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So I'm having repeated issues with a x1950 I bought a while back, and it's gotten so bad that I decided to RMA the thing. Problems include lockups, GPU restarts and occational video corruption.
So it's sitting here, on my desk, waiting to be packaged up and sent out. It then occurs to me, no time like the present to take the HS/F off for a little looksee. So I start taking things apart, and the first thing that I notice is that some chips are "connected" to their HS by what appears to be doublesided sticky tape.
I realize this isn't stuff you buy in the store for hanging pictures and the like, but this is some think material. At least a millimeter between the chip and the HS too. I can't see how this is doing anything other than actually insulating the chip. Can anybody give me any more data on this stuff?
So it's sitting here, on my desk, waiting to be packaged up and sent out. It then occurs to me, no time like the present to take the HS/F off for a little looksee. So I start taking things apart, and the first thing that I notice is that some chips are "connected" to their HS by what appears to be doublesided sticky tape.
I realize this isn't stuff you buy in the store for hanging pictures and the like, but this is some think material. At least a millimeter between the chip and the HS too. I can't see how this is doing anything other than actually insulating the chip. Can anybody give me any more data on this stuff?