Intel DX58SO “Smackover” Motherboard
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Intel DX58SO comes with other smaller features, like an on-board power switch, an on-board buzzer (speaker) and a small 40-mm fan for you to install on top of the passive heatsink from the X58 chip if you think it is heating too much.
Figure 9: Optional fan for the X58 chip.
The voltage regulator circuit uses solid aluminum capacitors and ferrite chokes, which prevent leakage and have a lower energy loss, respectively, and passive heatsinks on top of the transistors.
Figure 10: Voltage regulator circuit.
All capacitors that aren’t solid are Japanese, from Chemi-Con, Nichicon and Sanyo, which is terrific.