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Re: artic silver cooling replace the thermal pads?
Tuesday, June 21st 2005, 8:13pm
hey guys well yayness on my computers progress i have got my motherboard back - was declared faulty ;D.... anyway i have thrown away the thermal pads and just waiting for the new ones from leftclicks (excepting tomorrow ish) but i really want to use my computer now.... is it possible to use the artic silver instead for like 1 day... or will it simply not cool the gfx at all??
Thanks Ed
ps anyway seen the new 7800 :-[ more upgrading more water cooling :-[
ah well ;D
Thanks Ed
ps anyway seen the new 7800 :-[ more upgrading more water cooling :-[
ah well ;D
Re: artic silver cooling replace the thermal pads?
Tuesday, June 21st 2005, 9:22pm
arctic silver paste is just that: paste. it's not designed to hold the heatsink on, just to provide a thermally conductive medium to interface the heatsink, and the heat source.
the thermal pads are designed to hold the heatsink on too.
if you use just the Arctic silver, you run the risk of the heatsink falling off (and another rma scam
).
i understand you must have a Twinplex and separate heatsinks for the memory? or do you have the waterblock specifically for the 6800gt? if the latter, i'd personally use Arctic silver on the memory chips too, as the waterblock is held on with the plastic screws, hence you don't have to worry about it falling off!
the thermal pads are designed to hold the heatsink on too.
if you use just the Arctic silver, you run the risk of the heatsink falling off (and another rma scam
).i understand you must have a Twinplex and separate heatsinks for the memory? or do you have the waterblock specifically for the 6800gt? if the latter, i'd personally use Arctic silver on the memory chips too, as the waterblock is held on with the plastic screws, hence you don't have to worry about it falling off!
Re: artic silver cooling replace the thermal pads?
Tuesday, June 21st 2005, 9:29pm
oooo ok yer i have the awuagrafx 65800.
o wait mother f***** its just broken :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(unless i can use glue >
>
on the 6800 gt on the bottom right there is a little er like silver plastic "thing" that has just fallen off.
OMG lol
anyone think i could just glue it on
it looks like i could solder it on but im not that kinda guy
o wait mother f***** its just broken :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(unless i can use glue >
>on the 6800 gt on the bottom right there is a little er like silver plastic "thing" that has just fallen off.
OMG lol
anyone think i could just glue it on
it looks like i could solder it on but im not that kinda guy
Re: artic silver cooling replace the thermal pads?
Wednesday, June 22nd 2005, 4:47pm
what is it?
what has it fallen off of?
seeing as you have the aquaqrafx 6800 cooler, i'd definately use arctic silver on all the contact points (GPU and Memory chips) as it has better thermal conductivity than the thermal pads.
try posting a pic of the card, so everyone can see what has fallen off!
trying to decide whether or not you should stick on a "silver plastic 'thing'" that has fallen off "the bottom right" is not easy.
what has it fallen off of?
seeing as you have the aquaqrafx 6800 cooler, i'd definately use arctic silver on all the contact points (GPU and Memory chips) as it has better thermal conductivity than the thermal pads.
try posting a pic of the card, so everyone can see what has fallen off!
trying to decide whether or not you should stick on a "silver plastic 'thing'" that has fallen off "the bottom right" is not easy.
