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AnT
09-03-2002, 02:23 PM
Hi guys. I just bought a Crystal Orb and Tin Coated RAMSinks from heatsinkfactory.com. I did all of the steps to flatten the core and the 8 ram chips. I applied all of the AS thermal adhesive and nothing touched the RAM pins. Now, after the install, I did a bench with higher timings (272/542) and I got almost 2k lower than my previous bench before removing stock cooling and adding the CORB and ramsinks (272/544). Here is my bench before: http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4351122, and after: http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4383219. Now I removed all of the epoxy from the previous stock cooling, wiped it down with isopropyl alcohol and sand papered it. I wiped down the RAM chips with isopropyl. I noticed that when I removed the stock cooling, in the middle of the circle of the core was a little opening, and a shiny metal was beneath. It was also at the top of the circle. Any tips would be great.

Thank you.

majormav
09-03-2002, 02:32 PM
ummmmzzzz wierd did you have EXACTLY the same settings for both benches AA ... .. tweaking progs etc ...

AnT
09-03-2002, 02:49 PM
Yes, exactly the same settings.

AnT
09-03-2002, 03:21 PM
Found a weird thing... Look at the top of the attatched file. It says 64mb card, then next to it says "56mb AGP". Did I fry a memory chip?

majormav
09-03-2002, 04:56 PM
something wierd going on there m8 ... with not having a 8500 i dont know what the mem shows as .. looks like a possibly damaged card but you would be better waiting for one of the better qualified guys than me to answer on that one sorry i couldent be of more assistance