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I reseated the heatsink on my 7850, did I leave a mark on it? void my warranty?

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an00bis

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gpu screws, do they look stripped or scratched?

and this was on the back of the heatsink, some kind of ink number, I partially wiped it off while I was cleaning the old thermal paste with 96% ethanol (all I had) but after a few minutes I just cleaned it off 100%, figured they would think "hmm, guess some idiot forgot to write that number on this card!". Hopefully.

But even If I did void my warranty... I'm completely amazed with the results, I really have no words. 45C in BF3, maxed out at 1920x1080 when I turn the fans at 100%. 60% fans (perfectly silent) and it sits at around 55C. It's also heavily overclocked, 1200mhz core 1375mhz memory and 1.16v from 1.038v stock. Lowered from 75-65 to 45, sounds pretty damn amazing to me. Not a bug, checked it with both gpuz, speedfan and asus gpu tweak (that works for 7850 overclocking and voltage tweaking btw). I used MX-2 paste because it looked exactly like the one they used, gray and slightly viscous.
 
Paranoia will destroy ya... :p. Looks fine to me.

Most pastes are grey... not sure what they used. Glad a remount/reapp helped temps!
 
Not a bug, checked it with both gpuz, speedfan and asus gpu tweak

There are temperature sensors on the card. Every program is reading the same set of sensors. Using multiple programs means nothing. If the sensors are reading incorrectly, then the programs will also read incorrectly. This idea that any program can verify that the temperatures reported by another are correct is silly, unless one of those programs is attached to an expensive infrared meter that can somehow see the bare core of the card through the heatsink. Just FYI :) Relatively, though, unless you really smashed the core (where the sensor diodes are located, AFAIK), you know your temperatures have gotten better. Don't worry about the warranty, as none of the third-party coolers available void your warranty. Replacing thermal goop is just standard maintenance.
 
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