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PROJECT: "COOL TnT2" Part II
Welcome!
Yes, it's me again!!! And I'm back with PART II of
my article. (Hope you enjoyed the first part though...
) Now, I bet you're
expecting to see all those little graphs showing temperature differnces or
something...well...I
didn't do any of those - simply because there was none to do!
Part I can be considered a little failure because the Double-Sided
tape was not so effective for more powerful chips like my TnT2 M64.
It worked fine for my 4MB S3 though! It couldn't transfer heat all that good,
so any heat that it could not transfer collected at the underside
of the chip. So, I couldn't overclock it any more than I could
using the factory HSF. This was my MAX. if any of you are
interested : Factory Setting: 125MHz Core / 150MHz Memory.
My Setting: 150MHz Core / 249MHz Memory. Too bad I couldn't
get the memory to 250MHz...It would have looked so much better! Temperatures
were not taken using a thermal probe, my mobo doesn't have one. So, I just used
my fingers instead! OK...enough chit-chat,
let's get down to some serious work!
First off, some junk that you might need:
Sand Paper - 220 grit
& 800/1200 grit,
a small (40mm x 40mm) flat - I mean REALLY flat piece
of wood or equivalent, Duct Tape, Double-Sided Tape, a Drill with
the proper Drill Bits (actual sizes will be mentioned later), a
Tooth Brush, Cable Ties, Hair Dryer, Acetone and some good
Thermal Paste. Again, there are substitutes for the acetone -
Alcohol or even Mum's / Sis' Nail Polish Remover will do.
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Some
Of The Inventory... The flat piece of whatever...My Name Tag! |
- The 500W drill... 
- The drill bits... |
The Drill...My 500W Drill With the Bits I Used. |
A whole 10ml of Silicon Thermal Grease for RM5.90. Thanks Eddie! |
The Thermal Paste...10ml of Silicon Thermal Grease from our local jaya do-it-yourself centre. Yes, yes, I know silicon thermal grease sucks, but I couldn't get any arctic silver, and even if I could, it's just too expensive over here. |
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And I'm
sure you've seen tooth brushes, cable ties, sand paper,
duct tape and double-sided tape before... |
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Ok...now
the fun starts... First, I pulled out the
heatsink that was stuck on the TnT2 pretty good! I
peeled off the double-sided tape from the heatsink and
the chip. This stuff is like any other Thermal Tape / Thermal Pad - The
bonding gets stronger with time & heat. Sticky-icky stuff... |
The chip and the HSF still looked
like what it looked like before...before I started...off came the fan