Putting AS5 on GPU

[TheRyuu]

Alright, i asked if I could and everyone here said yes. So then (as you would guess) I put AS5 my 7800GT. But my main question is, did I do it right?

EDIT: and as always, you can click on pics to see them in 2500x1900 (huge).

First I took off the HS/F as seen in these pics:
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Which left me with this:
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Now I used this and cleaned off the GPU until it looked shiny like this.

Now that the GPU is all clean off I thin put (too big of of dot IMO) and spread it out with a razerblade till it looked like this.

I then put it all back together the way it was.
Now I have a few (like one) simple question for you. DID I DO IT RIGHT? Did I miss anything? Will the AS5 short out my video card?

Oh, and P.S. The Thermal compound on the video card actually looked like AS5, I wonder if it was!?

Thanks in advance

EDIT: I also have more pics if you need to see them.

 

[cubby1223]

That's far more grease than I would put on, I learned the hard way, as you might too. When the heatsink presses down on the gpu, the AS5 is going to be pushed outwards so just a very thin layer remains between the gpu & heatsink. Guess where the rest of the AS5 is going... Yep, it's going to be pushed very close to those capacitors.

 

[hans030390]

It should be fine, but I'm a little concerned about that bit thats hanging off the edge of the core (to the left...) and you probably should reapply some other thermal compound on the ram, since you took of the HSF (and it covered those). Not sure about that, but if it's running fine, I guess you did it right.

 

[MDE]

Yeah, you went a little thick on the AS5. I'd clean up the overflow on the sides of the GPU at the very least.

 

[xtknight]

For my CPU, what I did was just put on a very small amount (like in instructions) (something like 4x4x4 mm. sphere-ish shape). Put HSF on CPU and it spread itself out really well surprisingly.

If you spread it really thin it shouldn't drip off. Looks to me like you won't have any problems. Looks thin in the pic but hard to tell?

 

[moonboy403]

a little too much i'd say

just a thin layer would be fine

 

[Powermoloch]

Too much.j..try use the ye olde' 1 rice grain for the AS5, it is small amount and let the HSF squishing power do the rest...spreading with a razor blade = not good enough (might have already air bubbles AFAIK

 

[TheRyuu]

All right...I guess i'll have to take it all apart and do it again. (x2 since I did it to 2 GPU's)

EDIT: And about the ram, it uses thermal pads so I don't have to worry about thermal grese on that.

 

[moonboy403]

r u using aftermarket cooling?

the primary card gets up to 80c when i overclock even with the zalman

 

[cubby1223]

What are you trying to accomplish? If you're not installing an aftermarket hsf, then you probably didn't have to do anything to the cards. I haven't played around with gpus - but I know with cpus, used to get up to 10 degrees difference with arctic silver. But with the new stock intel & amd hsf's with the thermal pads, I see maybe 1 degree switching to AS5, it's not much at all.

 

[Crescent13]

TOO MUCH!!! OMG!!!!! FAR FAR TOO MUCH!!!!

Now your temps will go UP!!!

SO MUCH AS5 OMG!!!!!

P.S. What excactly were you trying to accomplish? the card came with Thermal Interface Material already on it.

EDIT: the company knows what they are doing, put on about the same amount that they had on.

 

[Munky]

That's waaaaay too much. When I apply AS5 I use a plastic spreader, like an old credit card, and put a really thin layer - so thin that you can almost see through it. The thermal compound is only there to fill in the small surface imperfections in the gpu and the heatsink - you dont want to put it like it's a thermal pad or something.

 

[ub3rnewb]

If you look at the thread title really quick, it kinda looks like "Putting ASS on GPU"

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
Now that the GPU is all clean off I thin put (too big of of dot IMO) and spread it out with a razerblade till it looked like this.

DID I DO IT RIGHT?

IF you were trying to make a pool to swim in, that's fine.

If you're trying to put that on a video card, that is WAY too much.

I recommend the inside out ziplock baggie method.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

Woah that is way too much, only used a drop the size of 2 grains of rice, and don't spread it. Let the hsf push it to the edge.

 

[TheRyuu]

All right, tommorow i'll take it apart and redo it again.
I heard that the put on a small drop and let the HS spread it out would not work as well as spreading out before hand.

Oh well, as for the reason why I'm doing it? Well its kinda too late for that one .

Oh and also I got the point of WAY TOO MUCH. What can I say, am a fvck'n n00b, people make mistakes. Luckly I can reverse this mistake. Also when I do do it, i'll post some more pics to see if you agree about the amount of AS5 the next time i do it before I put it back together. But anway, thanks for pointing out that I had TOO MUCH! I feel like an idiot. I didn't even think I put that much on, thats like a drop in the center spread out! Guess you need less than you think.

 

[Matt2]

I ahve found in my experience that spreading it with a credit card is the best method.

 

[dug777]

I spread mine with a bank card. If your temps dropped after doing it, i wouldn't worry too much about slightly overdoing it.

 

[PingSpike]

It looks like to much...I don't know about GPUs, but arctic silver's directions on their website for CPUs is to basically drop a small blob the size of a grain of rice in the center of the processor heatspreader, then let the compression of the heatsink do the spreading for you.

There's different directions for different types of processors though. I would have just gone to the website and found the one that most closely matched what I was working with and went with that.

Or just use creamique...its almost as good and it isn't dangerous if you fvck it up.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

I've tested the whole "one drop and let the HSF spread it" technique, didn't quite work. I mean, the compound spread out, but it didn't cover the entire surface.

I found that the best method is to spread out a very thin layer, then put a tiny little droplet. Kinda mixes both techniques.

 

[TheRyuu]

Also look here and answer my questions. I started another thread since this one has nothing to do with that one.