Dual slot cover really needed?

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Snoozer

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Do I really need to have that second slot grill for my HD 4870? I'm taking off the stock cooler and going to water cool it. I have been thinking of cutting it off with a dremel saw so I can use that slot for a mb connector.

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if you're liquid cooling it chop that bitch off. then send pics :D
 
The problem is if you try to RMA the card by placing the cooler back on then good luck.
 
Find a dead card or something with an identical i/o pattern but without the top grille and simply swap plates.
 
Cyant said:
The problem is if you try to RMA the card by placing the cooler back on then good luck.
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Why should that be a problem? US law allows anyone to modify just about anything they purchase. The manufacturer has to prove that what you modified caused the problem you are asking for warranty service. However, I wait a few weeks to see if it will run okay in a stock condition. Then I water cool to my hearts content.

If you crack the core or board installing a water block and ask for warranty service that is never going to be covered.

Who cares about a warranty when you do strange and wonderful things to your computer. :eek: Hell, I OC'd my new 720BE 600 Mhz on it's first boot. :D

I think I will call ASUS in the morning and see if they got a single slot cover for the card.
 
Snoozer said:
Why should that be a problem? US law allows anyone to modify just about anything they purchase. The manufacturer has to prove that what you modified caused the problem you are asking for warranty service. However, I wait a few weeks to see if it will run okay in a stock condition. Then I water cool to my hearts content.

If you crack the core or board installing a water block and ask for warranty service that is never going to be covered.

Who cares about a warranty when you do strange and wonderful things to your computer. :eek: Hell, I OC'd my new 720BE 600 Mhz on it's first boot. :D

I think I will call ASUS in the morning and see if they got a single slot cover for the card.
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Try it. Then when they reject the RMA you can waste thousands of dollars in lawyers fee to go againts them if you feel like it because if you send them a card with a half sawed grill I can pretty much garantee it won't be accepted.
 
I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to degenerate into a discussion about RMA's. What I wanted to know is whether there are any hardware stability issues with the card itself being only mounted by one slot.
 
Of course it will usually be more stable, physically, mounted by two slots.

But the weight of the waterblock is most assuredly going to be less than the stock cooler, so mounting with just one slot should be fine.

If not, you can always use twist-ties or some other material to pull up the back (near the PCI-E connectors) of the video card, to prevent any possible sagging. It won't look pretty, but also works.

And I can guarantee you no company is going to accept a video card with a hacked off dual-slot cover. That just throws off red flags everywhere...
 
Nafets said:
Of course it will usually be more stable, physically, mounted by two slots.

But the weight of the waterblock is most assuredly going to be less than the stock cooler, so mounting with just one slot should be fine.

If not, you can always use twist-ties or some other material to pull up the back (near the PCI-E connectors) of the video card, to prevent any possible sagging. It won't look pretty, but also works.

And I can guarantee you no company is going to accept a video card with a hacked off dual-slot cover. That just throws off red flags everywhere...
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this.
 
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