** The Official ASUS P5N-E SLI & Ultra 650i Thread **
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I have a fan on each of the on board fan controllers (CHA_1, CHA_2) and Speedfan seems to think both chanels are one fan, instead of two so I can't turn one higher or lower than the other.
Is this normal?
Is this normal?
I'l be surprised if that does a better job than the pre-installed one without a fan that is. Will be interesting anyway, Ive got a 92mm Amber blowing over the stock cooler and with the NB on the highest Volt settings its still just cool enough to touch for extended periods.Minstadave said:I've ordered on of these:
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=200&code=014
Was going to go for the Thermalright HR-05 SLI Chipset Cooler, but this was much cheaper.
Will let you know if its up to the job of keeping the chipset temps under control.
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Ditto!pegasus1 said:
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Kaiju said:
Yes. If you have a look in the BIOS you only have 2 changeable fan channel sensors - The CPU and the Chassis Fan Headers. Speedfan just reads sensors that are already there and super-imposes itself on the existing control circuitry. If the hardware won't do it, Speedfan can't make it do it.
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pegasus1 said:
If you measure the fins on the stock cooler, that Zalman one has almost double the surface area. The stock cooler is big and simple, the Zalman big and complex. For the fiver it costs it can't be a bad idea, surely?
pegasus1 said:
What's your FSB? I only found I had a problem with the NB on high FSB's - 450+ at those sorts of speeds I could feel the heat from the motherboard at the side panel nearest the motherboard on the outside of the case. I reckon if the case is too hot to touch in places, you need to cool that spot better!
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FSB of just over 470, the picture of the Zalman didnt realy do it justice i spose. As soon as i can confirm that the Swiftech NB cooler is compatable with this mobo i'l add it to my loop, that will rid the case of a lot of warm air.WJA96 said:
My FSB is only at 333MHz so far and I haven't increased the voltage. The NB heatsink is warm to the touch but not at all "hot". I have a little 40mm 3pin fan here from an old Celeron HSF that I could add to the NB - but how to make it stick? What do people use to attach the fan?
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The Zalman will be going in this evening, have to go pick it up from my college. It should outperform the stock cooler nicely, its got a lot more surface area, and the base of the fins all meet near the NB core unlike the stock cooler, which doesn't have many fins near the core at all.
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I'm using telekenisis to float the fans inside my case.clv101 said:
Actually, i've turned my case 90 degrees and rotated the picture.
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Found a review of the Zalman:
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=9&artpage=1980&articID=473
Does really well compared to all the fancy active heatpipe coolers.
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=9&artpage=1980&articID=473
Does really well compared to all the fancy active heatpipe coolers.
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The passive zalman did better then dual heatpipes 
zalman are pretty good but that defies logic tbh
I dont fix my fans using anything especially, one guy said a glue gun was a pretty neat adjustable idea. In the past Ive used a zalman bracket which is easy to use. You dont have to fix it to the Nb really but anything would do that doesnt retrict airflow, ziptie?
zalman are pretty good but that defies logic tbhI dont fix my fans using anything especially, one guy said a glue gun was a pretty neat adjustable idea. In the past Ive used a zalman bracket which is easy to use. You dont have to fix it to the Nb really but anything would do that doesnt retrict airflow, ziptie?
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silversurfer said:The passive zalman did better then dual heatpipes
I guess heatpipes do better with a high temperature gradient, they were hitting a max of 42 degrees with an ambient of 28 degrees so the coolers didn't really have much to work with.
Hey just got the P5N-E SLI and have been having trouble overclocking as I am not familiar with the bios. I have currently got my e4300 to 2.7ghz but it fails to post any higher. I have the latest bios installed
Could anyone give me any tips on what to tweak. For example what do I need to do to the LDT frequency, and what are the best voltages.
Also what have other people with this combo managed to get out of their processors?
Thanks,
Hayley
Could anyone give me any tips on what to tweak. For example what do I need to do to the LDT frequency, and what are the best voltages.
Also what have other people with this combo managed to get out of their processors?
Thanks,
Hayley
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Try leaving all the voltages on "Auto". Are you sure you're running the RAM okay, not overclocking it too far? As default just increasing the FSB would have pushed my PC6400 out of spec pretty quick.
Disable the BIOS POST splash screen so you can see the speed the memory is trying to run at.
Disable the BIOS POST splash screen so you can see the speed the memory is trying to run at.
clv101 said:
I have my ram running at 4-4-4-15 @ 800 so it should be okay. I have already disabled the splah screen, so I think the ram should be Ok. Its just their are a lot of options in the bios that im not really sure what they do!
Here are a great help if you are unsure also.