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SithSolo1

SithSolo1

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1) I'm sorry for the low quality, all I have is a webcam.

2) Pic

3) The back story: The fan on my Radeon 8500 died so I rigged this 120mm in my case to blow on it until my Crystal Orb comes. Its working so far and to be on the safe side I clocked back my card to 250/250 from 275/275.

4) How safe is this? I only had the case open to get the pic. I put the side back on, it has a window but there was alot of glare. :confused:
 
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bsr

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you can buy a gpu hsf (or a chipset hsf) and some thermal bond (not regular paste) and put a new one on... acually i think those hsf's you buy already have a pad on them.....



Edit: LOL... I like your little messed up wannabe engineer staple job :D :D ... looks just like something I would do .. LMAO
 
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bgeh

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Originally posted by: SithSolo1
1) I'm sorry for the low quality, all I have is a webcam.

2) Pic

3) The back story: The fan on my Radeon 8500 died so I rigged this 120mm in my case to blow on it until my Crystal Orb comes. Its working so far and to be on the safe side I clocked back my card to 250/250 from 275/275.

4) How safe is this? I only had the case open to get the pic. I put the side back on, it has a window but there was alot of glare. :confused:
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i dont think there should be a problem
my fan on my geforce 2 ti died for about two months without me knowing it
luckily my case had a fan to blow over the pci slots
 
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flxnimprtmscl

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Originally posted by: SithSolo1
Well I order both of these about 2 hours ago:

CRYSTAL ORB FOR VGA CARD COOLING

Arctic Alumina Adhesive
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Just so you know whatever you glue on with that thermal adhesive will probably never come off without taking parts of your card with it... A few people over at HardForum got
this and reported very good results. I know it's a heat spreader but they said it made very good contact with all the memory chips and everything. Plus this way you get a good gpu cooler and ramsinks too. Also, you'll be able to use ASIII which transfers heat better than thermal adhesive anyway. If you can find something like this for your 8500 that is. Maybe I'm just wary of things I can't undo but this is the route I'll be going on my sahphire 9500 np.
 
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SithSolo1

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Well tried to play the Splinter Cell demo, got real slow. Tried to play C&C Generals, hard locked. Guess games are out until my stuff comes.


I know that stuff is permanet but its all I can use. My card doesn't have holes in it for pins.
 
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bsr

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sounds alittle dangerous to let it get that hot.. id leave it alone and turn computer off while your not using untill new hsf comes..
 
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VBboy

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Remember: if removing one fan from your system causes something to crash or malfunction, your system is NOT stable in general.
 
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SithSolo1

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Update. Played Generals for 2hrs, no problem. Must a been a one time thing. Other ATI users are having trouble with the new Splinter Cell demo so its not the fan.

As for why I need to glue it? I believe I answered that one already. My card DOES NOT have holes in it for you to connect a fan via push pins, unlike your GF3 Ti 500.

"Remember: if removing one fan from your system causes something to crash or malfunction, your system is NOT stable in general."

So if my video cards fan dies and my system starts to act up its not the fan's fault? Lets say it happened to my CPU fan, if it failed and my system hard locked then it was already unstable to begin with? That doesn't make any since. Same thing could happen to the PSU fan and cause instability that was not previously there.
 
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