Just got a used VGA cooler from a forumer today. Just wonder does anybody know where can i buy the adhesive for the VGA ramsink? Thank for helping in advance.

Try Robyncom or OP in LYP, dont go to those big big one like Sri Computer and All IT as they seldom carry this kind of stuff. But personaly i use AS5 and tiny bit of super glue at the corner. And my VGA ram never go above 40C even when gaming.

robyncom will probably give small-small stuffs for free if you buy stuffs from them

Ramsink adhesive ==> careful when you using it. it cannot be removed after you stick it to.

double sided tape ==> never try to use this. double side tape is non thermal conductive at all.

AS5 and tiny bit of super glue at the cornor ==> i agree this solution too! great idea!

Sri Comp really s*ck. please never go to there! you will regret!
you can have Actic silver 5 at Rubycon at RM25.
or you can try lowyat forumer here, only RM20+.

When i try to stick those Heavy Vantec Copper BGA Ramsink on my 6800GS, it keeps falling off 1 by 1 ( Heat it up with hair dryer before sticking it on the ram chip though ). Lucky i got a Vantec Fan Card ( Disconnected just in case it happened ) below my card, otherwise it will go straight to my Audigy2 ZS and short cicuit and if u are lucky may be only the A2 will be fry. So my advice to not to use thermal tape, unless u are very very sure that it will stick well.

theres 3M thermal tape rite? doublesided
im not sure how it is sold [in what form], but i often heard bout it

Got, can buy from myPC

What is the measurement?price?

Double sided tape actually is a good alternative, but if you have the time and cash, you might prefer the thermal tape.

I bought a few ramsinks from uglyvamp's BBS before, and he supplied me with a few pieces of thermal tape. This tape has a black, rubbery appearance, which looks different from the ones that I usually come across.

How much does MyPC sell their thermal tape?

I do have the one like u mentioned from Uglyvamp as well. It do stick well compare to one come with Zalman or Vantec ramsink, but the problem is its a lot thicker than those i mention above. So i decide to use AS5+Superglue at the end.

yup.. robyncom have it.. try search around

Thick ones don't do anything IMO. Tapes do not conduct heat well in the first place, so if it is thicker - it is even worse. Heat trapped on the DDR chips itself.

If you are going with tape, get the thinnest one possible. 3M ones are quite good. Or you can try Shinetsu Thermal pads (http://sidewindercomputers.com/akshintherin.html).

But I would prefer bonding the heatsinks permanently to the chips itself with Artic Silver or Artic Alumina Adhesive. Max performance! lol

Its 1" x 1"; RM1 each

The one i have now also got 3M logo on it, its just that its a lot thicker and black in color. Perhaps imitation? Not sure though...

There are different types. The ones I had before was thin...nearly see thru. 3M makes so many products I don't think they can even keep track themselves. lol

Thanks for the info guys! Artic silver 5, is it the heat compound for CPU? i think i still have it with me. Thinking of making it permanent, so how are we going to install the ramsinks using AS5 and superglue? Any precaution? Thanks for the advices in advance : )

what a great solution i got here.now my ramsink stick nicely

use glue on the corners of the sinks and AS5 in the middle

So what method u used? Super glue or thermal tape? Just make sure only apply a tin layer of AS5 at the middle of the ram chip. Otherwise u are in danger of shorting out your GC. Good luck...

use a nice gam gajah at da cornor ramsink..b4 this use that as5 it will slide down even i left it dry n stick it.after few minute play game ramsink off .now i follow da step it fit nicely even after hour playing game.great2 solution

Becareful when u wanna take them off in case of RMA, use a razor blade and slide in between the ramsink and the ram chip, then slide in the blade slowly while taking it off. Dont force it or u may end up having a ramless card

I tried using 'gam gajah' and heat compound last night. It WORKS! My 6600GT running at 575 Mhz core and 1.15 Mhz Memory now. Thanks for the advice!

i've a friend telling me to use thermal paste + gam gajah or uhu.

so i used it, and mixed it up...

then i paste

works for me,

but not sure how long....

its been 2 months ++

maybe it does work, i will try it out on my GC.

does the GAM gajah or UHU effect anything ?

UHU?
uhu is not strong like GAM GAJAH i think
heheheh

UHU is not recomended at all. It will degrade the thermal compound that you're using and increase the overall temp. Beware about that.

ARGHH !!...

Does IT REally DEGRADES the TherMal Compound ??

I think i have to cabut a lot of my heatsinks then, most of them are applied with COOling FLow Thermal Compund + UHU .

it does stick. but i think have to cabut it NOW.


So i should use any GAM GAJAH ?

so

apply ELEPHANT GLUE on 4 corners of the HEATSINK and THERMAL COMPOUND in the middle .

is it ?

or can we mix the elephant GLUE with the thermal Compunds ?

Thanks.

What i did was apply ELEPHANT GLUE on 4 corners of the HEATSINK and THERMAL COMPOUND in the middle. It works.

They're selling thermal tape? How much and how many inch?

erm.. ok i guess i will go home and redo all the ramsink and heatsinks then.




thanks for the tips

Before u "cabut" all of them out, do a quick test by running some heavy load like 3D mark or something. Then straight away go touch your heatsink with finger to see if its warm. If its warm, then the heatsink is doing fine with the UHU. If not then only u "cabut" them out. But becareful to only touch the heatsink, if u accidentlly touch the circuit...

If u have no confident, then just shutdown your pc before doing this my friend...

currently i just stick them with the thermal tape that came,

but yesterday 1 of the heatsink fallen off and hit my SOUND CARD ... DARN !!

today i have to redo all.......

So your soundcard survive?

YEah the card survived....

luckily nothing was short circuited.....

Wah! You are so lucky.. by the way, off the topic, what Sound card are you using? How is it? Want to buy a new sound care with HD. Thanks.

I am using a Creative Sound Live! , Its ok to me..... as long as its got sound....

owh....

For Sound Card i'm not so sure....

Maybe u shud ask EDIOGAWA , i think he is bulking a pretty GOOD soundcard..

I already kopek all my heatsinks and bga ramsinks,

and reaapllied it with CoolingFlow Thermal Compound and super glued all for corners of the rams.

ITS WORKING GREAT !!

just wondering if i need to send my card for RMA, how should i peel off the ramsinks... ?

thanks.

well, i think another round of "kopek" will do. But must do it carefully.

will it spoil the ram ??

and will the stain left behind on the rams, void the warranty ??

well, does ramsink really got use?
anybody can com out wif som OC result before and after using ramsink

erm....

results....

not in written form or testing...

before i had the ramsinks, my games always hang.. i dunt know why.....

a friend gave me a few sets of RAMSINK.. so i just installed....

after installing the ramsinks, i also had my Drivers removed and reinstalled....

after that, i have no problem ......

it cud be the heatsinks or it cud even be the driver...

my 2 baht...

try and hunt uglyvamp...he sells those thermal tapes from 3M...
8 pieces for RM2...

wanna ask, how to remove d thermal tape that stick to d ram sink?

i dunno mine is thermal tape or double sided tape coz it was use by last time seller... now, i wanna use d method recommend here... so any1 can tell me how to remove it 1st?

erm,

i used something sharp to peel it ( knife BLADE , REAR slOT COVER ) and then i used a sandpaper to smoothen the surface and then i applied the method here....

wala.....

GOOD LUCK....

best thermal tape supposed be black color & thin. Very very very thin sheet.

3M Thermal tape the best of all I encountered so far. When chip heats up, the tape will get more "sticky" and guarantee chips won't fall off.

Before sticking, be sure to clean of ur ram's surface free from greesy stuff like thermal cream & all ..


P/S : True thermal tape is easily removed when chip is cold. If u find the "thermal tape" difficult to remove ... it could be double sided tape.


My 3M thermal tape come in :

1 strip. Each strip has 4pcs.
Each piece is 20mm x 20mm

RM 2 per strip

This post has been edited by uglyvamp: May 4 2006, 10:10 PM

Thanks bro,

hehe....

Very informative ....

wondering are u still gonna do Poslaju to Malaysian's ??