Material composition

[eobard]

I'm thinking of gluing some aluminum ram sinks on my video card. Given the material composition of the card and the aluminum of the sinks what kind of superglue should I use? I've got "LePage contact cement #6" and it's rated 2 stars for metal but I have no idea what category the card would fall under. Any ideas?

[eobard]

BUMP?

[thestramel]

Well, if it's anything like krazy glue it should do the trick (pretty effective with most types of bonds). You might want to just superglue the corners so that it's easier to remove them.

[eobard]

Originally posted by thestramel
Well, if it's anything like krazy glue it should do the trick (pretty effective with most types of bonds). You might want to just superglue the corners so that it's easier to remove them.

That's the plan. Also I'm probably going to put thermal compound on it. Anyone know if the white generic crap radio crap sells is electrically inert? :confused:

[azhari]

Why can't you use Arctic Silver/Alumina cement? Superglue can't be good at heat conduction.

[eobard]

Because I don't have the $$$ for arctic silver, it's not worth the expense for such a low end card. The glue is not going to touch the chips, it's going to connect the part of the sink that extends past the chips to the board itself.

[Oni]

I wouldn't use ASII on a videocard, unless it were mixed w/ ASTE. Its too conductive. The crap you get from Ratshack should work fine. I believe that its silicone-based, so its non-conductive.

[Silversinksam]

Not sure about the electrical resistance of Superglue, But a friend of mine once got a tiny amount of superglue gel on one of his Mobo fan header pins and he couldnt figure out why his fan wouldnt run lol

Took a scalpel and scraped the glue of the mobo fan header and it worked after that.....It was only a tiny amount of glue paper thin.

I asked him how the hell he got the glue there in the first place and he just shrugged.


Heres the MSDS for Krazy glue

Physical and Chemical Properties
Percent Volatiles Not determined
pH @ 25 C Not available
Specific Gravity 1.05
Appearance Colorless liquid
Autoignition Temperature 485 deg C
Boiling Point 62 deg C (5 mm Hg)
Vapor Density (Air=1) > 1
Vapor Pressure, mm Hg @ 20 C 0.13 (@ 20 deg C)
Evaporation Rate (Butyl Acetate=1) < 1
Upper/Lower Flammable Limits Not available
Up/Lower Explosive Limits, % by Vol Not available
Flash Point 83 deg C (CC)
Freezing Point < -20 deg C
Odor Irritating
Odor Threshold, ppm Not available
Solubility in Water Negligible
Coefficient of Water/Oil Distrib. Not applicable