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Pop goes the heat spreader! How?
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I've never done it, but the trick (supposedly) is to seal it up real good in a zip-lock back and stick it in your freezer. The adhesive will freeze and lose its grip, letting you pop the heatsink off. Let it warm up back to room temp; be careful to avoid condensation and make sure the card gets completely dry before you even think about putting it back in the system.
As far as making a difference in cooling, that depends on what you're gonna do from there. A little Arctic Silver probably would net you a couple degrees. A GPU water block, probably a few more.
As far as making a difference in cooling, that depends on what you're gonna do from there. A little Arctic Silver probably would net you a couple degrees. A GPU water block, probably a few more.
Hey letdown, did you mean heatspreader?
I've already gone from around 70c to 48c by removing the stock cooling solution to laping and the zalman Heatpipe with fan(see lapdance thread)Gpu lapdance
I've already gone from around 70c to 48c by removing the stock cooling solution to laping and the zalman Heatpipe with fan(see lapdance thread)Gpu lapdance
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so what's your question?
i just took the heat spreader off my gainward 5900 today
the heat spreader is not copper, at least it doesnt look like it to me, some paint came off and shows silver under
i bend a corner of the heat spreader, for my 5900 the heat spreader was thin and easy to bend, unlike those on intel and a64, i basically just use a card and cutter to bend one corner and used a needle nose to pull it off
the heat spreader is not copper, at least it doesnt look like it to me, some paint came off and shows silver under
i bend a corner of the heat spreader, for my 5900 the heat spreader was thin and easy to bend, unlike those on intel and a64, i basically just use a card and cutter to bend one corner and used a needle nose to pull it off
Hey boyin YOU BE [H]ARD
I lapped mine and found copper under it.
Ok time for some questions:
Can you damage the core when you pop the top?
Is there Thermal Paste between core and top? or glue
Do you have pics of deflowered GPU?
Any problems putting on heatsink?(need shim?)
any difference in GPU temps?
Are we there yet?(sorry)
Did a better OVCLK be obtained?
Thanks
I lapped mine and found copper under it.
Ok time for some questions:
Can you damage the core when you pop the top?
Is there Thermal Paste between core and top? or glue
Do you have pics of deflowered GPU?
Any problems putting on heatsink?(need shim?)
any difference in GPU temps?
Are we there yet?(sorry)
Did a better OVCLK be obtained?
Thanks
sorry i didnt take any pics of the core and i already put a thermalright on there and dont really want to have to redo all the work again
there were thermal compound between the care and the spreader, it looks like the normal white paste but except is in grey and hardens, i think is the same material under the a64 heat spreader too
this pic is same as my card except my card has red pcb
i used the white pads from my other thermalright heat sink and put it on my core (not the die but the green area) but if you are careful enought you shouldnt have problem about breaking the core, just remember not to rock the sink back and forth or you will crush the corner of the core
there were thermal compound between the care and the spreader, it looks like the normal white paste but except is in grey and hardens, i think is the same material under the a64 heat spreader too
this pic is same as my card except my card has red pcb
i used the white pads from my other thermalright heat sink and put it on my core (not the die but the green area) but if you are careful enought you shouldnt have problem about breaking the core, just remember not to rock the sink back and forth or you will crush the corner of the core
yes the core is very similar to amd cores but larger, has no marking/lasering on the core
after a few loops of 3dmark my temps were around 35 or so from the onboard sensor
i have 3dmark up to 480/860 (stock 400/700) any higher and the score will go backwards, the 5900 is little werid, i tried running at 500/1000, it doesnt show any artifact but the score will be very low
after a few loops of 3dmark my temps were around 35 or so from the onboard sensor
i have 3dmark up to 480/860 (stock 400/700) any higher and the score will go backwards, the 5900 is little werid, i tried running at 500/1000, it doesnt show any artifact but the score will be very low
I've got mine at 530/980 and get the same thing for some reason it just goes backwards if I run the core higher. I'll get tearing at 1 gig mem.
When you run 3dmark does it recognize your core speed rite? for some reason the mem speed is ok but core speed is always off! It reads around 380. For what its worth I get 6700 in 3dmark03
Well I quess the only question remains is......
Do I feel Lucky
Thanks for the heads up, You trully are [H]
When you run 3dmark does it recognize your core speed rite? for some reason the mem speed is ok but core speed is always off! It reads around 380. For what its worth I get 6700 in 3dmark03
Well I quess the only question remains is......
Do I feel Lucky
Thanks for the heads up, You trully are [H]
Mine is BFG 5900NU. I flashed the BIOS, turned it into a BFG 5950 Ultra, and clocked the memory at 500/1020. I get about 68xx 3dmark03 and 176xx 3dmark01.
The only thing that sort of pisses me is the core temp. At idle, it is between 41-47C. On load it goes up to about 78-83C. That is way too high. Even before the BIOS flash it would read the same temp. I removed the HSF, cleaned the stock stuff, applied Arctic Ceramique, but same results. You think taking the heatspreader off will help?
The only thing that sort of pisses me is the core temp. At idle, it is between 41-47C. On load it goes up to about 78-83C. That is way too high. Even before the BIOS flash it would read the same temp. I removed the HSF, cleaned the stock stuff, applied Arctic Ceramique, but same results. You think taking the heatspreader off will help?