all right I've decided I'm going to do this on the weekend, I just have a few questions
I have read in the past that using isopropyl alcohol on the razor makes the cutting job easier. Can anyone confirm this? Also, nubius, when you were applying the thermal paste to the die did you do it in the same fashion as the bare GPU, just put a small dot in the middle and let the heatsink spread it out, or did you manually spread it out on the die yourself?
I'm thinking of using an exacto knife for this, would that work fine? I've also read that you poke tiny holes (probably not the best description) around the IHS to remove it bit by bit rather than "sawing" it all off in one motion, right? I've watched the video and I had read up on this before but I don't wanna screw this crap up. And I assume when you reapply the block you tighten it to roughly the same tension as what it was at when the IHS is on the die
I have read in the past that using isopropyl alcohol on the razor makes the cutting job easier. Can anyone confirm this? Also, nubius, when you were applying the thermal paste to the die did you do it in the same fashion as the bare GPU, just put a small dot in the middle and let the heatsink spread it out, or did you manually spread it out on the die yourself?
I'm thinking of using an exacto knife for this, would that work fine? I've also read that you poke tiny holes (probably not the best description) around the IHS to remove it bit by bit rather than "sawing" it all off in one motion, right? I've watched the video and I had read up on this before but I don't wanna screw this crap up. And I assume when you reapply the block you tighten it to roughly the same tension as what it was at when the IHS is on the die
ah well I was really just under the impression the PWM IC was made up of that entire area of microchips as those microsinks do get pretty hot under load still...not sure how you could mod a microsink for that thing though as it is a bit oddly shaped, I think I'm just gonna install another panaflo over it to get more airflow over itThey are soldered on Those are just mosfets though, not the actual PWM IC.