Overheating causing a hangup??

[Proprioceptive]

I wrote an earlier post concerning more detailed concerns, but I'm curious about a more minute issue. When I'm running my system, I'm getting temp feedbacks of the following

CPU: 30 idle 37 load
PWM: 34 idle 36 load
GPUs: 40 idle 49 load
Chipset: 49 idle 57 load

All of these look okay to me except for the chipset... and that seems awfully high. I had reached as high as 59 at one point while playing BF2. Does this chipset temp seem too high to anyone else? I was constantly getting lockups while doing anything graphics intensive. Specs in the sig

 

[imported_Phil]

Grab a spare 80mm fan, duct-tape it somewhere so it blows on the chipset heatsink, and test. If it stops locking up, then you know what the problem is.

Of course, this is an entirely temporary solution, but I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that 😉

 

[Proprioceptive]

Yep, I tried that. Unfortunately it got me nowhere. I've now RMAed the mobo and am waiting for a new one.

 

[bigKr33]

I had the same chipset problems with my board. I bought this http://www.jab-tech.com/Evercool-VC-RE-Twinkling-VGA-Cooler-pr-2291.html and used some arctic silver 5. My chipset idle is now anywhere between 37-40c depending on room temp and the load never exceeds 45c.