any suggestions please

[muke1428]

hi, i have just bought an MSI K9N Neo-F nForce 550, Athlon 64 3000, 1gig Geil DDRII and an Nvidia 7300. Windows installed ok but i now get a problem with the northbridge heatsink, it overheats like mad. it litterally burns your fingers to touch. when it has been on for about 5 hours idle it shuts down, while using it can shut down between 1-3 hours depending on what you are doing.


my question is is it a faulty board or should i look at the setup of the system?

 

[Jay_t]

Is your machine stable? At least if the sink is getting hot it is making good contact. These things are usually designed to run about 60 degrees c mind. If it bothers you that much you can probably use active cooling.

 

[muke1428]

the machine is fairly stable but when transfering large amounts of data it locks. didnt really want to use active cooling as the board is only a week old. think i will just contact support and get an RMA number.

oh and as for it running at 60, when i got home i tested the sink with a thermometer. it was running at 89...........ouch. hence i will just get RMA and return it

Thanks for your suggestions