Okay i did something stupid i think

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 4:29 am

I took the hsf off my Radeon 9700 pro to put some AS3 on it but i only have the grease so the only thing really holding the hsf on is 2 little white push thru pins...need some advice....is this going to hold and get good enough contact to cool or do i need some epoxy as3? the hsf wiggles slightly so its not that tight of a fit. is

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:26 am

if it wiggles side to side then that should be ok, but if u can move it up and down then no!

dj_tigger1982 · Post by **dj_tigger1982** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:14 am

now which way do u class as side to side, and what way is up and down ???/

I sucured a fan and heatsink to my motherboard on the northbridge chipset with paste and the 2 plastic clips that came with the fan..... lol, and it works like a treat........

cheers Mike

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 2:23 pm

it is stays flush with the gpu but i was worried no theless...im currently installing window$ xp for the second time...kept getting the infinite loop(hehe, i said loop) thing.

what order should i install crap?

intel chipset drivers
radeon 9700 drivers
control panel for radeon
dx9
sound card drivers
capture card drivers

or should dx9 be b4 vid card drivers?

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 6:31 pm

Have you removed the shim, too?

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 10:54 pm

Originally posted by Burke
Have you removed the shim, too?

no the shim is still intact...it running though i have no way of checking the temps

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:04 pm

the one thing that has me wondering about removeing my heatsink is that i heard that you need to make sure that it still touches the core when you reinstall it.

i am thinking about just replacing the fan with a AMD cpu fan that i have rigged up, and leaveing the stock heaksink alone.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:06 pm

If you removed the stock HSF, you must remove the shim too if you're using AS3.

The reason is, the shim is slightly higher than the GPU chip itself, so ATI put a giant glob of thermal paste to make sure there was contact between the heatsink and GPU. If you got rid of the stock compound, the shim will prevent the HSF and GPU from touching each other.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:15 pm

Originally posted by Burke
If you removed the stock HSF, you must remove the shim too if you're using AS3.

The reason is, the shim is slightly higher than the GPU chip itself, so ATI put a giant glob of thermal paste to make sure there was contact between the heatsink and GPU. If you got rid of the stock compound, the shim will prevent the HSF and GPU from touching each other.

sounds like what i have heard from other sources.

wondering how good of a contact my stock heatsink has with the stock core.

maybe i should rip it apart and see, may as well seeing as how my power supply may be fubared now.