X800 pro VIVO & VGA Silencer rev3?

[digitalwanderer]

Dang it, I tried cleaning up my 9700 pro and throwing it in but the pink lines are still there....anyone know if a rev 3 Silencer fits on an X800 pro VIVO? :|

Oh, and sidenote: anyone know anywhere I could get my 9700 pro fixed at? Or is that something I should bug Rich Huddy about?

 

[Vortigern_red]

I am using a rev 3 on an X800 pro VIVO and it fits fine, worth bearing in mind though that the fan connector only has two holes so you lose the fan speed monitoring.

 

[digitalwanderer]

My silencer already has it's power line spliced to a pass-thru molex....it's kind of a habit of mine.

Thanks though, I reckon I should toss it on my X800 now then. I wonder if I should toss the heatsinks on too....does any double-sided type clear sticky tape work well for heatsink tape or is there something actually special about heatsink tape?

I got a roll of "Scotch Permanent Double Stick Tape" here just begging me to use it.... (I prefer to tape 'em on for now, I don't want to use superglue on my card.....yet. )

 

[Vadi]

Don't use Scotch tape. I think it's not designed for heat transfer. Go with thermal adhesive. I used Arctic Silver Alumina adhesive and it's great (it smells bad though).

 

[digitalwanderer]

Don't use Scotch tape. I think it's not designed for heat transfer. Go with thermal adhesive. I used Arctic Silver Alumina adhesive and it's great (it smells bad though).

Thanks.

 

[MasterBaiter]

Damn, you are just plain scary sometimes DW!

 

[digitalwanderer]

Damn, you are just plain scary sometimes DW!

How so? :|

 

[MasterBaiter]

The double-sided tape deal.

 

[digitalwanderer]

The double-sided tape deal.

Oh.

Well, it works to keep the cats from knocking "Buddy Christ" off my monitor....

 

[MasterBaiter]

Hehe. I can understand the use of tape as a temporary means of adhesion, but you might want to try thermal (aka "frag") tape, which is meant for the job. I would think that besides the fact that normal tape doesn't have good thermal qualities... the sticky stuff would just get less sticky as the temps went up. :?

If it's not a temp fix I'd go with some thermal epoxy though.