So, I bought a Zalman 700 whatever copper VGA heatsink off the forums ($25) and a Ti4400 ($45) that had a bad fan a while back, and I also had a Geforce 3 ($25) fresh off the forums and a vantec heatsink with a pretty blue light. The Ti4400 easily OC'ed to 330 on the core and some really high number on the RAM, verified with a looping 3dMark.
I managed to cause artifacts to appear everywhere on both cards after swapping fans
I tried everything to resurrect them, but I evidently damaged them physically when removing the VGA heatsink.
I think the magic ingredient this time (on a ti4200 - $30) was taking the pins loose and then running 3dMark - the heatsink came off easily. On the other two it was nearly impossible. Lesson learned, please learn from me, and don't trash some perfectly good cards on the way! I am A+ certified and built probably 50 PCs blah blah blah but this my first successful VGA heatsink swap! Probably isn't that hard, but I am an idiot evidently The Zalman cooler is awesome, by the way. So silent and heavy!
Cheers (I am celebrating this little feat with a beer!)
Nat
I managed to cause artifacts to appear everywhere on both cards after swapping fans
I tried everything to resurrect them, but I evidently damaged them physically when removing the VGA heatsink.
I think the magic ingredient this time (on a ti4200 - $30) was taking the pins loose and then running 3dMark - the heatsink came off easily. On the other two it was nearly impossible. Lesson learned, please learn from me, and don't trash some perfectly good cards on the way!
I am A+ certified and built probably 50 PCs blah blah blah but this my first successful VGA heatsink swap! Probably isn't that hard, but I am an idiot evidently The Zalman cooler is awesome, by the way. So silent and heavy!Cheers (I am celebrating this little feat with a beer!)
Nat
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