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Hi all,
Just a small observations might be of interest. I was dismantling my old PC and took out the graphics card. It’s an ATI Radeon x1950 500Mb. Served me well but always had an issue with the temperature on this card. It could get to 95C and idle about 65C Its one of those cards that blast air out the back (sorry don’t know the name). Fan used to scream like mad under load, (which sounds quite nice
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Actually I dismantled it completely last night, removed the cooler and noticed it was caked full of packed dust and hair, almost blocking the heat sink. As the air hits the heat sink horizontally there is only a small surface area of contact for the incoming air to heat sink. Hence airflow was severely restricted. I hoovered it out thoroughly and reassembled.
Remarkable drop in temps and fan speed! Under load in the mid 70’s Who would have thought! Mind you, after 7 years sitting under a desk with the side case panel often off would be a dust magnet.
anyway ......
PS: here is another thought. It would be great if you could get a reducer attachment with a flexable shaft for a standard hoover that narrows down the size of a pen so you can poke about inside a case with the hoover on lowest suction setting.
Just a small observations might be of interest. I was dismantling my old PC and took out the graphics card. It’s an ATI Radeon x1950 500Mb. Served me well but always had an issue with the temperature on this card. It could get to 95C and idle about 65C Its one of those cards that blast air out the back (sorry don’t know the name). Fan used to scream like mad under load, (which sounds quite nice
)Actually I dismantled it completely last night, removed the cooler and noticed it was caked full of packed dust and hair, almost blocking the heat sink. As the air hits the heat sink horizontally there is only a small surface area of contact for the incoming air to heat sink. Hence airflow was severely restricted. I hoovered it out thoroughly and reassembled.
Remarkable drop in temps and fan speed! Under load in the mid 70’s Who would have thought! Mind you, after 7 years sitting under a desk with the side case panel often off would be a dust magnet.
anyway ......
PS: here is another thought. It would be great if you could get a reducer attachment with a flexable shaft for a standard hoover that narrows down the size of a pen so you can poke about inside a case with the hoover on lowest suction setting.
