Anyone tried replacing the heatsink on the via chipset on the K7T Turbo mobo?

ivanov

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the via chipset gets really hot on my mobo whenever i've ran it at high fsbs... i think my Tbird can easily take the higher fsb, but the problem might be the via chipset heating up way too fast over a certain fsb.... unlike the Abit KT7a, the MSI K7T Turbo doesn't have a fan on top of the chipset heatsink.... was wondering if it's then possible to remove the stock heatsink and put something like a blue orb with some arctic silver adhesive to cool down that chipset?

what do you guys think? anyone done that?
 

mlg

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overclockers.com used a Tennmax lasagna on the Iwill kk266, and think Anandtech also tried a HSF on the Iwill's N-bridge, I think they used the cooler off an Epox or Asus. I haven't heard of anyone using the blue orb on MSI though.