Heatsink on via133a northbridge?

[slpaulson]

Is it necessary for there to be a heatsink on the via133a northbridge? The reason I ask is because I have an epox 6vba2 which doesn't have one and I am trying for 150mhz bus, but I get kicked out of quake3 every so often with an illegal opperation. I run rc5 all day without any problems though. The chip doesn't ever feel very warm. Thank you.

 

[Klosters]

Conventional wisdom is that the Via 133A north bridge runs much cooler than it's 440BX counterpart. It doesn't require extra cooling.