How can I make a heatsink stick?

[Narayan]

I would like to know how I can stick a heatsink on a graphics chip, just like the G400's heatsink is (what compound I have to use, specs etc)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Stringy]

there are Several methods, some more elagant than others... I'll list a few that come to my mind...

• the Obvious, Thermal Epoxy, mix up a batch put a thin film on both the HS and Chip, let it set fer a few and it'll be there for a while... pretty good heat transfer.
• FragTape, or Thermal tape, sticky tape that transfers heat decently...
• Thermal Paste and Zip Ties, G400 and many other Vid cards have holes where the stock HS/F was mounted, use these (or any other method) to strap that sucker on... Not so elegant but pretty easy.

those are the ones that come to mind quickly... I'm sure others may have more...


Craig

[This message has been edited by Stringy (edited 09 June 2000).]

[Narayan]

OK, what type of film should I use, then? (I pressume the purpose of doing this is that the film will melt after a few minutes of opperation, therefore glueing chip and HS together - am I corect?)

[Narayan]

Oh and Thermal Epoxy = Thermal Compound ?

[Wombat]

To learn how to attach a heatsink, flag down Maggi. He's here somewhere, and I'm pretty sure that there's even a fan super-glued to the back of his G400.

[Alfie]

Thermal compound and thermal epoxy are two different animals.Thermal epoxy is a metallic based epoxy glue,thermal compound is a grease based substance used to fill tiny crevices,etc. between two surfaces to insure a solid heat transfer.
You can find Thermal epoxy here,also the thermal tape previously mentioned.

http://www.plycon.com/grease.htm

[Electric Amish]

http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/9/94.htm?343

There you go.

amish

[dolce]

a friend of mine just did a nice review on thermal compound

http://64.27.97.100/reviews/roundup/thermal_compound/index.htm

[Maggi]

http://forums.murc.ws/ubb/Forum5/HTML/007106.html

[Jorden]

As I flagged Maggi down and he asked me to hunt down something as well, now he did it himself...

Ah well, the other thread I found was this one

Jord.

[Maggi]

Thanx Jord !!!

That was the thread I had in mind, but couldn't find it due to lack of time ...

Cheers,
Maggi

[LAMFDTK]

dolce, are all your friends Zero's?

[Narayan]

Thanx everyone, I'll get to it!

btw Maggi, I was thinking of putting small heatsinks on the G400's memory chip (a la Hercules Prophet2), so I'm afraid Superglue(tm) will not do. Anyway, it rotts the pcb :-(

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