Problem with Accelero Xtreme 8800

Kiro-San

Kiro-San

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I bought a pair of AX8800's this week for my Gainward 8800GTX's and the heatsink doesn't touch the thermal pad on the NVIO chip. The stock cooler clearly does touch this chip on either however making me think turning my PC on at this point would be a "Bad Idea™". This is the same on both cards, there's about a millimetre gap between the HS and pad. Is this a big deal? Have I ended up effectively killing my GTX's or doesn't the NVIO chip require active cooling (unlikely admittedly)? I have emailed Arctic Cooling asking for clarification too.
 
I've got some AS5 but I doubt that'll be enough to fill the gap, it definitely would only be a stop gap measure. Ideally I need another one of the memory thermal pads as they are quite a bit thicker.
 
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