ok, so many of you will already be doing this, but i thought id mention it anyway, its a cheap solution to buying an arctic cooling silencer or other top range sient cooler. PLEASE NOTE, this guide is only reccomended for cooling the geforce 2/3/4/ and up 2 fx5500 cards.
STEP 1. remove current graphics heat sink and fan.
pop out the two retaining plugs that hold the h/s and fan.( this may take some time and care as on older cards thermal paste can turn into glue over time)
when youve done this, get an old northbridge hs (yep you heard right) make sure its a low profile one, and attach that. the retaining plugs on it should match those of the card as its 40 mil accross. dont forget to put new paste on before you replace the heatsink.
step 2. get a cheap exhaust blower that fits in a pci slot (most of them do) put it in the slot to the LEFT of the agp card, and make sure it is preferably within a couple of to one cm of the cards new h/s. it dosnt matter if the heat sink is slightly out of place with the intake, as it just needs to be quite near.
step 3.turn one pc, ensure the procedure has worked, and watch the temps drop about 5-10c* over stock cooling
i also managed to get my old ge-force 4 mx to 400 mhz clock speed using tis cooling method.
all in all, its a bit of hard work, and a n00b isnt reccomended to try it, but its cheaper than getting a 40 quid silencer.
parts
exhaust blower: can usually be found on ebuyer, UV reactive for aaround 5 pounds vat and p&p included.
northbridge h/s (low profile) around 90 pence wheerver you can find 'em
STEP 1. remove current graphics heat sink and fan.
pop out the two retaining plugs that hold the h/s and fan.( this may take some time and care as on older cards thermal paste can turn into glue over time)
when youve done this, get an old northbridge hs (yep you heard right) make sure its a low profile one, and attach that. the retaining plugs on it should match those of the card as its 40 mil accross. dont forget to put new paste on before you replace the heatsink.
step 2. get a cheap exhaust blower that fits in a pci slot (most of them do) put it in the slot to the LEFT of the agp card, and make sure it is preferably within a couple of to one cm of the cards new h/s. it dosnt matter if the heat sink is slightly out of place with the intake, as it just needs to be quite near.
step 3.turn one pc, ensure the procedure has worked, and watch the temps drop about 5-10c* over stock cooling
i also managed to get my old ge-force 4 mx to 400 mhz clock speed using tis cooling method.all in all, its a bit of hard work, and a n00b isnt reccomended to try it, but its cheaper than getting a 40 quid silencer.
parts
exhaust blower: can usually be found on ebuyer, UV reactive for aaround 5 pounds vat and p&p included.
northbridge h/s (low profile) around 90 pence wheerver you can find 'em
thanks for teh idea joe :worship:
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