Shipping a video card.

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Trigun500

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I am selling an ATIx800 pro w/ Artic Cooler. MY problem is that the cooler makes the card too big to fir back into the anti-static bag it came with. Is there a place I can buy a bigger bag? And/or what is the safest box, storage device to ship a video card? Thanks
 
you can either put the stock cooler back on and put everything back in it's original packaging and ship it in a box or find a motherboard's anti-static bag and use that and pack the card safe and secure in a bigger box without allowing the card a chance to get damaged.
 
Personally I would take the cooler off, and ship it without the cooler, just incase it gets bounced around a lot and the cooler breaks the core.
 
Borgschulze said:
Personally I would take the cooler off, and ship it without the cooler, just incase it gets bounced around a lot and the cooler breaks the core.
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This is exactly what I was going to recommend.

Bill :cool:
 
I would have to reput on the cooing paste right? or could i just tell the buyer to not use the card until they reput the cooler back on.
 
It's ideal to put new paste on every time you take the cooler off and put it back on.
 
You can use aluminum foil instead of an anti-static bag, just be sure it covers the whole board. I would use enough to make it about 2 layers thick. The metal foil will form a Faraday cage around the card and any static charge will not be able to get inside.
 
Since the card is unpowered, there is no worry about shorting anything out. Capacitors on the card would not hold a charge very long after the card is unplugged.
 
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