NF980-G65-THE TEMP PF CHIPSET IS VERY HIGH?OVERCLOCK CENTER?HYBRID POWER?

HELLO TO EVERYONE
I HAVE RECENTLY HAVE BUILD A SLI-GEFORCE-NF980 BASED SYSTEM. MY BOARD CAME NEAR HALF THE WORLD . I LIVE IN IRAN AND I PURCHASE IT FROM AMERICA .IT WORKED VERY WELL IN FIRST RUN .AND SLI WORKED BY A CLICK (I STRONGLY RECOMEND USE SLI WITH NVIDIA CHIPSET BASED MOBOS).ALSO THERE ARE SOME ISSUE . A SATA CABLE DIDN,T WORKED AND WITH A CABLE CHANGE EVERY THING WAS OK. IN THE OTHER HAND THE SYSTEM IS NOT QUITE AS I THOUGHT.( ATHLON II 635-2.9 GH-2 9800GT ONE OF THEM IS PASSIVE COOLED( GIGABYTE) OTHER HAS A SMALL FAN( ZOTAC SYNERGY)
NOW I HAVE SOME QUASTION:
1-THE TEMP OF CHIPSET IS VERY HIGHT( ABOUT 100 C) OTHER COMPONENTS ARE GOOD.WHAT IS PROBLEM?I HAVE SEEN SOMEBODY HAVE THIS PROBLEM.IS IT BECAUSE HEATSINK PROBLEM OR BIOS AND SENSOR PROBLEM ?IF IT IS NATURAL SO I TRY USE IT AS A WATER BOILER!!
2-THE CPU FAN SPEED ISNT STABLE.IT IS LOW AND SUDDENLY GOES UP AND THEN COME DOWN. WHAT IS PROBLEM?IS IT AMD CPU CONTROL ALGHORITM?
3-I SEARCHED MANYTIMES AND AT THE END I DIDNT FOUND A STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT HYBRID SLI AND HYBRID POWER. I HAD TWO CHOISE MSI-NF980 AND ASUS-M4N98 EVO . I DIDNT HAVE A CHANSE OF MISTAKE.AND FINALLY I CHOOSED MSI BOARD BECAUSE OF LAYOUT AND STRONG LOOKING FEATURES .BUT BOTH OF THEM HAVNT CORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT USING HYBRID SLI AND A BIG DIFFERENCE: ASUS HASNT ONBOARD VGA . ACCORDING TO NVIDIA WEBSITE THE GPU'S LIKE 9800GT AND GTS 260 ONLY CAN USE HYBRID POWER NOT GEFORCE BOOST.HYBRID SLI ONLY WORK WIH ONBOARD VGA OUTPUT.IT MEANS ASUS BOARD CANT USE HYBRID POWER .NOW I TEST TEMP AND SOUND AND STABALITY OF SYSTEM IN WIN XP AND  I DONT HAVE WIN7 YET SO I CANT TEST HYBRID SLI( THIS IS WORK ONLY IN WIN VISTA AND WIN 7) . IS THERE ANY ONE ADVISE ME ABOUT  A HYBRID SLI SETTING IN WIN 7?
4-I THINK OVERCLOCKING CENTER IS NOT POWERFULL THAT MUST BE. FOR EXAMPLE IT HASNT SETTING FOR THE WAY TO WARNING(MESSAGE ,AUDIO,..). IT CAN ONLY CONTROL 2 FAN THAT PLUGED TO MOBO ALSO THE MOBO HAS 3 FAN PORT.THE ONLINE HELP OF THAT IS MISSING.IT DOESNT ACT ACCORDING TO SETTING AND FOR EXAMPLE SCREAMS FOR A GOOD TEMP.I USED SPEEDFAN AND IT WAS VERY POWEFULL . IT COULD SHUTDOWN FANS COMPLETELY THAT OVERCLOCKING CENTER COULDN'T DO THAT.
I HOPE OTHER REVISIONS ARE MORE POWERFULL.
5- I WANT USE A HEAVY AFTERMARKET AIR COOLER( WITH  WEIGHT ABOUT 800 gr) . IS THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ALLOW TO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE?
THANKS FOR ANSWER

Give the guy a break. I read the damn thing and it wasn't that bad. He probably had to run it trough a translator program.
100c is a false reading according to a Sr. mod for this board. Ignore that temp sensor.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133425.0
Turn off AMD cool n quiet if its bothering you, Get a monitored CPU fan and use the target temp feature that throttles your CPU fan when it is not under load. My system is silent at idle / web surfing and loud as an airplane when I am gaming. Not a bad trade off because I am overclocked quite a bit. I set the temp target to the lowest and then set the fan throttle to 50%. If your CPU fan is still variable when Idle check your CPU fan install, you may need that heavy cooler. I think that you will get a new metal cooler bracket with the new cooler, mine came with one. The board is very strong and should be able to handle the 400gr.
Hybrid SLI is a waste for you if you have a 9800GT.  The Hybrid SLI will drop your performance DOWN to the 8300 on board video. Additionally the Hybrid power is overrated IMO. I totally disabled my onboard video and have 2 9800gtx's running in SLI.  Win7/Vista gives you the benefit of using two monitors and using SLI at the same time as well as directX11. Other than that your not missing anything. Hybrid SLI is really meant for people that can only afford another 8300 GPU.
The power of the 9800GT is so much better it makes using the 8300 onboard useless as a physicsX proc also. Take my advise and forget about the onboard GPU unless you destroy your 9800s.
I agree, the MSI and the NVIDIA OC tools SUCK for this board. I blame NVIDIA however, its their chipset. The best thing to do is to just use the BIOS. Speedfan is a good tool for fan manipulation, but I have yet to find a good OC tool for windows. The BIOS profile storage is a good tool. Save your basic settings and then tweak and save those profiles, its a great help. I wouldn't expect a windows based OC tool to be released either. This board is kind of a white rhino.  Like you said Asus has 1 MSI has 1.  I do think it is a great MB though!
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