my dead 9800Pro after Arctic Silencer3

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My Sapphire 9800 pro just died TODAY after putting on the Arctic Vga
Silencer rev 3

Used the included silicon heat paste.

There was a rectangular shim around the GPU. which i could do nothing
about. The GPU seemed level with it anyhow.

Visual artifacts (Pixel lines) on computer Boot up screen, visual artifacts
in a 3D game, colours funny, and very very odd artifacts (none on the
desktop or playing
video files).

The computer went off, and now the card is completley dead.

If i take it back to the shop, will they find out ive flahsed it to an
XT........hmmm

I didnt tighten the screws overly hard either. I'm not sure what to do next.

someone please helpme .

 

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I've a feeling it may be lack of contact between heatsink and GPU....due to
that Shim thing.

 

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"AlexN" <alex@home> wrote in message
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> I've a feeling it may be lack of contact between heatsink and GPU....due
to
> that Shim thing.
>
>
I think that's certainly one of the things that can go wrong.

I was unimpressed with the overclock I was getting with my 9800pro AIW.
On looking at the stock heatsink I noticed that even that had a 1mm
depression
on the bottom exactly the size of the GPU. That could only be to make a
better constact with the GPU - and this is the stock heatsink. I also
noticed
when taking that off that it had quite a bit of thermal paste on it.

I took the silencer off, slapped a bit of paste around the shim and made a
temporary contact as if I were about to put it back in, but didn't. I then
undid it all, and had a look where the paste was stuck to give me an idea
of where the shim was making contact with the silencer (i.e holding silencer
ABOVE GPU).

I then got out a file and created a 1mm groove where the shim would go.
Very fiddly. Aluminium can be surprisingly hard when using a not very good
needle file.

Anyway the card now clocks to XT speeds reliably (not that I do that often).

Yes, that shim is a bit of a problem. Slapping lots of paste between GPU and
the silencer is NOT the solution - its only supposed to fill the microscopic
gaps between the two surfaces - not create an actual sandwich.

My experiences anyway. HTH

Phil Parker
Southampton, UK

 

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"AlexN" <alex@home> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure what to do next.
>
> someone please helpme .

Get yourself a well-paid job to cover the cost of this and your future
bodges?

 

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The shim is level with the core surface and thus couldn't have caused a lack
of contact. On my 9800Pro, the stock heat sink is completely flat and
contacts with the core nicely with the stock thermal paste.

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"AlexN" <alex@home> wrote in message
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> My Sapphire 9800 pro just died TODAY after putting on the Arctic Vga
> Silencer rev 3
>
> Used the included silicon heat paste.
>
> There was a rectangular shim around the GPU. which i could do nothing
> about. The GPU seemed level with it anyhow.
>
> Visual artifacts (Pixel lines) on computer Boot up screen, visual
artifacts
> in a 3D game, colours funny, and very very odd artifacts (none on the
> desktop or playing
> video files).
>
> The computer went off, and now the card is completley dead.
>
> If i take it back to the shop, will they find out ive flahsed it to an
> XT........hmmm
>
> I didnt tighten the screws overly hard either. I'm not sure what to do
next.
>
> someone please helpme .
>
>

 

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In article <rq9%c.253$_q.138@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>, "First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote:
>The shim is level with the core surface and thus couldn't have caused a lack
>of contact. On my 9800Pro, the stock heat sink is completely flat and
>contacts with the core nicely with the stock thermal paste.
>
Not all of them are level, the shim on my made by ATI 9800Pro sat higher than
the core and had to be removed.

 

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I notice that there are two different coolers for that card. According to
newegg, ATI Silencer 3 is for 9800XT's and 9800pro's with 256Mb of ram.
Ati Silencer 1 is for 9700pro/9800pro's. Maybe you installed the wrong
cooler...By the way, that "Shim Thing" is there to protect the chip from
being cracked or broken from over tightening the heat sink.

"AlexN" <alex@home> wrote in message
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> I've a feeling it may be lack of contact between heatsink and GPU....due
> to that Shim thing.
>
>

 

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Is your OEM heat sink completely flat on the bottom? Was it originally
secured with a thermal pad or paste?

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It can therefore be said that politics is war without
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"GordonD" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> In article <rq9%c.253$_q.138@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>, "First
of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >The shim is level with the core surface and thus couldn't have caused a
lack
> >of contact. On my 9800Pro, the stock heat sink is completely flat and
> >contacts with the core nicely with the stock thermal paste.
> >
> Not all of them are level, the shim on my made by ATI 9800Pro sat higher
than
> the core and had to be removed.