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    Dual Heatsink 7900GS ?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tloc9880, Feb 17, 2007.

  1. tloc9880

    tloc9880 Notebook Geek

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    Ok im going crazy here. Ive been looking for the post about the dual heatsink for the 7900. I know that Ive seen it somewhere but I cant find it.

    I have a mess load of copper that im willing to beat and shape into whatever to help cool my notebook (when I get it). Does anybody have the linky for this?

    Tloc
     
    tloc9880, Feb 17, 2007
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    Sneakyasiankid Notebook Consultant

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    are you lookin for a picture of it?
    they are found in the xps m1710s but you can put one into the 1705
     
    Sneakyasiankid, Feb 17, 2007
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  3. tloc9880

    tloc9880 Notebook Geek

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    Im looking for the link...Im pretty handy and I have about 15 feet of 1/2 inch copper laying around my shop that no one is using or planning on using so I figured I could put it to use.

    Plus I could get some frustrations out on the copper!
     
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    zolo Notebook Evangelist

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    Viper114 Notebook Consultant

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    It's weird. These guys show their GPU temperatures sitting above 50ºC when idle, and they say the GPU, when under load, go up to 80ºC+. My GPU sits around 45ºC idle and never climbs above 70ºC under load.

    Boggles my mind...
     
    Viper114, Feb 18, 2007
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  6. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    If your using I8k, are you factoring in the 8 degree offset?
     
    Iceman0124, Feb 18, 2007
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  7. tloc9880

    tloc9880 Notebook Geek

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    The links are good, especially the polishing with the dremel, but it was more along the lines of adding another heatsink. I must be going crazy!

    @ Viper

    how do you like your lappy? mine should be here in a few days
     
    tloc9880, Feb 18, 2007
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  8. Viper114

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    No, I wasn't. No offset whatsoever.
     
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    With I8k, you need to add another 8 degrees to your readings, you can set the program to factor them in.
     
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    Ah, I see. Well, now the I8KfanGUI reads the same temperature as the nVidia CP does.
     
    Viper114, Feb 18, 2007
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