Recently I have noticed that my Gigabyte R9 380 GPU is bending slightly, so I thought of a way to fix it, but I am unsure if it's safe one.
I used a copper wire to tie my GPU to the top of my case. On the GPU side of the copper wire I tied it around the heatpipe as there is nothing else to tie it to.
Images:
Not sure how clearly it can be seen but here is a simplified version I drew:
I want to know if it's safe because I tied a copper wire to the copper heatpipe. The reason why I put a paper between the copper wire and GPU is an aditional safety measure.
The entire set up is pretty phisically stable now, the GPU is now standing firmly in its place and I am fairly certain it isn't bending anymore.
Is this set up safe? Is it safe to tie the copper wire to the heatpipe? Could this cause any heating issues? Does power go through the heatpipe, if so should I remove the copper wire? Is the paper nessecary?
Note that the copper wire is touching the plastic of the gpu all the way, hope it can be seen well in the images. Any help is appreciated.
I used a copper wire to tie my GPU to the top of my case. On the GPU side of the copper wire I tied it around the heatpipe as there is nothing else to tie it to.
Images:
Not sure how clearly it can be seen but here is a simplified version I drew:
I want to know if it's safe because I tied a copper wire to the copper heatpipe. The reason why I put a paper between the copper wire and GPU is an aditional safety measure.
The entire set up is pretty phisically stable now, the GPU is now standing firmly in its place and I am fairly certain it isn't bending anymore.
Is this set up safe? Is it safe to tie the copper wire to the heatpipe? Could this cause any heating issues? Does power go through the heatpipe, if so should I remove the copper wire? Is the paper nessecary?
Note that the copper wire is touching the plastic of the gpu all the way, hope it can be seen well in the images. Any help is appreciated.