no the plate does not have to be removed. just peel the plastic sticker off of it. its there to prevent scratches on it while shipping. if u removed the clear plate the card would not cool properly. the fan pushes the air thru the fins out the back of the card.
Looking up the motherboard yes its x8/x8 in sli mode. I myself have used sli in x8 and then upgraded to a mobo that had x16/x16 and used the same cards and as far as what ive seen it didnt increase performance much except by a few fps. sli adds more heat and sometimes driver problems but itll...
ive had problems with this and usually if u just keep unscrewing them while pulling up on the edge of the motherboard the stand offs come up with the mother board then u just hold the standoffs with pliers or a wrench and unscrew them. if its cross threaded it may be a lil tough unscrewing them...
it is definitely the heatsink. that heatsink really is not enough for that cpu especially if u unlocked the cores and overclocked it. as for the AS5 drying up ive had it happen when it runs too hot for extended periods of time.
thats really shoddy work. it looks like its not even put back together right. but as far as the wire goes its a black wire so its prolly just a ground. if ur really scared to put it in ur case just use the paper clip method to test if it even works.
yes the heatsink is removable from the shroud. and those full cover heatsinks are nice and fairly cheap. tho look at this http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1445/5/ it shows the internals and it has a sort of full cover heatsink that the shroud clips to. so hed have to keep that on in order to...
as for one that really only has a heatsink on it itd be kinda hard as ud have to cut out a large chunk of the heatsink for the water block. plus ud have to fasten wats left to the block since itd require cutting out the mounting points.
wat card do u plan on doing this to. itd help us see if...
so this would really only work with one that has a shroud on it. ud take the heatsink off put the water block on and any small heatsinks. put two holes in the shroud for the tubes and put the shroud back on. u could even run the fan to help cool the small heatsinks. itd look like this card...
The main place i buy from is newegg. And usually the accessories im not worried about because i usually have extras. As for an I/O shield, im not afraid to make one out of and old one :p. The main thing that worries me is do they actually test the product. Because its not that hard for someone...
Is there a higher risk for DOA products? Im looking for some feed back of peoples experiences purchasing things open box like motherboards or video cards and other hardware. I just wanna know what im getting into before buying one.
from the sounds of it, its being shorted out and if a standoff or watever ur talking about is touching the board where its not supposed then theres ur problem.
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