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Oct 17, 2002, 11:24 AM
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ram heatsink
Ok i tore out some pretty big bit cinks out of a trashed PSU and was wondering i would stick them to somthin? i was gonna attach them to may ram just for the hell it and was wondering if i could just slap epoxy on there of what????
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Oct 17, 2002, 12:09 PM
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Colour Commentator
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It ain't exactly the BEST way...
...but it will work. I recently added a couple of TT ram sinks I had lying around to my PC133 memory in Bubbles just for giggles. All I did was put a drop of crazy glue on each mem chip and stick it on. It works as well as it did before (if not better, how can I tell?), but looks better.
 Normally I use the "white thermal paste with a tiny dab of superglue on all 4 corners" method for attaching heatsinks...but I was in a hurry & out of thermal paste when I thought to add the TT sinks.  That reminds me, I gotta go order some thermal paste....  |
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Oct 17, 2002, 12:34 PM
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lol thanks dig
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Oct 17, 2002, 01:57 PM
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Chilling... :)
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Arctic Thermal Adhesive
Or use some Arctic Thermal Adhesive, all though it's more expensive then the ok "glue in every coner" method, it "should" be more effective
I belive it cost about 7-8$ in the USA, in Denmark (Europe) it costs 11$ :/ |
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Oct 21, 2002, 01:29 PM
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E Pluribus Unum
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Arctic Thermal Adhesive comes in both Arctic Silver and Arctic Alumina flavors, and is great. You could make it yourself (thermal compound + epoxy), as well. But system RAM heatsinks are, like the Dig said, only for Shits and Giggles, so you could attach them with Scotch tape for what it's worth.
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Oct 21, 2002, 03:20 PM
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I've read on other boards of ppl using Artic Silver/Alumina on their RAM & getting just a little bit on the connector pins & ruining their cards. AS is electrically conductive & if you're not *real* careful > poof!
I recommend Radio Shack "Heat Sink Compound" #276-1372. It is silicone based, non-conductive & has been around longer than any of the others. It is also pretty strong.  I personally don't think any of the Epoxies are 'good' because epoxy uses a catalyst (heat) to 'setup' & you'll never get it back off. Was it this board the guy epoxied some sinks on a Rad 9700 & didn't get 1 on right & upon trying to remove it > ripped the RAM right off the card? Use the Radio Shack stuff & you can get their "Instant Bonding Adhesive" #64-2308a to 'tack' opposite corners of the sinks, if ya feel that is necessary. The package says it is for attaching things to PC boards too! HTH, JAV GBA! |
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Oct 21, 2002, 05:24 PM
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Chilling... :)
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warning
true that Arctic Thermal Adhesive can shorten your board if your not careful, i fried a Hercules 4500 Kryo II card, this way :/
But then i bought me a Ati Radeon 8500, so maybe it was a good thing??  |
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Oct 21, 2002, 05:36 PM
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)Yeah, it was on this board...but it was a Parhelia about 2-3 weeks after they came out. (OUCH!) |
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Oct 21, 2002, 05:43 PM
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 And please don't remind me of my very expensive mistake  At least I learned my lession - my new Parhelia was modded with ram sinks perfect this time |
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Oct 22, 2002, 07:20 PM
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