Removing heat spreaders?

[OnDborder]

I would like to remove the spreaders off my corsair.
Any way of doing this?

[Placid]

Why ;)
Well remove the clips then either get it hot or freeze it then carefully pull it off.

If you want to know what chips are on it you can just ask the ram guy at corsairs message board.

[OnDborder]

I think I have a bad stick and was going to return it to Corsair. Do you know if the warranty would be "voided" if I have spreaders on there?

[ssjwizard]

no idea about the warente being voided by that but i dont think id mention it. how are the spreaders atached. are they just clip ons or did they have to be adhered usinga themral adhesive???

[OnDborder]

Originally posted by ssjwizard
no idea about the warente being voided by that but i dont think id mention it. how are the spreaders atached. are they just clip ons or did they have to be adhered usinga themral adhesive???

I used the adhesive tape. I did have the clip-ons but I removed them.

[OnDborder]

Originally posted by Placid
Why ;)
Well remove the clips then either get it hot or freeze it then carefully pull it off.

If you want to know what chips are on it you can just ask the ram guy at corsairs message board.

How would I go about getting them hot? Freezing them didn't seem to work.
I'll think I'll wait and see what the Ram Guy says about the spreaders being on there.

[Placid]

Originally posted by OnDborder


How would I go about getting them hot? Freezing them didn't seem to work.
I'll think I'll wait and see what the Ram Guy says about the spreaders being on there.

A hair dryer.

I am pretty sure removing the heatspreader voids the warranty.

[DKYoda]

Sounds like he added the heat spreaders himself ..
Still an interesting question ..

[yfan]

i'm pretty sure removing custom heat spreaders will void your warranty. Be carefull iwth the hair dryer cuase i nearly burned myself with them. Don't pull too hard and take your time

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by Placid


A hair dryer.

I am pretty sure removing the heatspreader voids the warranty.

With Corsair it voids the warranty, I asked them that question not long ago.

[JudgeDredd]

I may be a little off topic here, but why does RDRAM come with heat spreaders on them, but DDR does not?

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by JudgeDredd
I may be a little off topic here, but why does RDRAM come with heat spreaders on them, but DDR does not?

DDR from Mushkin (high end) and Corsair all use heatspreaders

Look (http://www.corsairmicro.com/xms/xms_modules.html)

http://www.corsairmicro.com/xms/images/xmsmodschart1_r1_c2.gif


http://www.mushkin.com/gif/256DDR3000.gif

[JudgeDredd]

I knew that, but I was wondering why ALL RDRAM comes with heat spreaders, but not all DDR does.

[pirate252]

good question...but the thing is, i dont know the anwser.

[OnDborder]

Originally posted by Silversinksam


With Corsair it voids the warranty, I asked them that question not long ago.

Bummer..

[RoadWarrior]

I'd try dropping it in a pan of boiling water, then fish it out with a straining spoon and try, but then I'm kinda different :D


It is possible that the RAM will work correctly at stock speeds when you remove the heatspreader. DDR RAM appears to be sensitive to noise, heatspreaders can act like an antenna for noise and also act as a conduit for signals from one part of the DDR stick to interfere with another part. So occasionally it will happen that DDR whether on a DIMM or graphics card will perform worse with a spreader on that it does without one. One can try ground bonding the spreader if heat dissipation is truly the limiting factor. I have not heard it said of RDRAM that it is as sensitive as DDR in this regard, so that maybe why spreaders are more common as stock on RDRAM.

regards,

Road Warrior

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Originally posted by JudgeDredd
I may be a little off topic here, but why does RDRAM come with heat spreaders on them, but DDR does not?

Not all DDR puts out heat like RDRAM. That stuff gets hot when you put it through it's paces... but so does my (rev. 2) XMS 2700.