DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
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Re: 8800 GT and Zalman VF900-Cu
Heat Sinks Installed | 
In the Case | 
All tight |
I applied an appopriate amount of Zalman's own suppplied thermal paste and spread it out thinly. A credit card helps.
Finally the fan unit was installed on the card as per directions and lowered into the case. I did not use the Fanmate controller but connected the fan lead to the motherboard.
Voila! All done!
The difference? The fan is more quiet, but idle GPU temps went from 66C to 48C. Load temps dropped fromn 72C t0 50C. A good and worthwhile investment.
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
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| GTS has that same weird fiberglass ram chip paste.
I took mine apart to put AS5 on it all, only to find out the screws aren't threaded all the way up, preventing the HSF from making contact with ANYTHING but those thick pads.
Very fun.
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DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
clubs:
·Bell Sympatico
| said by rawgerz  :GTS has that same weird fiberglass ram chip paste. I took mine apart to put AS5 on it all, only to find out the screws aren't threaded all the way up, preventing the HSF from making contact with ANYTHING but those thick pads. Very fun. Same screws on the 8800 GT. Half threaded.
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