How To Cool A Graphics Card Cheaply (Dial Up Warning?)
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How To Cool A Graphics Card Cheaply (Dial Up Warning?)
Not sure if anyone's suggested this before -
Dead PCI card (well it's dead now). Hole's been cut with a Dremel.
White blobs are UHU White Tack (softer than Blu Tack IMO)
Side view
First thought of this when I had a fanless card - it was getting a bit too hot for my liking.
Now I use this cooling method for graphics cards with active cooling - I just remove/unplug the fan. I only have low end cards (currently have 6600 + 6610 so not sure how the cooling method will work with high power cards).
Another idea - not as good as the one above as I could feel vibrations on the PCI plate/green PCB.
Edit: Solution For High Power Cards - LOL (this is someone else's idea - can't remember where I saw it though)
Dead PCI card (well it's dead now). Hole's been cut with a Dremel.
White blobs are UHU White Tack (softer than Blu Tack IMO)
Side view
First thought of this when I had a fanless card - it was getting a bit too hot for my liking.
Now I use this cooling method for graphics cards with active cooling - I just remove/unplug the fan. I only have low end cards (currently have 6600 + 6610 so not sure how the cooling method will work with high power cards).
Another idea - not as good as the one above as I could feel vibrations on the PCI plate/green PCB.
Edit: Solution For High Power Cards - LOL (this is someone else's idea - can't remember where I saw it though)
Last edited by amjedm on Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
LOL, I still have a dead S3 Trio 64V+ card somewhere, with a 60mm fan at 5V, just like your card. But I can't remember what I was cooling with that... I *think* it was my old Radeon 9000 Pro with the fan unplugged, and then later I mounted a Zalman NB-47J to take care of it (gone are the days of such cheap passive cooling... though the card is still running wonderfully in my parents' PC, probably full of dust).
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The White Tack is sticky enough, I've been using it for months.~El~Jefe~ wrote:hm gives me so many ideas not pretty ones but it really doesnt matter. the fun tac technique is a bit scary though!
kinda not solid.
I have a suggestion: use HIGH temp hot glue. there are two types. regular craft and high temp for a bit more and its not clear (ugly). Rubber doesnt vibrate, right?
I even use it to mount fans . I put a block of the tack on each corner of the fan and press the fan against the case as much as I can. Then feed a cable tie through a couple of the fan holes and then use some more tack on the other end (I don't seal the cable tie with another one). See pic below
The above method I've been using for 1-2 years, without any problems (thank God)
Re: How To Cool A Graphics Card Cheaply (Dial Up Warning?)
I would never have suggested it myself .. It's too much work and you destroy a PCI card.amjedm wrote:Not sure if anyone's suggested this before -
Dead PCI card (well it's dead now). Hole's been cut with a Dremel.
I have a much simpler solution :
1) Find a PCI slot cover
2) Bend it
3) Attach fan
4) Mount in PC
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PCI slot cover Bent PCI slot cover + Fan
You probably need to cut a small tap out of the card to make it fit into the slot right and then you can bend the top part and glue (or whatever) the fan to the card.