- Joined
- Dec 4, 2002
- Location
- Rockville,MD
I just got mine today, and took off the heatsink to replace the included TIM pad with AS5. After scraping off the original TIM, I noticed that the surface of the heatsink was incredibly rough. I took out the 150, 300, and 600 grit sandpaper and lapped down the area of the heatsink that contacts the GPU. I put a conservative ammount of AS5 on the GPU core and put the heatsink back on, put the retention clip on, then took the heatsink back off, to check for contact. There was NO AS5 on the heatsink. The thermal pads placed on the heatsink to make contact with the ram (a nice gesture by MSI, few other manufacturers have done this with the 6600gt) were too tall.
In lieu of being able to find the USB cable for my digital camera, I will draw you a picture. (Mind you, I have Photoshop, I just want to use MSPaint)
what's up with the massive ads on imageshack?
anyway, I dealt with this with a razor blade. I sliced off a razor thin layer of the TIM that was spanning the RAM gap. A short while later, I had a flat heatink making contact with the GPU.
Give it a try, and somebody for the love of god post pictures!
In lieu of being able to find the USB cable for my digital camera, I will draw you a picture. (Mind you, I have Photoshop, I just want to use MSPaint)
what's up with the massive ads on imageshack?
anyway, I dealt with this with a razor blade. I sliced off a razor thin layer of the TIM that was spanning the RAM gap. A short while later, I had a flat heatink making contact with the GPU.
Give it a try, and somebody for the love of god post pictures!