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I would like to remove the spreaders off my corsair.
Any way of doing this?
Any way of doing this?
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Removing heat spreaders?
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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.
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.
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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?
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ssjwizard said:
I used the adhesive tape. I did have the clip-ons but I removed them.
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Placid said: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.
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OnDborder said:
A hair dryer.
I am pretty sure removing the heatspreader voids the warranty.
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Placid said:
With Corsair it voids the warranty, I asked them that question not long ago.
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I may be a little off topic here, but why does RDRAM come with heat spreaders on them, but DDR does not?
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I knew that, but I was wondering why ALL RDRAM comes with heat spreaders, but not all DDR does.
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Bummer..
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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
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.
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Road Warrior
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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