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No, really.
I bought a Zalman VGA heatsink ( http://www.aria.co.uk/ ProductsList.asp?Submit=Search&Category=13 spaces)for my graphics card a while back because (a) I'm fed up of using a PC that sounds like a wind tunnel, and (b) they look sooo cool. The trouble is I never got round to installing it, but I DID get round to opening the epoxy stuff it came with (in my defence it came in syringes and looked like it might smell nice). The glue has now dried out and I can't stick the heatsink onto the card.
There is some Arctic Silver adhesive on that same page. Can I use that? I doubt I'll ever want the heatsink to come back off. I'm going to buy some anyway to stick a passive cooler over my north bridge, but I just want some reassurance that I don't need 'special' glue to stick something to a GPU.
I bought a Zalman VGA heatsink ( http://www.aria.co.uk/ ProductsList.asp?Submit=Search&Category=13 spaces)for my graphics card a while back because (a) I'm fed up of using a PC that sounds like a wind tunnel, and (b) they look sooo cool. The trouble is I never got round to installing it, but I DID get round to opening the epoxy stuff it came with (in my defence it came in syringes and looked like it might smell nice). The glue has now dried out and I can't stick the heatsink onto the card.
There is some Arctic Silver adhesive on that same page. Can I use that? I doubt I'll ever want the heatsink to come back off. I'm going to buy some anyway to stick a passive cooler over my north bridge, but I just want some reassurance that I don't need 'special' glue to stick something to a GPU.
Cheers.
It'll have to be the glue because the Zalman is so hardcore that it doesn't have anything as mundane as mounting holes. There's even a dire warning on the box: once it's stuck, its stuck. The trouble is I don't want to put such a work of art inside my PC. It should be in the Tate.
It'll have to be the glue because the Zalman is so hardcore that it doesn't have anything as mundane as mounting holes. There's even a dire warning on the box: once it's stuck, its stuck. The trouble is I don't want to put such a work of art inside my PC. It should be in the Tate.
Of course, the only 'real' computer glue, is love.
If you don't want to glue it and would rather rely on the mounting holes (say, if you wanted to take it off...) then you can use Artic Silver Thermal Compound. Same stuff, but doesn't stick.
i once ate a spider..
ARCTIC SILVER THERMAL ADHESIVE Exc VAT £8.00
Inc VAT £9.40
That's what you need, comes in two syringes, you just mix together the amount you need.
Inc VAT £9.40
That's what you need, comes in two syringes, you just mix together the amount you need.
No, really.
I bought a Zalman VGA heatsink ( http://www.aria.co.uk/ ProductsList.asp?Submit=Search&Category=13 spaces)for my graphics card a while back because (a) I'm fed up of using a PC that sounds like a wind tunnel, and (b) they look sooo cool. The trouble is I never got round to installing it, but I DID get round to opening the epoxy stuff it came with (in my defence it came in syringes and looked like it might smell nice). The glue has now dried out and I can't stick the heatsink onto the card.
There is some Arctic Silver adhesive on that same page. Can I use that? I doubt I'll ever want the heatsink to come back off. I'm going to buy some anyway to stick a passive cooler over my north bridge, but I just want some reassurance that I don't need 'special' glue to stick something to a GPU.
I bought a Zalman VGA heatsink ( http://www.aria.co.uk/ ProductsList.asp?Submit=Search&Category=13 spaces)for my graphics card a while back because (a) I'm fed up of using a PC that sounds like a wind tunnel, and (b) they look sooo cool. The trouble is I never got round to installing it, but I DID get round to opening the epoxy stuff it came with (in my defence it came in syringes and looked like it might smell nice). The glue has now dried out and I can't stick the heatsink onto the card.
There is some Arctic Silver adhesive on that same page. Can I use that? I doubt I'll ever want the heatsink to come back off. I'm going to buy some anyway to stick a passive cooler over my north bridge, but I just want some reassurance that I don't need 'special' glue to stick something to a GPU.