View Full Version : 9500pro temperature... Is mine getting to hot?
afireinside
05-03-2005, 05:06 PM
Of course I threw the stock cooler away when I went TEC and now I need it. I tried a 9600XT cooler and it got blistering hot on the back idling BIOS. Now I have a stock GF3 Ti200 sink on it with a stock AMD fan rubber banded over it and it runs pretty cool on the back but one set of SMDs or something directly behind the core burns if I hold it for a few seconds. Is that to hot or no? Of course the battery in my temp probe had to die on me so I cant check what the actual temp is...
blinky
05-03-2005, 05:23 PM
its because the core is lower than the shim, so u need a cooler with a base with a bump that drops down to hit the core
{PMS}fishy
05-03-2005, 05:39 PM
Or just pop the shim off.
afireinside
05-03-2005, 06:07 PM
Maybe I should have added that I sliced the shim off already...
STEvil
05-03-2005, 08:02 PM
got a 9700 cooler around spare? They fit.
afireinside
05-03-2005, 08:46 PM
Thats the problem... I threw away my stock 9500 and 9800 coolers and my thermaltake orb as well...
{PMS}fishy
05-04-2005, 04:20 AM
Maybe I should have added that I sliced the shim off already...
In that case you can use pretyy much anything, provided that you get good contact and have a good way to hold it on. On my 9500 I used an old socket A HSF, drilled 2 mounting holes in it, removed the shim, and bolted it on. Card runs almost as well with this cooling as it does with my water cooling. If you have a larger heatsink and the tools give it a try.
afireinside
05-04-2005, 05:25 AM
Well my only CPU cooler small enough is this copper 1U thing that's to thick to drill through... This Ti200 cooler with an 80MM fan cooled my 9800np fine. Is it normal for this row of SMDs to be insanely hot while the rest of the area behind the core is just luke warm? Am I safe?
STEvil
05-04-2005, 10:06 AM
might be the cooler isnt seated quite right.
afireinside
05-04-2005, 10:39 AM
I doubt it... Bolted it until the card bend... Its flat on the core to.
STEvil
05-04-2005, 01:33 PM
are the bolts contacting any SMD's? Or the base of the heatsink?
afireinside
05-04-2005, 01:42 PM
nope
afireinside
05-04-2005, 05:18 PM
Ok running at stock 2d fine around 48C max behind the core on PCB (fixed my temp probe) but I'm not sure about 3D. I'll get a cheapo aluminum CPU cooler from compUSA and mount it tomorrow.