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Basic video card care.
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I have a 1 year old Shapphire Radeon X1650 PRO that seems to be running hot. ATI Tool says the temp is 65c when just running a browser. Someone suggestied removing the heat sink and fan and re-applying thermal paste. I had no idea this could be done with a video card. Does anyone know of a web site that has pictures and instructions for this procedure? The fan is loud when I turn up the speed too. Can it be oiled? |
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cookiebun wrote:
Hi, I have a 1 year old Shapphire Radeon X1650 PRO that seems to be running hot. ATI Tool says the temp is 65c when just running a browser. Someone suggestied removing the heat sink and fan and re-applying thermal paste. I had no idea this could be done with a video card. Does anyone know of a web site that has pictures and instructions for this procedure? The fan is loud when I turn up the speed too. Can it be oiled? Blow all the dust out of the fan and between the blades of the heatsink with a can of compressed air first. If that doesn't improve things then you can try to take off the fan, peel back the label in the centre and oil it with very light oil. The fan may not come off this card - see the link below. If you need to go further than that I'd be surprised but come back and shout. http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 |
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cookiebun wrote:
In article , cookiebun wrote: Hi, I have a 1 year old Shapphire Radeon X1650 PRO that seems to be running hot. ATI Tool says the temp is 65c when just running a browser. Someone suggestied removing the heat sink and fan and re-applying thermal paste. I had no idea this could be done with a video card. Does anyone know of a web site that has pictures and instructions for this procedure? The fan is loud when I turn up the speed too. Can it be oiled? Blow all the dust out of the fan and between the blades of the heatsink with a can of compressed air first. If that doesn't improve things then you can try to take off the fan, peel back the label in the centre and oil it with very light oil. The fan may not come off this card - see the link below. If you need to go further than that I'd be surprised but come back and shout. http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 Thanks for the reply and the link. I did the compressed air bit (do that a lot) and it seemed to help some. Would regular household oil work ok? I haven't done this for a long time but last time I did I think I used sewing machine oil as its fairly light... some household oils can be fairly thick. |
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Shawk wrote in
: I haven't done this for a long time but last time I did I think I used sewing machine oil as its fairly light... some household oils can be fairly thick. I'm not familiar with this particular fan, but it would seem like a logical suggestion to first hit it with a little bit of brake cleaner to remove any built up crud. |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:59:11 -0400, cookiebun
wrote: In article , says... cookiebun wrote: Hi, I have a 1 year old Shapphire Radeon X1650 PRO that seems to be running hot. ATI Tool says the temp is 65c when just running a browser. Someone suggestied removing the heat sink and fan and re-applying thermal paste. I had no idea this could be done with a video card. Does anyone know of a web site that has pictures and instructions for this procedure? The fan is loud when I turn up the speed too. Can it be oiled? Blow all the dust out of the fan and between the blades of the heatsink with a can of compressed air first. If that doesn't improve things then you can try to take off the fan, peel back the label in the centre and oil it with very light oil. The fan may not come off this card - see the link below. If you need to go further than that I'd be surprised but come back and shout. http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 Thanks for the reply and the link. I did the compressed air bit (do that a lot) and it seemed to help some. Would regular household oil work ok? you could use 3 in 1 oil like this guy did http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 or get one from newegg if the oil don't work something like these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118006 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001 or this link just make sure to look at spec to see if it works with you're card http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...me=VGA-Cooling |
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In article , Shawk wrote:
cookiebun wrote: In article , cookiebun wrote: Hi, I have a 1 year old Shapphire Radeon X1650 PRO that seems to be running hot. ATI Tool says the temp is 65c when just running a browser. Someone suggestied removing the heat sink and fan and re-applying thermal paste. I had no idea this could be done with a video card. Does anyone know of a web site that has pictures and instructions for this procedure? The fan is loud when I turn up the speed too. Can it be oiled? Blow all the dust out of the fan and between the blades of the heatsink with a can of compressed air first. If that doesn't improve things then you can try to take off the fan, peel back the label in the centre and oil it with very light oil. The fan may not come off this card - see the link below. If you need to go further than that I'd be surprised but come back and shout. http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 Thanks for the reply and the link. I did the compressed air bit (do that a lot) and it seemed to help some. Would regular household oil work ok? I haven't done this for a long time but last time I did I think I used sewing machine oil as its fairly light... some household oils can be fairly thick. Yes, a small drop of sewing machine oil or whats known as 3 in 1 oil. |
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Basic video card care. Thanks for all the relplies
In article ,
says... snip you could use 3 in 1 oil like this guy did http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 or get one from newegg if the oil don't work something like these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118006 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001 or this link just make sure to look at spec to see if it works with you're card http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...me=VGA-Cooling Wow, that fan looks big for my card! I got the heatsink off the card, cleaned it and put some OCZ freeze on the chip and the heat sink. Added a pci slot case fan too. Temps have dropped by more than 10 degrees. |
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Basic video card care. Thanks for all the relplies
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:58:19 -0400, cookiebun
wrote: In article , says... snip you could use 3 in 1 oil like this guy did http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 or get one from newegg if the oil don't work something like these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118006 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001 or this link just make sure to look at spec to see if it works with you're card http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...me=VGA-Cooling Wow, that fan looks big for my card! I got the heatsink off the card, cleaned it and put some OCZ freeze on the chip and the heat sink. Added a pci slot case fan too. Temps have dropped by more than 10 degrees. The fan not as big as it looks in picture,its not as big as the one for the CPU and I see no mention of the oil on fan did you try the 3 in 1 |
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Basic video card care. Thanks for all the relplies
In article ,
says... On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:58:19 -0400, cookiebun wrote: In article , says... snip you could use 3 in 1 oil like this guy did http://forums.sapphiretech.com/showthread.php?t=13893 or get one from newegg if the oil don't work something like these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118006 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118001 or this link just make sure to look at spec to see if it works with you're card http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...me=VGA-Cooling Wow, that fan looks big for my card! I got the heatsink off the card, cleaned it and put some OCZ freeze on the chip and the heat sink. Added a pci slot case fan too. Temps have dropped by more than 10 degrees. The fan not as big as it looks in picture,its not as big as the one for the CPU and I see no mention of the oil on fan did you try the 3 in 1 Yep, did that! |
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