I've got a DFI Ultra-D that I know is prone to PWM heat issues. I've been thinking of a few options to try to cool it, but am hoping to find an effective passive solution.
First and foremost - does the PWM IC have a temperature register? Is it in the bios and I've just been glazing over it without noticing for almost a year now?!
Secondly, and specific to this board but examples from similar others would work - what options do I have? I can't seem to find a picture for my particular board showing the PWM IC location offhand, so while at work I'm having a hard time visualizing it.
Is active (fan) cooling pretty much necessary, or will I be able to muddle out a passive solution (cutting up an old heatsink and finding a way to secure it in such a way that it'll bleed heat from the PWM IC)?
Also a side question only semi-related - for situations where one wants to mount/secure passive cooling / heatsinks to components on a board that don't have pins/slots/holes for mounting with - what can I use? I've seen reference to a few different compounds but my memory is apparently failing at a rapid rate? Am I correctly remembering some sort of conductive epoxy, and/or low-temp but high conductivity solder?
First and foremost - does the PWM IC have a temperature register? Is it in the bios and I've just been glazing over it without noticing for almost a year now?!
Secondly, and specific to this board but examples from similar others would work - what options do I have? I can't seem to find a picture for my particular board showing the PWM IC location offhand, so while at work I'm having a hard time visualizing it.
Is active (fan) cooling pretty much necessary, or will I be able to muddle out a passive solution (cutting up an old heatsink and finding a way to secure it in such a way that it'll bleed heat from the PWM IC)?
Also a side question only semi-related - for situations where one wants to mount/secure passive cooling / heatsinks to components on a board that don't have pins/slots/holes for mounting with - what can I use? I've seen reference to a few different compounds but my memory is apparently failing at a rapid rate? Am I correctly remembering some sort of conductive epoxy, and/or low-temp but high conductivity solder?