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removable solution for attaching GPU ramsinks? Got thermal tape ordered

SparkyJJO

SparkyJJO

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I have ordered thermal tape to attach my ramsinks. Once I get my new cooler put on my X1900 and the ramsinks put on I'll take a pic of it and post it 🙂

Thanks to Navid for the link to the site :beer:
 
people mix AS adhesive and cermique i think, that makes it non permanent. But please dont take my word for it on this one, I only remember that they mix 2 AS products to make a non permanent adhesive, now exactly which ones or what proportions.
 
half as5 and half as5 adhesive should do the trick. This is common practice for those that reuse their ramsinks. Haven't heard of as5 adhesive and ceramique, but it might work too.
 
wait so its better not to use artic silver on ram? if i have it on my ram chips on my vid card should i wipe it off?
 
Arctic Silver 5 on RAM is no different than on the GPU itself since they are both made with silicon. AS 5 isn't conductive, just somewhat capacitive which could cause memory errors if it was all over the contacts - but keep it on top of the ram chip and you won't have that problem 😉

I've been looking for thermal tape but Newegg, SVC, and sidewinder don't carry it. Where to I find it?
 
what do you mean all over teh contacts? you mean by the sides wehre the ram is connected to the board?

p.s. sorry to thread jack
 
Originally posted by: Running
what do you mean all over teh contacts? you mean by the sides wehre the ram is connected to the board?
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Normally, the contacts are the tiny wires which connect the board to the memory chips. But on BGA (ball-grid array) RAM, the contacts are tiny balls underneath the chip.
 
Originally posted by: nullpointerus
Originally posted by: Running
what do you mean all over teh contacts? you mean by the sides wehre the ram is connected to the board?
Click to expand...
Normally, the contacts are the tiny wires which connect the board to the memory chips. But on BGA (ball-grid array) RAM, the contacts are tiny balls underneath the chip.
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thanks for pointing that out, :laugh:
 
I've used Super Glue at the corners of the chips (with Ceramique in the middle) on 3 cards now and I was able to get the sinks off just fine afterward. Just be sure not to use too much glue. A small drop at each corner is plenty. It is kind of a pain to clean off afterwards. I had to delicately scrape off the glue with a razorblade. That made me nervous.

I've also used the thermal tape that comes with the OCZ BGA sinks and it seems to conduct heat very well. I did have to clean the chips 3-4 times with rubbing alcohol before the sinks would actually stick. Wish I could tell you where to find just the tape.
 
I tried super glue on an old card and it worked and was removable but it left behind stuff which was really hard to get off so I decided I didn't really want to do that. I've ordered thermal tape now so that'll work fine, only $3 shipped too. I'll have to post pics of the card when its done 🙂
 
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