Unknown White Paste On 8800 Ultra Chips

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Shelby

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Hi everyone,

I have removed the heat sink on my Nvidia 8800 Ultra, But there seems to be a fiberglass looking paste on the memory and other chips. What is that stuff and what can I replace it with? Please forgive me if this is a simple answer :p
 
It's thermal paste. Just remove it and reapply some Ceramique or MX-2
 
Ok,

But why would it be a different texture then the paste on the Video chip?
 
they are thermal pads and don't replace them, because if you put tim on them the memory will not touch the heatsink anymore
 
That paste I've heard is nasty. Leaves oil/grease behind and is a real pain in the ass.

It's pretty thick if I remember, and if you are going to use the stock cooler, I'm pretty sure the metal on the heatsink wont touch the chips.
 
I had the same stuff on my 8800GT's. I removed it all and put Ceramique on. Temps lowered by quite a bit...I don't know if the Ultra is the same way, however.
 
A blow dryer and a Popsicle stick make removing that goop quite a bit easier BTW.
 
Unknown white paste? You're gonna have to stop jerking off to your card, man. It ain't good for it. :p

Seriously though, run your card in your computer for ~10-20 seconds to loosen up the thermal paste. Turn it off, remove the card then carefully remove the heat sink assembly. Use a rag with isopropyl alcohol (70% fine, but I really prefer 91%) to wipe up the thermal paste. Use some cotton swabs dabbed in alcohol for hard to reach edges if needed. Apply about a rice grain size of Artic Silver on the GPU core (correct me anyone if the amount is incorrect) or use Ceramique, then carefully reseat and remount your heat sink.

Hope that info helps
 
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