Radeon Cooling Mod Complete (Warning: LOTS of Pictures)

friendofphobos · 03-23-2003, 05:52 PM

Okay, we talked about it earlier in this thread and I just completed my mod.

I took a 9500non-pro, reflashed the bios for overclocking and soft modded it to a 9700 but was worried about cooling. Things get really warm with this board. My solution: Better cooling on the core by adding a $9 copper socket a heatsink, ramsinks cut from $3 aluminum electronics heatsink, and a heatsink on the back of core attached via Skully Putty (aka Fun-Tak).

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The copper cooler was attached with a mixture of artic alumina adhesive and thermal paste as well as nuts and bolts shielded from the board by rubber grommets and plastic washers. The ramsinks were cut with a dremel and attached with artic alumina adhesive. A 50CFM/36DBa Fan was then made to blow onto the new sinks.

Stock speeds and drivers yielded around 11K in 3DMark 2001SE, with the mods and new cooling I am safe to OC the core to 390-400 resulting in 16K in 3DMark 2001SE.

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Bagged71 · 03-23-2003, 06:54 PM

very cool, a tad big, but cool

Sir_JaKoNT|L · 03-23-2003, 07:25 PM

amazing seriously.....

friendofphobos · 03-23-2003, 09:16 PM

Thanks. It Is big but I don't have any PCI cards in this machine so the space is well used. I feel pretty comfortable running this card at 390core/300memory now, up from 275/270 at stock settings.

Sir Skully · 03-23-2003, 11:59 PM

Nice mod!

friendofphobos · 03-24-2003, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by Skully
Nice mod!

Thanks! Many props to you for introducing fun-tak to the cooling equation.

Brian · 03-24-2003, 11:04 AM

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Originally posted by friendofphobos
Thanks! Many props to you for introducing fun-tak to the cooling equation.

I remember that thread! The "Silly Putty Thread"!

friendofphobos · 03-24-2003, 11:19 AM

That's the business!

It really helped with the back of the Radeon's GPU core. At any overclock over 330 on the core it got really hot. Now with fun-tak and heatsink it gets a little warm but only after stress testing it for 5 consecutive runs of 3DMark03. There's a ton of big components on the back but with the skully-putty you can just apply a thick layer to cover everything up and it transfer the heat to whatever size heatsink you want to use.

computergeek · 03-24-2003, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by friendofphobos
That's the business!

It really helped with the back of the Radeon's GPU core. At any overclock over 330 on the core it got really hot. Now with fun-tak and heatsink it gets a little warm but only after stress testing it for 5 consecutive runs of 3DMark03. There's a ton of big components on the back but with the skully-putty you can just apply a thick layer to cover everything up and it transfer the heat to whatever size heatsink you want to use.

Those are some nice overclocks, which bios are you using?
By the way nice job

friendofphobos · 03-24-2003, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by computergeek
Those are some nice overclocks, which bios are you using?
By the way nice job

Thanks! I am using Warp11's bios for ATi Radeon 9500 128Mb non-Pro. He's got a few different one's for other cards as well. You can find them here

friendofphobos · 03-24-2003, 12:03 PM

Here is a photo of the fun-tak heatsink combo on the backside.

Valvoline6 · 03-26-2003, 06:20 PM

Artic fun-tak instructions sat apply only a thin layer for best cooling.

Does the heatsink on the fun-tak get hot? I would be concerned that the fun-tak might act as an insulator and keep more heat in.

friendofphobos · 03-26-2003, 07:36 PM

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Originally posted by Valvoline6
Artic fun-tak instructions sat apply only a thin layer for best cooling. Does the heatsink on the fun-tak get hot? I would be concerned that the fun-tak might act as an insulator and keep more heat in.

The new heatsink gets pretty warm, which leads me to believe that the fun-tak is tranferring heat. Before the back of the card was really hot. One of the pluses of fun-tak was that you could apply it in a pretty thick layer to cover up parts and it still transferred heat but is not conductive.

03-23-2003, 05:52 PM	#1
friendofphobos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 174	Radeon Cooling Mod Complete (Warning: 75K of Pictures) Okay, we talked about it earlier in this thread and I just completed my mod. I took a 9500non-pro, reflashed the bios for overclocking and soft modded it to a 9700 but was worried about cooling. Things get really warm with this board. My solution: Better cooling on the core by adding a $9 copper socket a heatsink, ramsinks cut from $3 aluminum electronics heatsink, and a heatsink on the back of core attached via Skully Putty (aka Fun-Tak). Photos: Larger photo Larger Photo Larger Photo Larger Photo The copper cooler was attached with a mixture of artic alumina adhesive and thermal paste as well as nuts and bolts shielded from the board by rubber grommets and plastic washers. The ramsinks were cut with a dremel and attached with artic alumina adhesive. A 50CFM/36DBa Fan was then made to blow onto the new sinks. Stock speeds and drivers yielded around 11K in 3DMark 2001SE, with the mods and new cooling I am safe to OC the core to 390-400 resulting in 16K in 3DMark 2001SE. Last edited by friendofphobos; 03-24-2003 at 12:00 PM..
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friendofphobos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 174	Thanks. It Is big but I don't have any PCI cards in this machine so the space is well used. I feel pretty comfortable running this card at 390core/300memory now, up from 275/270 at stock settings.
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friendofphobos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 174	YEAH! That's the business! It really helped with the back of the Radeon's GPU core. At any overclock over 330 on the core it got really hot. Now with fun-tak and heatsink it gets a little warm but only after stress testing it for 5 consecutive runs of 3DMark03. There's a ton of big components on the back but with the skully-putty you can just apply a thick layer to cover everything up and it transfer the heat to whatever size heatsink you want to use.
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friendofphobos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 174	Skully Putty Pic Here is a photo of the fun-tak heatsink combo on the backside.
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03-26-2003, 06:20 PM	#12
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