John Stimson Wrote: > I got a Zalman heat-pipe based heatsink for the video card, and I think > that was a mistake. Although it reduced the noise considerably, I > think that the weight and the mounting method put too much mechanical > stress on the graphics processor chip, possibly cracking the silicon or > the solder bonds. The video card became flaky soon after I installed > the heatsink, and its replacement failed as well. I did not install it > on the next card, and that card has worked flawlessly for at least a > year.
Or it just overheated. I think the fanless heatsinks are risky for graphics cards, I was specifically recommending the replacement fans which are excellent. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21359 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
