View and Download Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX user manual online. GeForce 9300-ITX Motherboard pdf manual download. Also for: Geforce 9400-itx. The ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi pairs the GeForce 9300 graphics processor with Intel socket LGA775 processors Intel Core2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium and Celeron up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or a high-performance platform that's ready to take on high-definition video playback yet only occupy a 170mm x 170mm Mini-ITX footprint.
Looks like the fan on the side was the ticket. Just watched an entire hd movie with a DTS soundtrack and no skips with the case cover on! Now the only problem is still pinpointing whether it's actually the northbridge or the fact that I am now moving air over that entire side of the motherboard (where the realtek audio chips are actually located) that solved it.
The GPU/northbridge are definitely 5-7 degrees cooler with the fan blowing over them. Went from about 45-47 during playback to 39-40C. The cpu is also now idling at 47 and only 49-51C during HD playback. The fan on that side is definitely a temporary measure as it is not only very loud but now obscures my expansion slot, which I was hoping would soon house a TV tuner as we slowly phase out our cable box in favor of the HTPC. Guess it's time to do some research on a more efficient northbridge cooling solution! Here are some pics I snapped. I got in my zotac9300 last night.
Couple problems I just worked around rather than dealing with: 1. I turn system on, go in BIOS and set SATA to AHCI mode. Save&exit, put in XP32 w/SP3 install cd. Minute or two later it bluescreens.
I reset and switch SATA back to compatible mode, again try XP install and it works perfect. After setting up most of system its perfectly stable EXCEPT restart fails 100% of the time. I do restart, system shuts down, monitor flickers and comes up with 'Zotac' splash screen and hangs there. I hit reset button and it'll then boot up fine. Doing restart from Windows failed every single time I tried it. I go in BIOS to disable that Zotac splash screen, thinking perhaps an error message or something is being printed.
With splash screen off the system now restarts just fine every single time. And here is the most bizzar thing that I didn't even think was possible. While setting this system up, I hooked it up to a HDTV since I had no extra monitors available. I did this with an DVI->HDMI cable I got from monoprice. I plugged DVI side into's Zotac's DVI port and plugged the HDMI side into HDTV.
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