Thanks, vertices, I will try it out and see how much it improves my score.
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Thanks, vertices, I will try it out and see how much it improves my score.
Ok, I'll do it!!! I havent opened this new card up and its time to see if she can do better then her twin sister!!! Hopefully I wont need triplets!!!!
If so I am going to go back yo my GF4 4400!!! :D
I will be posting from my other machine now :) Time to benchmark!
Go for it man! It's time you broke 21K! :)Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
I will be posting from my other machine now :) Time to benchmark!
Well poops!!!
I was taking off the heatsink and off came the wire out of the fan...
Now this is going to be interesting!!!!
On your 9800? The wire came out of the fan itself?
Yup.. The ground wire came right out of the back of the fan...
I didnt even apply pressure!!!!
Damn that sux. Were you trying to put on that MCW50-T?
No, I was trying to reseat the core with some AS3.. It always felt a little loose before...
I am looking at the fan and it looks like I wont be able to get a soldering iron in there... I would burn up a few props first...
I will see what I can do.
If you take out those 3 little screws holding the fan in and take it out of the Heatsink you might be able to get to it from behind.
hmmm, I cannot believe the core has a mirror finish :)
That sucker is nice!
I did that, That is why I said I might not be able to get to it.. It has a plastic backing and the solder point is behind itQuote:
Originally posted by vertices
If you take out those 3 little screws holding the fan in and take it out of the Heatsink you might be able to get to it from behind.
You should have seen the mirror finish on that P4 I fried. Underneath the heatspreader was the most perfectly mirrored thing I think I have ever saw.:)
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Originally posted by Colossus
I did that, That is why I said I might not be able to get to it.. It has a plastic backing and the solder point is behind it
If it was me I would just break off that 1 plastic leg that the wires are routing through. Then you should be able to solder it.
Yeah I am doing that now... I tried looking at my old 9700Pro heatsink but the mount is different...Quote:
Originally posted by vertices
If it was me I would just break off that 1 plastic leg that the wires are routing through. Then you should be able to solder it.
BLEH!!!
Hmmm do I want to run to the office and pickup the dead 9800Pro??? Well lets see what I can do here first...
Now if only my MCW50-T arrived I wouldnt be having all this trouble!!!!
Yeah, worst case scenario you could just do that. Where is your MCW50-T? You still haven't received the replacement?Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
Hmmm do I want to run to the office and pickup the dead 9800Pro??? Well lets see what I can do here first...
Now if only my MCW50-T arrived I wouldnt be having all this trouble!!!!
Well I got it all soldered back.. I had to melt some of the back plastic away to get a better angle....
I havent received my MCW50-T It has been a VERY long time.. I need to call... I was suppose to call about a week ago, but I get home sometimes from work so late :(
But if worse case senario.. I might just get a 3rd party aftermarket cooler for it...
Well it didnt work :(
The fan does not spin :(
So what ya doing with your old one? :)
Don't you still have your old one?
Yeah, But I wasnt sure what I was going to do with that one...
I wanna keep my stock fan. I'll need it when I upgrade my main box and this 9800 goes over to my fiancees PC. Sorry man.:)
No biggie... I'll just hop over to the office tomorrow...
So I guess I wont be benching today...
Well I got the other fan off the old card...
So now its running.. But when I applied AS3.. Instead of the stock grease.. Its much looser.. It sliders around more now.. I guess AS3 is more slipper then the stuff they used.
Ok all done... hehe, Well after I reseated the new heatsink/fan from the other 9800Pro... And I used some AS3 The overall temp is lower now... So I am happy.
I sure love my MCW50-T. :p
Dont rub it in :( I know I would love my 50-T if I EVER get it back... But damn look at the shine of this 9800Pro core...
R9800 Core - 56K Beware