[mdlug] System Build Saga
Robert Adkins
radkins at impelind.com
Wed Jul 11 09:54:06 EDT 2007
My issue had nothing to do with the CPU Fan. The CPU Fan that came with
the system was perfect.
It was the Northbridge Chip fan/heatsink that wasn't up to the task of
properly keeping the motherboard chips cool enough to operate. The
Northbridge can be read about here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_%28computing%29>
I'm also running AMD CPUs, not that it is relevant to the discussion.
-Rob
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re:[mdlug] System Build Saga
From: David Lane <dcl400m at yahoo.com>
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:43:25 AM
> Are you using the Stock Intel (if it is intel) cooling fan. Because in
> this build I baught a diffetent cpu fan. And will replace all the
> other stock Intel fans because they dont always snap all the way then
> later it wiggles loose and you are suffering heat shutdowns.
>
> David
>
> */Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com>/* wrote:
>
> Personally, I prefer ASUS and maybe MSI products.
>
> My current "main rig" originally had an MSI board. They did a
> piss-poor
> job of designing the cooling system on the mainboard. I was suffering
> from a series of heat related shutdowns. In the end, it turned out
> that
> the entire problem was related to the Northbridge chip overheating
> something fierce.
>
> Right now, I have the extra guts to rebuild a second PC. I just
> need to
> fabricate or replace the entire mainboard chip cooling system to
> have it
> run properly...
>
> The ASUS Board I replaced it with has been operating awesomely.
>
> -Rob
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re:[mdlug] System Build Saga
> From: David Lane
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:54:10 AM
> > Now I'm a fan of MSI ans ASUS (This is the only mother board
> that has
> > the nifty little sticker you can put in the front of your case. LOL)
> >
> > */"Morris, Tim" /* wrote:
> >
> > Some SATA controllers are a pain in the A**. Some boards have
> > options to set a SATA controller as an AHCI controller, or to
> > emulate an old IDE controller. Either of those options (if the
> > board had them) might have worked in your case. Obviously, setting
> > them to emulate an IDE controller isn't such a great idea, but
> > from what I can tell the only thing you lose by setting them to
> > AHCI is the RAID functionality (if it even has it). I could be
> > wrong...
> >
> > For the record, I don't like ECS boards either. I have had 2, one
> > still works (although the USB died) and the other died completely
> > after 3 months. But hey, they were cheap.
> >
> > -- Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software
> >
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org]
> > *On Behalf Of *David Lane
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:30 AM
> > *To:* MDLUG's Main discussion list
> > *Subject:* Re: [mdlug] System Build Saga
> >
> > I will admit I misspoke about ECS being an "OFF" Bran. It looks
> > like it will be a while until I build another system.
> >
> >
> >
> > */Michael Rudas /* wrote:
> >
> > On 7/10/07, David Lane wrote:
> > > Recently there was a sale at an electronics store that when
> > I bought a
> > > certain CPU I got a free mother board, that was the
> > beginning of my problems.
> > >
> > > I have built a few (3 to be specific) systems in the so my
> > 4th build would
> > > be a piece of cake. WRONG, the off brand mother board was
> > the problem. The
> > > motherboard that did NOT work was an "ECS" board.
> >
> > I'm sorry to hear that you had problems, but I must point out
> > two things:
> >
> > 1. ECS is not an "off" brand. The manufacturer is FIC, the world's
> > largest motherboard maker. They also make the PCChips brand, among
> > others. Just because YOU haven't heard of them doesn't make them
> > unknown.
> > 2. A BIOS update will probably cure the problem-- motherboards, by
> > their very nature, MUST be OS-agnostic, so a board that won't run
> > Linux usually just needs a BIOS re-flash, or simpler still, a BIOS
> > reset-- problems which can happen with ANY brand of mobo,
> > believe me.
> > Did you Google the brand and model, by the way?
> >
> > -- Mikey
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