OOopss.. did I break my brand new Radeon 9700 pro???

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I bought a new Ati Radeon 9700 PRO card on Ebay, but when I installed it, I
pushed a bit on the memory heatsink from the back of the card and it came
off. Judging by the place it was, it was used to cool off 4 memory chips..

What's the impact of this? I don't wanna wait weeks for a RMA..

Thanks for the info!
 
As long as you haven't pulled the chip off the board you will be fine.

As Tony said, re-attach with thermal adhesive.


Warty
 
I bought a new Ati Radeon 9700 PRO card on Ebay, but when I installed it, I
pushed a bit on the memory heatsink from the back of the card and it came
off. Judging by the place it was, it was used to cool off 4 memory chips..

What's the impact of this? I don't wanna wait weeks for a RMA..

Thanks for the info!
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Don't sweat it. Stock 9700pro's didn't even use ram heatsinks and
shouldn't be needed at all unless overclocking the ram.
 
Warty said:
As long as you haven't pulled the chip off the board you will be fine.

As Tony said, re-attach with thermal adhesive.


Warty
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As far as I know the "ATI" Radeon 9700 pros did not come
with memory heatsinks, I know mine didn't. So what you got
from "Ebay" was probably not previously owned by a "Little
Old Lady" who only used it to play solitaire on Sunday afternoons.

Luck;
Ken
 
As far as I know the "ATI" Radeon 9700 pros did not come
with memory heatsinks, I know mine didn't. So what you got
from "Ebay" was probably not previously owned by a "Little
Old Lady" who only used it to play solitaire on Sunday afternoons.
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Well, the card was brand new... That's weird you didnt have any heat sink..
Maybe ATI added this l8r after some over heating complains.. or something
like that.
 
Heywood said:
I also have a 9700....did NOT come with ram sinks either.
Jeff
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Yeah I also got a Radeon 9700 PRO(BB ATI) and I bought it about 6-7
months ago.It didn't come with heatsinks for RAM just the regular ATI
heatsink/fan for the GPU.The only 9700 PRO's I know of that come with
heatsinks are those of the Sapphire UE series.
 
Yeah I also got a Radeon 9700 PRO(BB ATI) and I bought it about 6-7 months
ago.It didn't come with heatsinks for RAM just the regular ATI
heatsink/fan for the GPU.The only 9700 PRO's I know of that come with
heatsinks are those of the Sapphire UE series.
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Well, it's not really a heat sink, but a heat conductor plate, like 3mm
thick, on the back of my card. And it's a real ATI card, not a Sapphire.. I
really shocked that none of you guys, dont have this.. I can't understand
what's going on here..

I'll do some more research, and keep you informed.. Thanks for the info!
 
Ai.Learning said:
Well, it's not really a heat sink, but a heat conductor plate, like 3mm
thick, on the back of my card. And it's a real ATI card, not a Sapphire..
I really shocked that none of you guys, dont have this.. I can't
understand what's going on here..

I'll do some more research, and keep you informed.. Thanks for the info!
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Here's the picture I told you about.. That's the metal plate..
http://www.explosivelabs.com/reviews/ati_radeon9700-128mb/card_back.jpg
 
Ai.Learning said:
Here's the picture I told you about.. That's the metal plate..
http://www.explosivelabs.com/reviews/ati_radeon9700-128mb/card_back.jpg
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Ah.. its not anywhere near the memory though
(they are the four large black IC's on the back).

What you are looking at is the heat spreader for
the voltage regulator transistor. it wraps around the
edge of the board to provide more surface area.

And yes... I believe all 9700 series cards have one.

Mudfish(Co30)
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Careful with that axe, Eugene!
 
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