XFX Thermal Paste Color

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dbaldus

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So I need to reapply my stock cooler to get my XFX 6600GT RMA'd. Anyone have any idea what type of thermal paste that XFX uses? I have the cooler and everything, but the card failed (not due to overclocking because I never did that), but it needs to look perfect to have it RMA'd (you guys know the drill).

If you don't know what kind, could you at least tell me what color (the only ones that I have are white and AS5). Which one should I apply?

Thanks!
 
dbaldus said:
So I need to reapply my stock cooler to get my XFX 6600GT RMA'd. Anyone have any idea what type of thermal paste that XFX uses? I have the cooler and everything, but the card failed (not due to overclocking because I never did that), but it needs to look perfect to have it RMA'd (you guys know the drill).

If you don't know what kind, could you at least tell me what color (the only ones that I have are white and AS5). Which one should I apply?

Thanks!
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I like as5.
REMEMBER NOT TO PUT A LOT ON.. My roomate toasted a card this way..
 
lloose said:
I like as5.
REMEMBER NOT TO PUT A LOT ON.. My roomate toasted a card this way..
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What are you talking about? Read my original post. I need to send my card back in with thermal paste on it but it needs to look like the stuff that they put on so they will RMA it. I don't want an opinon on what works the best... just what color paste would have been on it when I got it originally.
 
If video card makers haven't changed anything since Geforce 5200, then the thermal grease should be white. Did you remove the hsf yourself?
 
My XFX 7800GT had white thermal paste... but my EVGA 7900GT came with silver.
 
This probably doesn't apply, but I have an MSI X1900XT that had a thick brittle gray paste on it. You could always do a Google image search for your GPU.
 
I dont think it matters in the sligtest. I highly doubt they would even take off the heatsink, and if they did, theres no saying they have not used different colors throughout production.
 
Viper87227 said:
I dont think it matters in the sligtest. I highly doubt they would even take off the heatsink, and if they did, theres no saying they have not used different colors throughout production.
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Yeah most likely they run out of paste and they accept the lowest bid from a supplier for new paste.
 
So should I really smother it on or how much should I be putting on?

Just need to make sure I can get it past their inspections (from what I've heard, its pretty anal) so I can get this baby RMA'd.

Sounds like white is the way to go. Now I do have one push-pin thing (the type that slides through the HSF, out the back of the mobo,and then clicks in place) with one of its prongs or whatever broken. Any ideas on how to fix this to look legitimate or where I could even get another one to replace it? My other video cards do not have the same black, spring-type push-pin things on them otherwise I would use one of those.
 
I agree, just make sure you apply the correct amount on to avoid suspicion on that front.
 
Dethred said:
I agree, just make sure you apply the correct amount on to avoid suspicion on that front.
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Exactly. So what would be the "correct amount"? Its been about 2 years since I took the hsf off myself and I can't recall if they really put a lot on or not. Does it cover more than just the core or do they pretty much just cover the core with their white thermal paste?
 
My XFX 5950ultra was white paste. Just a little bit should go on. They put just enough on so you can still see the chip thru the paste. Make it look like a half coat of paint on a wall in your house so you could still see the underlying paint color. I guess that is a way to describe it.
 
my xfx 7800's are white thermal pads, dunno if that will help ya, but i presume that you shouldt just put paste on the cards, put pads instead if you wanna make i look legit.
 
How nice, you fried your card and are tryin to get a free one even though you void the warranty. Nice.
 
wee96 said:
How nice, you fried your card and are tryin to get a free one even though you void the warranty. Nice.
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Wow... took you long enough. I expect 3 pages of this very responce by now :confused:

Bottem line is, he wasn't overclocking the card, therefor it wasn't his fault the card failed. If it died of natural causes, there is no reason why he shoudlnt RMA the card. Now if he overclocked the card, modded it, or something else, that is entirley different.
 
Technically it WAS modded - he applied a non-approved cooler to card made by a company whose warranty doesn't cover cooler swaps.
 
kush said:
Technically it WAS modded - he applied a non-approved cooler to card made by a company whose warranty doesn't cover cooler swaps.
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Which I did not realize (it was my own fault for not looking into it in the first place, but hey) when I did it. I was building a silent system and the fan on this thing didn't fit the fill, so I bought a vf700 to put on. No overclocking, no frying the chip, no bullshit like that, just had the card out for about a week after I got a new card and was trying to sell this one.

After getting it sold, I plugged it into the computer just as good practice and it didn't fire up. I informed the guy I was going to sell it to and he said if I could get it RMA'd, he would take it for the same price so here I am...
 
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