trodas Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Old cards, like nVidia Vanta LT 16MB: ...have no holes around GPU, so that any cooler must be glued on them by some heat conductive glue. Such glues are for example supplied with the Arctic Cooler Mono Plus VGA heatsink. But when I tried to use it today, I find out, that both tubes - altrough never used before - turned internaly into chewing-gum :mad: That is somewhat surprising to pierce a never opened thermal adhesive to find out, that it is completely useless... http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-mono-plus.html "Thermal Adhesive (included)" ... So that makes me wonder, what others use and with what experiences. Because I need some replacement... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraRaptor Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I was using clamps. Another option is to use bracket as on the photo - the cards are cold enough so much pressure is not needed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trodas Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 use bracket as on the photo Same solution proposed my GF. I did not go with it, because the heatsink I picked for this card will be hard to hold on that way well. the cards are cold enough so much pressure is not needed Well, my ATI Rage XL (PCI) is cold card. You cannot even tell, that it is working. This nVidia thing is, on the other hand, hot that you burn your finger on it. From back side the PCB changed color from green to more like brown, so... I wholeheartedly disagree there Yes, most old cards are cool... but NOT these Vantas. They are one of the hotest cards It might be even worth a shoot to add some serious hook all over the card and press a peltier and watrcooling block against the chip and I bet that 200MHz will be possibility for at least the test to pass... But I settle for mere aircooling. IIRC I used something Arctic Silver made on R 9100... Ah, that was it: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm http://prislusenstvi-k-chlazeni.heureka.cz/arctic-silver-arctic-silver-thermal-adhesive/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobosq Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 ...Same solution proposed my GF... OMG dude, you're one lucky guy, mine is fed up seeing all the hardware on my desk. She even threatened to break up, when I suggested her to help me pouring LN2 last time Back to main topic - I used once a clamp from socket A cooler upside down (hooks away from the card) and attached to VGA with zip ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Ney Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Clamps or AGP extender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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