ASUS p5W DH Deluxe Heat Problems?

[Jay]

If anyone is having problems with their motherboard temps reading very high and think its an problem with the passive heat pipe then your wrong.

its the southbridge that is running hot, 1 80mm fan or even better an Antec spot cooler will drop you motherboard temps quite a lot

I went from 53oC under load to 32oC

[pands@scan]

also, dont forget to take the plastic film off the heatpipe....alot of people dont see it