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video corruption after cooling mod

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csviegas

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Hi! I have an ATI Radeon 9700. I had flashed it to a 9700 Pro and it has been running fine for a long time now with the stock cooling. I recently installed an ati silencer 1 by arctic cooling along with some arctic silver 5 thermal paste. After the installation I started the computer. It boots normally, but when it gets to the win xp login screen there are weird horizontal colors all over the screen (sometimes there are thick black and white horizontal lines) so I can't even logon. It can get into safe mode just fine. If I uninstall the video drivers and then restart the computer it runs fine in normal win xp. As soon as I install drivers and then restart it gives the weird colors at the normal login(safe mode is fine). I'm pretty sure the temperature is normal and the gpu contact is pretty good. I know the 9700's supposedly have a problem with the shim being higher than the core but I don't think thats much of a problem for me since the paste was able to get onto the heatsink part. Removing the shim is my last resort. Anybody know what could be causing this problem? Thanks in advance.
P.S. I tried ATI Catalyst 5.2 and Omega driver 5.1.

ChrisV
 
Remove the shim. I had no problems when I did that, seeing as how the shim is actually a bit above the core. Just take your time and you should be fine. I suggest a flatblade razor to do the job.
 
sounds like you may have a problem

the reason you wouldnt get any errors in safe mode is because thats running at the lowest resolution and color depth so there isnt alot of strain on the videocard (its all 2d)

I have a defective 9800pro i purchased do exactly the same thing
 
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