Pic of the 8500 core
Pic of card w/ new hsf
Pic2 of card w/ new hsf
Pic3 of card w/ new hsf
The HSF is a socket7 HS and the fan was on my northbridge (Gigabyte 8iexp)
Stuck the card is the freezer for 20 minutes and popped off the old HSF.
Took a razor blade to the core and gently scraped the old thermal crap off. Finally used rubbing alcohol to get the last layer of stuff off so I could see the core clearly. Took me about 30 minutes for this part.
I made some homemade thermal epoxy using Loctite epoxy and Arctic silver mixed in.
This thing is silent now, I was so tired of hearing the whine of that damn fan. What do you guys think?
My next plan is to put a heatsink on the tv tuner, b/c that thing gets damn hot.
Pic of card w/ new hsf
Pic2 of card w/ new hsf
Pic3 of card w/ new hsf
The HSF is a socket7 HS and the fan was on my northbridge (Gigabyte 8iexp)
Stuck the card is the freezer for 20 minutes and popped off the old HSF.
Took a razor blade to the core and gently scraped the old thermal crap off. Finally used rubbing alcohol to get the last layer of stuff off so I could see the core clearly. Took me about 30 minutes for this part.
I made some homemade thermal epoxy using Loctite epoxy and Arctic silver mixed in.
This thing is silent now, I was so tired of hearing the whine of that damn fan. What do you guys think?
My next plan is to put a heatsink on the tv tuner, b/c that thing gets damn hot.