Hi all,
as some of you might know, I have a reference 7970 and a 7990 running in my rig. I'm currently trying to mod the 7970 such that it will use a antec 620 instead of the reference cooler.
i got all the modding material ready. i'm now half way through the mod. I managed to take the heat sink off the 7970 and cleaned the GPU chip. one problem is that, some of the TIM got onto the transistor next to the core.
I read some older threads suggesting I shouldnt try to hard to remove them as i might end up damaging the transistor. leaving the old TIM on the transistor is fine as they dont conduct eletricity, only heat. my only worry is that, the stuff i read is from 2009, 2010. so material of the TIM and design of PCB might have changed since....
at the moment i use dry cotton buds. the wife got some surgerical spirit and acetone based nail polish remover. Neither says the purity of the content. Shall I try to use those to clean off the TIM or just leave them on there? Thanks!
Cheers.
as some of you might know, I have a reference 7970 and a 7990 running in my rig. I'm currently trying to mod the 7970 such that it will use a antec 620 instead of the reference cooler.
i got all the modding material ready. i'm now half way through the mod. I managed to take the heat sink off the 7970 and cleaned the GPU chip. one problem is that, some of the TIM got onto the transistor next to the core.
I read some older threads suggesting I shouldnt try to hard to remove them as i might end up damaging the transistor. leaving the old TIM on the transistor is fine as they dont conduct eletricity, only heat. my only worry is that, the stuff i read is from 2009, 2010. so material of the TIM and design of PCB might have changed since....
at the moment i use dry cotton buds. the wife got some surgerical spirit and acetone based nail polish remover. Neither says the purity of the content. Shall I try to use those to clean off the TIM or just leave them on there? Thanks!
Cheers.
