Er... dude. What were you doing actually GLUEING A WATERBLOCK TO A GPU CARD? A bit of forward planning here?!?!?
The problem was when he removed the gpu that was already glued on by the manufacturer i think so maybe a bit more forward planning on the part of the manufacturer is required?
I think he means the manufacturer of the arctic silver 2 part epoxy. The card wasn't supplied stock with a waterblock installed.
Yeah, I noticed that too... but is it an ATI GPU or a nVidia one? ATI GeForce.... kinda funny.. I saw some in a magazine for sale.. was almost gonna guy one, but decided not to, as it was not well enough documented, and I wanted to go with a company I knew a little better. But I feel as though I am due for a graphics card upgrade... GeForce fx 5600 128mb. You may think otherwise, but it lags far behind in some stuff I do... It kinda sticks out from a 2.4c oc'd to 3.3, with a gig of ram and sata hdd, as well as gigabit ethernet and all that other lovely goodness. EDIT: and sorry to here about the card. it was a beut. I killed two of mine before, an mx 400 64 meg, and a pci mx 440 64 meg... But I almost cried when I saw what happened with yours. And I also see that it is an ATI ship.. nVidia don't make their chips like that...
Yeah it's definitely an ATi. There are a few clues - firstly, the fact he says it's a 9700 pro, secondly the layout of the card, but most importantly, I think, the big letters on the card that say "ATi"
shudup.. I hate you... j/k, I really love you I went and read the title, and then got reading.. kinda confused me... so used to not picture browsing after doing console work in linux
wow.... reminds me of the time when i crushed my CPU's core trying to put in a heatsink. lol i was like " why is it bleeping?"
Sorry for the confusion on the card make and type. The Thread was called GeForce because of the GeForce used to remove "Destroy" the GPU. The card is indeed an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
I can't belive that only one person pointed out that this guy glued the waterblock on, but what he failed to mention was that not only did he glue it, but he glued it when there were mounting holes he could have used instead.
Yes I glued it on instead of using the mounting holes and normal thermal paste. This is how I looked at it. I had to glue the eight heatsinks on anyway making it impossible to remove them. This voids the warranty anyway. Then this left me a choice to either glue the GPU on or bolt it on with thermal paste. Since the card now has eight glued on heat sinks I looked at which was a better choice for me. I first used the supplied bolts and paste. The water block is heavy and the constant weight of the water hose pulling on the card downward. I did not like the fact the water block could move and almost touch the components on the circuit board. So I then glued it on. Lesson learned here is: First I found that the Epoxy Thermal glue did indeed pop off the heatsinks with the use of a new razor blade. I was amazed. So if I had used the Bolt on GPU, I probably could have been OK. My newest card that replaced this one has the heatsinks glued on and the GPU bolted on. I can't say I will ever have the same luck removing the heatsinks again, but at least it is a chance I hope I never have to use.
I can kind of see your logic on wanting to glue it. I recommend getting the artic alumina 2 part epoxy, it holds just as well as the silver but its non conductive and you can put your card in the freezer and remove your the ramsinks.
bad stuff, Atleast it wasnt a fully working card. I would be really gutted, Iv Only got a crappy g/card
