Hot PCH chip making fans way too loud on my nitro 5 running 2 nvme ssds in RAID-0. Any workarounds?

heni87
heni87 Member Posts: 20 Networker
edited December 2023 in 2020 Archives
So this took a bit of deeper investigation to figure out. Here goes the story. I own a nitro 5 2019 edition part number AN515-54W2 (9300H/1050 3GB). I added a second 256 gb nvme ssd in the second slot couple of months after owning it. And since it was the same capacity as the preinstalled 256 gb drive I went ahead and created a RAID-0 volume in the intel rapid storage technology app to combine the disks while also increasing performance. After combing the disks I benchmarked the volume using crystal disk mark and got sequential read and writes about 3.5GGB/s which gave me even faster boot times and more responsive system. All was good until I started copying files to the volume when fans started blasting up for seemingly no reason. I checked cpu/gpu temps both in nitrosense and hwinfo only to find out they're way too low (about 45 degrees to be specific) but fans were pinned above 5000 rpm. Once I was done transferring files the system went quiet after a couple minutes. I assumed it was just a one time issue and ignored it but the problem persisted forcing me to investigate what's really going on with my system after a couple of weeks then I find out what was causing it. Whenever I start accessing the storage array whether it's reading or writing for extended periods of time the motherboard PCH chip temperature rises to over 75 degrees and that's when the fans kick in  and no matter what I set the fans in nitrosense they quickly go back up to over 5000 rpm. I have updated my BIOS to the latest 1.30 available and updated all the drivers for that to change nothing. So here's my question should I move out my files and un-raid the nvme ssds to get back to my previous configuration or is there any other workaround to keep the PCH chip cool and therefore make the fans stay quiet while accessing the RAID-0 volume for extended periods of time.

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  • batmalin
    batmalin Member Posts: 4,231 Guru
    i don`t know any workaround for overheating intel raid controller, so my recommendadtion is to try same load on a single ssd or if you don`t want to try then maybe put a thermal pad and piece of copper or alu. on top of the chip...
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  • heni87
    heni87 Member Posts: 20 Networker
    batmalin said:
    i don`t know any workaround for overheating intel raid controller, so my recommendadtion is to try same load on a single ssd or if you don`t want to try then maybe put a thermal pad and piece of copper or alu. on top of the chip...
    While the ssds were working separately there was no such issue at all the issue just came with the RAID setup. And yeah I also thought of putting a thermal pad on it but there's nothing there to hold onto it. Is it a bad idea if I put a plastic tape on it?
  • batmalin
    batmalin Member Posts: 4,231 Guru
    edited August 2020
    Well Intel are not famous with their raid controllers and rst tech. in general and their fw is a nightmare. Thermal pads should have adhesive to mount on chips, plastic tape is not a good idea.
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  • heni87
    heni87 Member Posts: 20 Networker
    edited August 2020
    Alright then I'll undo the RAID setup. Gotten tired of those loud fans already. Also thanks for the reply.
  • batmalin
    batmalin Member Posts: 4,231 Guru
    Well it`s not really a solution but you are welcome!
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