I didn't think the southbridge got hot.

"Frank" wrote in message
.. .
I used thermal tape. Works great for me. However, mine is on the
southbridge
chip. It was working warm without the sink. Now, it's cool. I presume
you
would have the same results on the northbridge. Wait and see for other
replies.


"Jurgen" wrote in message
news Hi All,

I recently bought some Zalman components to make my PC a bit
quieter,
including a passive Northbridge cooler. Unfortunately, my
Motherboard
(Abit IC7) doesn't have the required mounting holes.
I found that it's possible to stick the cooling element to the NB
chip
using thermal epoxy. Is this safe enough ? Do I risk breaking the
chip,
by
accidentally hitting the cooling element ?

greetings, TIA
Jurgen

Want a quite PC do what i did, i Zalmanised my PC, 7000A-Cu cpu
cooler, Northbridge heatsink and a Heatpipe cooler for my VID card

One 120mm fan at font 7 volts and adding on to the side,top and rear
when i get my new case as the case i have can't fit a 120mm at the
back, only two 80mm but thats fine all at 7 volts and 12volts at a
turn of a knob on my Vantec Fan controler, , not totaly Zalmanised i
guess.

Hope this helps.


On Thu, 27 May 2004 07:14:55 GMT, Jurgen
wrote:

Thanks to all for the answers !

Jurgen

JTS wrote:
Sounds good, Frank. That's a pretty decent temp reduction!


"Frank" wrote in message
.. .

To the touch, my southbridge was pretty hot. Acording to my multimeter

temp

sensor, it was around 40C. Now it's about 30-35C. However, with thermal
tape, it did a great job at cooling it, for me.

"JTS" wrote in message
...

I didn't think the southbridge got hot.

"Frank" wrote in message
et...

I used thermal tape. Works great for me. However, mine is on the

southbridge

chip. It was working warm without the sink. Now, it's cool. I presume

you

would have the same results on the northbridge. Wait and see for other
replies.


"Jurgen" wrote in message
news
Hi All,

I recently bought some Zalman components to make my PC a bit

quieter,

including a passive Northbridge cooler. Unfortunately, my

Motherboard

(Abit IC7) doesn't have the required mounting holes.
I found that it's possible to stick the cooling element to the NB

chip

using thermal epoxy. Is this safe enough ? Do I risk breaking the

chip,

by

accidentally hitting the cooling element ?

greetings, TIA
Jurgen

On Fri, 28 May 2004 00:06:47 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the
One Mr wrote:


Want a quite PC do what i did, i Zalmanised my PC, 7000A-Cu cpu
cooler, Northbridge heatsink and a Heatpipe cooler for my VID card

One 120mm fan at font 7 volts and adding on to the side,top and rear
when i get my new case as the case i have can't fit a 120mm at the
back, only two 80mm but thats fine all at 7 volts and 12volts at a
turn of a knob on my Vantec Fan controler, , not totaly Zalmanised i
guess.

Hope this helps.


Was just playing around with prime95 and speedfan.


cpu fan fast, case fans fast 42C

cpu fan slow, case fans fast 44C

cpu fan fast, case fans slow 45C

cpu fan slow, case fans slow 46C


Might as well run slow/quiet, not that much difference for all the
noise.

I got the speed controller with the cpu fan have not tried the cpu on
low yet, would makemy pc REALY silent on low, its 38c now so i would
only expect 5 degress difference on low i would think.


On Fri, 28 May 2004 06:53:39 -0700, wrote:

On Fri, 28 May 2004 00:06:47 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the
One Mr wrote:


Want a quite PC do what i did, i Zalmanised my PC, 7000A-Cu cpu
cooler, Northbridge heatsink and a Heatpipe cooler for my VID card

One 120mm fan at font 7 volts and adding on to the side,top and rear
when i get my new case as the case i have can't fit a 120mm at the
back, only two 80mm but thats fine all at 7 volts and 12volts at a
turn of a knob on my Vantec Fan controler, , not totaly Zalmanised i
guess.

Hope this helps.


Was just playing around with prime95 and speedfan.


cpu fan fast, case fans fast 42C

cpu fan slow, case fans fast 44C

cpu fan fast, case fans slow 45C

cpu fan slow, case fans slow 46C


Might as well run slow/quiet, not that much difference for all the
noise.