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by Bun-Bun
Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:47 pm
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: ASUS Z71 Thermal Pad Removal To Reduce Temperatures
Replies: 48
Views: 65114

I ordered the artic clean and some new AC5 and am waiting for them to come. But until then does anyone know of a cooling docking stystem for the Z71v? When I go to play WoW laying on the couch or bed the GPU overheats to 116 degrees celsius and restarts on my. This is because the airflow is restrict...
by Bun-Bun
Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:24 pm
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: ASUS Z71 Thermal Pad Removal To Reduce Temperatures
Replies: 48
Views: 65114

hmm I didnt know about the store on tip thing I think that what may be happening cause my desktop temps have gone up and I cant over clock it anymore when I used to be able to get 800 mhz overclock on air. Ok, so whats a good place to get Artic Clean and AS5? This last tube of AC5 was from http://ww...
by Bun-Bun
Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:07 am
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: ASUS Z71 Thermal Pad Removal To Reduce Temperatures
Replies: 48
Views: 65114

What should I use to clean off the dia of the GPU and memory chips. Right now ive been using Isopropyl but theres still a residue left on the heat sink and die's. I was thinking of getting Artic Clean for the heatsink but is that safe for the die's as well? Also does Artic Silver breakdown? Ive had ...
by Bun-Bun
Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:50 am
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: ASUS Z71 Thermal Pad Removal To Reduce Temperatures
Replies: 48
Views: 65114

So should I be getting Artic Clean and a new type of thermal paste and cleaning the heatsinks really good and trying again? I noticed in the guide he used shin etsu paste. Does that stuff not suffer from the same problem as artic silver?

Thanks
by Bun-Bun
Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:05 pm
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: ASUS Z71 Thermal Pad Removal To Reduce Temperatures
Replies: 48
Views: 65114

Somethings wrong...

I tried this today and I started with 67 degrees idle and 100 degrees load (used ATI Tool to get load temp.) After applying artic silver 5 to the chipset and GPU my load went up to 107 degrees... I couldnt figure it out, I cleaned the gpu off and tried again. Thought maybe I used too much. Then I go...
by Bun-Bun
Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:31 pm
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: 725 Dothan and Sonoma chipset
Replies: 2
Views: 4181

cool thanks. I got it all up and running and it seems to be fine so im gonna leave it for now. Why doesnt the Chassis come with better documentation that shows this kind of stuff? Also I tried to put artic silver on the chipset and GPU but the chips didn't touch the heatsink so I was forced to put t...
by Bun-Bun
Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:24 pm
Forum: General Mobile Computing
Topic: 725 Dothan and Sonoma chipset
Replies: 2
Views: 4181

725 Dothan and Sonoma chipset

Hello, I just upgraded to ao Z7100v Asus chassis and put my 725 Dothan chip in it. Once I reinstalled windows I found that it was being clocked at 2.14 ghz. Now I normally wouldnt be concerned because I know they can handle it but my computer started running really slowly. After reading some reviews...