Journal NeMon'ess's Journal: Successes and failures with thermal adhesive on video cards? 2
The fan on a friend's 7600GS is dying. I added a drop of oil but that's not good enough. It's a tiny 30mm surrounded by almost 60mm x 60mm of aluminum. I have a quiet 60mm fan but I don't think it'll stay on the existing heatsink, which is held to the board with two spring-loaded pins. I'm considering removing all that, then gluing to the chip an unused Athlon 1.2GHz heatsink. The quiet fan can go on that. Clearance shouldn't be a problem, but I'm concerned about weight pulling on the chip since the assembly will hang upside down.
There's no shame in cable ties (Score:2)
BBH
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You are right, I should just try cable-tying the 60mm over the existing heat sink first. If it works, great, otherwise it's on to the bigger heat sink. Another friend tried using a 60mm fan on his Rade