EVGA 680 MCP Temperature is very hot!

Philio · 14 May 2007 at 22:56

I've just got my new PC put togeather and it's been running for a couple hours just sat at a boot failure prompt.

I've just checked the temps in the bois and getting the following...

CPU: 23
Mobo: 25
MCP: 87

I don't have the chipset fan installed as its really really loud! This sounds extremely hot... is this going to cause problems?

Jokester · 14 May 2007 at 22:57

Install the chipset fan and set it to 50%, and overclocking without it isn't wise.

Jokester

Philio · 14 May 2007 at 23:00

I'll give that a try now, thanks!

Philio · 15 May 2007 at 01:22

Well that's done the trick, my MCP is down to 41 and the fan at 50% isn't too noisy... Wish I could overclock but OCUK sold me a rev 1 board, can't do a decent overclock with my QX6700 without it hanging.

V|per · 15 May 2007 at 01:38

err, evga will replace your board free of charge... go get a rev2

Philio · 15 May 2007 at 01:46

V|per said:
err, evga will replace your board free of charge... go get a rev2

Nope not any more they stopped that on the 30th April. I would have to send the board off to EVGA and wait for a replacement... which will probably take weeks... I'm really annoyed because competitors have the board for the same price and it is the newer version. I've requested a refund from OCUK and ordered the newer version from a competitor.

Darg · 15 May 2007 at 09:18

I doubt you'll get a refund from OCUK unless it's been just 7 days since you received it. Did it explicitly say it was a rev2 when you bought it?

Arcane · 15 May 2007 at 09:26

evga's rma turnaround is very good, both my boards were returned within 9 days.

rezza · 15 May 2007 at 10:37

where do u check the MCp temperature from?

Philio · 15 May 2007 at 11:59

Darg said:
I doubt you'll get a refund from OCUK unless it's been just 7 days since you received it. Did it explicitly say it was a rev2 when you bought it?

No it didn't say anything, but the point being that I've looked at other sites and they are all selling the A1 board (rev 2) and they all stated that. OCUK don't say and they are still shipping the AR version (rev 1), if they are still shifting old stock while every other website are selling new stock IMO they should at least have the courtisy to tell you that when you buy.

Philio · 15 May 2007 at 12:00

rezza said:
where do u check the MCp temperature from?

If you go on the system monitor screen in the BIOS, it gives you CPU/Board/MCP temps, fan speeds etc. I'm sure you can probably get these from within Windows too.