04-07-2021 06:03 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 10:19 PM by ROGBot
04-07-2021 08:34 PM
Zeroed85 wrote:
I'm seeing 74-80C on my PCH and several others are also reporting this. Does this look to be normal for the XIII Hero? It seems a rather high temperature to be running on average...
04-07-2021 10:13 PM
ThomasRhin wrote:
Remember to remove the protective film on the heatsink.
04-14-2021 02:34 PM
ThomasRhin wrote:
Remember to remove the protective film on the heatsink.
04-08-2021 12:18 AM
04-08-2021 04:19 AM
Saltgrass wrote:
I just got a new board and I am seeing 65 degrees C in the Bios Monitoring page. Maybe it will go down over time or maybe that is normal.
When you refer to the Chipset heatsink, are you referring to the black metal cover on the chipset and not the plastic cover over it?
There may be a video card blowing hot air in that area.. I had to come up with new ways to cool my RTX-3090 since it blew hot air back inside the case..
04-08-2021 08:43 AM
04-11-2021 11:50 AM
Saltgrass wrote:
I don't know what is under the Chipset cover, I have never taken that off.
The Plastic cover with the RGB lighting does have a plastic cover, to protect from scratching, that should be removed..
I will check my temps again, in the Bios to see if anything has changed since the board has been active for a while.
Edit: I just checked mine and it was showing 56 degrees C. Other components were sitting around 32-33° C
04-12-2021 01:20 PM
ThomasRhin wrote:
What's between the PCH chip and the black metal heatsink is a thermal pad around 1.0mm thick. You can replace the stock thermal pad with one of better thermal conductive performance.
I've replaced it with Thermalright odyssey thermal paste(1.0mm) and observed temperature drop of around 5~8 degree . DO NOT use thermal paste because the compression pressure that comes from the screws of the heatsink could crush the die of PCH. Thermal pad can provide physical protection from being crushed.