I wanted to change out my GPU heatsink with the Zalman VF700, re-apply the thermal paste on the CPU, and change my fans to Panaflo.
This is the order of what I did, including the "mistakes" that I made:
1. I had trouble pulling out the MSI RX9800Pro from my DFI NF3 mobo, since I couldn't pull out the card after pulling it pretty hard. I lifted up the front end pretty much all the way, but the back was still latched. I couldn't figure out that I had to unlatch it, until I figured out how to do it by finding the "hidden" latch under the card.
After I took out the card, I took off the heatsink and fan, cleaned off the old paste with Isopropol alcohol, put on the Zalman heatsink with Artic Silver thermal paste, and put the GPU back in the case.
2. I pulled off my Zalman AlCu7000B, cleaned the processor and heatsink with alcohol, re-applied the Arctic silver, and attached everything again.
3. I changed out the fans.
4. I turned on the computer, it posted, went to the Windows loading screen, then froze shortly after the welcome screen. The only way to power off was manually. I cannot even go to the bios screen for more than a couple of seconds before it freezes or go into safe mode.
Any ideas?
I have a paper coming up soon, so I need to figure this out. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
This is the order of what I did, including the "mistakes" that I made:
1. I had trouble pulling out the MSI RX9800Pro from my DFI NF3 mobo, since I couldn't pull out the card after pulling it pretty hard. I lifted up the front end pretty much all the way, but the back was still latched. I couldn't figure out that I had to unlatch it, until I figured out how to do it by finding the "hidden" latch under the card.
After I took out the card, I took off the heatsink and fan, cleaned off the old paste with Isopropol alcohol, put on the Zalman heatsink with Artic Silver thermal paste, and put the GPU back in the case.
2. I pulled off my Zalman AlCu7000B, cleaned the processor and heatsink with alcohol, re-applied the Arctic silver, and attached everything again.
3. I changed out the fans.
4. I turned on the computer, it posted, went to the Windows loading screen, then froze shortly after the welcome screen. The only way to power off was manually. I cannot even go to the bios screen for more than a couple of seconds before it freezes or go into safe mode.
Any ideas?
I have a paper coming up soon, so I need to figure this out. Any thoughts?
Thanks.