Rampage 3 Gene northbridge heatsink help!

[Bnine]

Hey all new user here just bought the rampage 3 gene working great until i play games where i get the IOH overtemperature warning. I took my motherboard apart removed heatsink applies artic silver 5 and am still getting the same errors. I am wondering if anyone knows of a good full NB heatsink replacement that would fit this motherboard. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!

[HiVizMan]

How do you know your board is overheating? What software or hardware are you using to measure. If you are using AIsuite I would not trust it one bit.

Download HWMonitor I have far more faith in that than the ASUS software.

[Bnine]

While playing games my computer shuts itself down, upon booting it back up it says: IOH Overtemperature!!!. I am downloading HWMonitor right now to figure out my temps i just gotta run out for 20 mins and i will be back.

[Bnine]

Ok, my NB temps are idle at 70C, when i load up bf3, swotr or diablo 3 beta it continually rises until it hits 100C then shuts down. (using HWmonitor)
Comp specs:
- asus rampage 3 gene 1366 x58
- intel core i7 960 liquid cooled
- asus gtx 570
- 6 gigs corsair dominator 1600
- windows 7 home 64 bit

[WHO_FARTED?]

didn't the rampage have that problem until the bios was updated? may not have been, but it seems like it.

[Bnine]

I'm not quite sure i will look into that, from what i've seen the rampage 2/3's have problems running hotter than most other boards, only solutions from what i've found is reapply new thermal paste, or get a new heatsink w/ fan. Apparently applying pressure directly to the heatsink reduces temps by quite abit, stock nb heatsink could not be contacting the chip enough to keep it cool?

Edit: I cant find anything on a bios update fixing the problem

[Bnine]

Another thing, If i replace the stock heatsink with a new one w/ fan that has no heatpipe attached to it will that work? Do i need a heatpipe if i had one previously or can i leave the previous heatpipe spot empty?
Was looking at this small all copper heatsink w/ fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=u6tkl3alkoyz
Would that work?

[HiVizMan]

Might be worth you while just to tighten the screws down on that board NB area. If the hold down method is those rabbis plastic pins (I do not have a R3G board) then swap them out for some 2mm nuts and bolts.

[Bnine]

Hello again, I should have mentioned i did indeed pick up slightly longer screws for it and gave that a shot to no result. It seems i would have to make something that wraps over the top adding around 2-3 pounds of pressure, could be spaced out more than I am aware. But that would also probably cause heating issues due to the heatsink being slightly more covered, I am not quite sure what else to do besides just replacing the heatsink for something that cools it better and hopefully contacts the chip fully. I have been trying to find a heatsink that has a vertical heatpipe while also having a fan attached preferably made of copper that fits teh 1366 x58 chipset but cant seem to find anything of the sort.
This is my motherboard for reference http://rog.asus.com/forum/attachment...6&d=1316668573
http://img.directcanada.com/images/A...III_GENE_2.jpg

[HiVizMan]

Pity you were not based in the UK I have just the thing sitting doing nothing in the cupboard these last 5 years. Just like this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835116018


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