OK, iandh, got them in today, now, does the little plastic washers go on top of the card between it and the heatsinks or does it go under the card? reason i ask is there is quite a bit of space between them with the washers put on.
OK, iandh, got them in today, now, does the little plastic washers go on top of the card between it and the heatsinks or does it go under the card? reason i ask is there is quite a bit of space between them with the washers put on.
It should act as a contact buffer between the card and the nut. Im going to assume it goes on the backside of the card, where the nut holds it on.Originally Posted by moose517
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The washers should be under the screw head on the backside of the card, and not between the card and the sink. They are to prevent the scewheads from touching any leads on the board, and act as a cushion between the metal screw head and the card.
The sinks should be tightened on gently, only enough to bend the card slightly, so there should never be contact with the sinks and anything but the ram and vrm chips.
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ok, thank you guys, great heatsinks by the way iandh, they are of really good quality. Had to switch my graphics card mounting plate, forgot that it was for the g80 cards i used to have and had to switch to the others so i had to drain the loop to change them. Leak testing it now and will reinstall the card in a few hours.
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