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JJBlanche   01-12-2008 at 03:05:56 PM

I was installing a stick of RAM this morning into a mobo that I already had in the case. Needless to say, it was a little tedious. In the process, I had to pull it out one or two times, and one of those times, I actually felt the heatspreader pulling off. I pushed it right back down, but am wondering if this will cause any long term problems.

------------------------------ "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
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cfvh600   01-12-2008 at 03:48:34 PM
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Hopefully it'll be fine.

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g-paw   01-13-2008 at 01:43:10 AM
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It shouldn't cause a problem if your not wildly overcloaking

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JJBlanche   01-13-2008 at 03:20:44 AM
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I'm not wildly overclocking the RAM. In fact, the RAM is underclocked at the moment. The processor...well that's a different story.

------------------------------ "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
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nukemaster   01-13-2008 at 06:16:00 AM
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what ram? my ocz(DDR2 800) heat spreaders are just slowly peeling off(it has stopped, but its not making contact with half the chips) :)

Since its way under(533 3,3,3,10) clocked i could not care less....but it does piss me off...3 sets all like that....seems when they get hot the clue loosens.

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http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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JJBlanche   01-13-2008 at 10:11:33 AM
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It's G.Skill RAM. I doubt there's a problem with it. I've read several forums where people purposely remove the heat spreaders.

------------------------------ "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
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nukemaster   01-13-2008 at 08:38:32 PM
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Bet your just fine....i did not even think that stuff could come off(the gskill stuff that is..)

------------------------------ http://i33.tinypic.com/sw3a5y.png
http://tinyurl.com/26uxxb - C2/i7 Temp? http://tinyurl.com/cj3pw - VGA power?
http://tinyurl.com/5v55wk - C2 Mem performance? http://tinyurl.com/6pmbke - SLI/Xfire?
http://tinyurl.com/yfmxdc9 - Part Guide?
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Shadow703793   01-13-2008 at 09:31:01 PM
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Put it back together wit Arctic Silver Adhesive :D. The frag tape is $hit imo.

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