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(The ones cirled in red appear to come in pairs).

I'm considering adding some cooling to the MOSFETS in the form of VGA RAM heatsinks on my ASUS M3A motherboard. The thing is though, I don't really know where they are as I haven't done that sort of thing before :oops: Enclosed is a picture of my best guess. I've drawn arrorws in green to point. Any...

[I apologise if I came across argumentitive, not intentional. But as you may beable to understand and possibly empathise I am simply frustrated and only searching to find understanding. Nothing more. And I appreciate and respect all suggestions and post by forum members. Shall create my own thread ...

(Will have to give AMD overdrive a go regarding CPU temps. Will post with my findings if different) Ok, I am certain the CPU is not the issue. As stated in the email, my Athlon X2 4200+ is the 65nm G2 Stepping, basically the same as the Athlon X2 5000BE of which people easily push beyond 3GHz commo...

Methoius, do you also get odd temperature readings for the CPU? My temperature readings with v301 BIOS were around the 20-30 degs C mark. After updating my BIOS to v601 it now reads between 40-50 degs C ??? Yet the Zalman CNPS9500 AM2 CPU cooler (heatpipes and all) is cool to the touch :? The M3A ow...

I dont believe my issue at this stage is heat related as the system fails P.O.S.T with a FSB of anything above 250MHz (though I can understand that once a successful OS boot has occurred, then yes heat will become the main criteria for stability). For other readers of the post just joining Methious ...

Extract from Methious email Couple of things about the board first. The NB heatsink, the aluminum one by the cpu, with a pair of needle nose pliers CAREFULLY remove the wire clip holding the heat sink on. (do this with the power off, power supply unplugged) It's pretty easy to do if your careful. U...

I too have just purchased an ASUS M3A motherboard and have been putting it through its paces the past few days since I've had it. One issue I've found is in regards to a poor FSB limitation, with failure to P.O.S.T anything beyond FSB 250MHz (although ASUS officially state their specification as 200...