schmintan: Yeah the upgrade works fine, many people have done it without a hitch, including me in a friends system.
StevieF: Seems that you may have just been unucky and gotten a couple of bad cards, as this doesn't happen on my i8600 w/ MR9600 and does happen on a friends upgraded i8500 either. Did you try the latest video BIOS A03? This helped fix some peoples problems with the card.
Yes, it does seem to be working on other machines. I did have the latest video bios installed after the most recent card worked for awhile. One thing I noticed was that the color was not as rich as the NVidia Ti4200. I have not seen many follow-ups on this forum concerning the stability of these cards after long term usage. Mine ran fine for almost 5-6 hours before I had problems. And what is weird is that the temps were actually lower than the temps reported by fangui on the Ti4200. But I did notice some real high spikes of well over 100 C. I may try it again later. I could only get Artic Silver 3 when I tried the mod. Would that make any difference?
Well Arctic Silver 5 is the better compound and will make a few degrees difference, but not so much so to make much of a difference on performance, especially if you are running that cool.
Just one thought, how tight are you screwing on the plate (with the new copper attached)? Remember not to do it too tightly as copper expands in heat... dunno if that could be causing a problem but its a thought.
Thanks for your response, sakor1. I just ordered some Artic Silver 5, I will try that and keeping the screws on the plate a little looser. I wonder if I may ask you two further questions. Firstly, did you put the thermal compound over the entire die or just where the chip sticks up off the board? Secondly, did you find the ATI card harder to seat than the NVidia? On my laptop, the NVidia just slips right into the slot. The ATI seems to be extremely hard to line up and get a good connection. Thanks again.
When I modded my friends, put it over the entire die as the whole of that comes into contact with the copper plate, so you'll get better results that way. Remember to only put a very thin layer however, do not put it on too thick.
So to recap, very thin layer over entire die.
Funny that you mention that, but yes. The ATI card is a little harder to seat than the Nvidia one, I actually found that out also with my i8600 when taking it apart for an inspection... so its normal.
Well, I gave it another try, this time using Artic Silver 5 and leaving the cover fairly loose, but not too loose. So far I have run for almost 8 hours playing every game I think will test the gpu. My temp rarely goes above 65, even with Far Cry. I guess I did it right this time. I was getting some stuttering in the beginning, either caused by the computer adjusting to the card, or something I had running in the background, a wallpaper changer I think. I turned off every unecessary background app except for fangui. That seemed to have smoothed everything out. Thanks to everyone for their assistance. This seems to be sucessful, finally.
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schmintan: Yeah the upgrade works fine, many people have done it without a hitch, including me in a friends system.
StevieF: Seems that you may have just been unucky and gotten a couple of bad cards, as this doesn't happen on my i8600 w/ MR9600 and does happen on a friends upgraded i8500 either. Did you try the latest video BIOS A03? This helped fix some peoples problems with the card.
stu
StevieF
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sakor1
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April 21st, 2004 11:00
Well Arctic Silver 5 is the better compound and will make a few degrees difference, but not so much so to make much of a difference on performance, especially if you are running that cool.
Just one thought, how tight are you screwing on the plate (with the new copper attached)? Remember not to do it too tightly as copper expands in heat... dunno if that could be causing a problem but its a thought.
stu
StevieF
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April 21st, 2004 12:00
sakor1
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April 21st, 2004 13:00
No probs.
When I modded my friends, put it over the entire die as the whole of that comes into contact with the copper plate, so you'll get better results that way. Remember to only put a very thin layer however, do not put it on too thick.
So to recap, very thin layer over entire die.
Funny that you mention that, but yes. The ATI card is a little harder to seat than the Nvidia one, I actually found that out also with my i8600 when taking it apart for an inspection... so its normal.
Good luck,
stu
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April 24th, 2004 02:00
sakor1
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April 24th, 2004 11:00
Glad its OK now then! Enjoy it,
stu