08-30-2003, 08:24 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
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08-30-2003, 10:05 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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well i don't care too much about the card anyways, it's not all that great. so far it seems to be ok. i just used a tiny drop in two opposing corners with a blob of thermal paste in the middle. the sink is getting plenty warm and is not falling off yet so...
if i was going to do it right, i would have probably drilled some holes in the sink so i could bolt it onto the card through the mounting holes, or have bought some arctic silver adhesive |
08-30-2003, 10:35 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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If you never plan on removing the heatsink, you'll probably be OK. Obviously you would never want to do that with a CPU.
I have used a similar method with the chipset on my board. The manufacturer used double-sided tape to attach the chipset heatsink. I replaced the tape with Arctic Silver (very very sparingly) and two dots of super glue. |
08-31-2003, 12:27 AM | #9 (permalink) |
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Location: North Hollywood
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superglue isn't conductive , however it will get extremely brittle under lots of heat and break down, so the heat sink might fall off and cause your GPU to fry or short (if it needs a heatsink and the sg is the only support method) modern SGs have been treated to withstand heat so it will depend on the amont of heat generated and the type of SG.
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08-31-2003, 12:51 AM | #11 (permalink) | |
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It was a cheap board ($50), cheapsink was very light weight, and I didn't have any adhesive. I used what I had on-hand. I agree that thermal adhesive is the ideal solution. |
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09-01-2003, 11:02 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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Location: Ohio
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I've been there. The store is closed, the internet doesn't have instintaineous delivery. What's on hand, must do the job.
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