How to vmod 9800pro

csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
edited December 2003 in Hardware
I saw this over at techspot. Looks beyound what I am interested in doing with my new card but some of you may find it a good reference.
It also made me realize that the "band" around the gpu/vpu is removable with a little care ...better gpu/vpu can be achieved. That part I might try later.

csimon

Comments

  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited December 2003
    Careful removing the GPU shim. I've heard many a horror stories of people removing the shim with a razorblade/flatedge, only to slip and take a gouge out of their GPU... :(
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    SimGuy had this to say
    Careful removing the GPU shim. I've heard many a horror stories of people removing the shim with a razorblade/flatedge, only to slip and take a gouge out of their GPU... :(
    Yes they indicate that in the article ...it may be awhile before I attempt it if at all.
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited December 2003
    SimGuy had this to say
    Careful removing the GPU shim. I've heard many a horror stories of people removing the shim with a razorblade/flatedge, only to slip and take a gouge out of their GPU... :(

    done that with another project, cept it was my finger. =( for months my left pointer finger was flat on the end where i cut the tip off. razor = owwie.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    the article mentions that the shim is slightly elevated beyond the height of the gpu ...how are you supposed to get adequate contact that way ...buttloads of AS5?
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited December 2003
    i believe the stock cooler comes with a thermal pad? and when you take it off, you cant really reuse the shim, because of that reason.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    i'm not sure if everyone 9800pro use thermal pad, because i took off my GPU fan on my 9800pro, it was paste, and it was fairly easy to remove the hsf, and applied AS3.
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited December 2003
    well, im pretty sure all the BBA are pads? unless they use a HEAP of paste to fill the gap.
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