ASRock Z370 Taichi - Hot chipset
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Topic: ASRock Z370 Taichi - Hot chipset
Posted By: mutissj
Subject: ASRock Z370 Taichi - Hot chipset
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 1:10am
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The chipset is so hot that I can not touch - all time and the PCH diode reaches the temperature of even 64'C Is it normal?  general cooling of the entire computer I have very good, picture below: http://i.imgur.com/Ui5NNSy.jpg" rel="nofollow - https://i.imgur.com/Ui5NNSy.jpg |
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Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:20am
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" rel="nofollow - WOW that is hot and so is your GPU ! Is that at idle in Windows with no apps running ? Are you sure you have the case fans running in proper direction ? Front blows in, top blows out, back blows out. Please list all of your components and if you are overclocking or have adjusted any voltages. edit: I do note that your case fans are barely running. Mine run about 800-1000 rpm at idle and still make near no audible sound. ------------- https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=99573335296 |
Posted By: aramil
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 6:36am
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" rel="nofollow - [URL=][/URL]While you are looking at this Check your GPU fan settings (50c) and still no fan movement? (GPU fan shows at 0 RPM) that Very hot GPU heatsink is right next to the PCH. |
Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2018 at 9:52am
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Good eye Aramil ! I saw that but was thinking differantly. ------------- https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=99573335296 |
Posted By: mutissj
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 12:13am
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@badbri @aramil thanks for the answers I have done tests stres GPU in various configurations and present the results
GPU: 79'C, PCH: 65'C 
GPU: --'C, PCH: 59'C 
GPU: 76'C, PCH: 57'C 
GPU: 74'C, PCH: 54'C  GTX970 (no OC) RX580 (no OC) Overclocked: i7-8700K @ 4,70 GHz (Delid) G.Skill Trident Z @ 3600MHz CL15 (XMP)
i have good fan setting 
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 2:12am
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" rel="nofollow - The thermal pad may be off center, you should be able to see it if you look from the side though it will be tricky inside the case, phone camera maybe? It can happen sometimes, if the board is new you may want to RMA rather than fix it yourself. Is the heatsink too hot to touch or is it cool(ish)? ------------- 
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Posted By: mutissj
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2018 at 10:54pm
" rel="nofollow - I recorded a video with the test
*the heat sink at 50'C is warm *the heat sink at 60'C is hot *the heat sink at 65'C + is very hot, I can touch the moments - while working on the graphic card, you can not hold your finger on PCH because it burns hard (PCH 65-70'C) - RMA - I can not stand a month without a computer, I have to collect money for a replacement motherboard - I think I can pull it and check it, a screwdriver is enough? I have to buy a new thermal-pad? |
Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2018 at 10:50pm
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Fan 3 should be blowing out of the case, not in. Hot air normally rises and with Fan 3 blowing down you could be forcing the hot air back down around the PCH and Video card. Humor me and change fan 3 to blow out and re-check your temperature please. ------------- https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=99573335296 |
Posted By: mutissj
Date Posted: 02 May 2018 at 11:37pm
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@UP I turned off the fan (number 3) in the program (channel 4), it does not make any difference, except that the HDD is heating up by 5-7 degrees more  |
Posted By: Chingus
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2018 at 5:36am
| " rel="nofollow - did you ever get this straightened out? I'm having the same problem except for my pch can get to 75 while gaming. I have great airflow and my cpu and gpu stay under 70c loaded and 40ish idling. An extra case fan pointing right at the heatsink can keep it under 60c idling but my setup has the motherboard inverted and perhaps this is why. Maybe the heatsink is holding the heat while upside down? |
Posted By: Animalm4st3r
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2018 at 7:42am
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well thats a design flaw of the taichi. mine goes to 70 and beyond when gaming, because that heatsink is more like a style ornament :P It should be better if u use a Downforce CPU cooler. though |
Posted By: RLGL
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2018 at 9:44am
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The numbers from the OP are very similar to mine when at rest. ------------- Asrock Z370 Gaming K6,Intel i7 8700K, Asrock x570 Taichi |
Posted By: AJFR
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2018 at 2:22pm
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" rel="nofollow - Hello Guys! I also have the Z370 Taichi Motherboard with 8700k processor. Idle is my 8700k around 28/29 degrees. And my PHC temp is Idle around 52 degrees While gaming max 59 degrees. Are those temps normal? Maybe because the NVM hard disk (also gets hot) is under the chipset, and the (big) videocard is also covering the chipset.......... Please let me know what temps you have? and if my temps are normal?
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Posted By: Edropian
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2019 at 6:31am
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well, I have the z370 professional i7 Fatal1ty and whatever else the name says and it is practically the Taichi with the aquantia onboard. I had the same issue from day one idle at around 55-58 and under load 60-65 at times when here in Greece is summer and everything melts down. I won't say that this is acceptable but coming from previous experience with a Gigabyte UD7-X58 I had the same issue there too and things there were even worse. That Mobo still runs rock solid after a decade of pretty rough usage. My point is to not freak out as this is probably a MoBo design issue as they have to put it somewhere in order to serve what it serves and most of the times the put it close to the GPU and taking into account what it goes through in a medium to a high-end system ... it makes perfect sense that it goes with such temps. Unfortunately, the position offers no options for alternative cooling solutions so all you (myself included) have to do ... is to digest it and move forward. ------------- Fatal1ty Z370 Professional Gaming i7 / i7 8700K / HX1000i / H100i / F4-3200C14D-16GTZ |
Posted By: mutissj
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 5:45am
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ASRock very ugly has acted at this high price should not be high temperatures on the chipset I was able to deal with this by buying an additional fan holder mounted on the track from the pci_e ports on the asian shop "aliexpress",  in this way, you're breaking the temperature to 40-50'C |
Posted By: mutissj
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 5:49am
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