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    ICD7 for 7805U GPU. Must the CPU/northbridge heatsink be removed?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by RobbyMA, Apr 26, 2010.

  1. RobbyMA

    RobbyMA Notebook Geek

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    Like an idiot I thought the Northbridge was the GPU :eek:

    I applied the ICD7 to the CPU/Northbridge Heatsink and have been using the 7805U for the last few months.

    Now that I have realized I never applied it to the GPU.... Does this mean I have to remove the heatsink from the CPU/Northbridge before I can get at the GPU to apply some ICD7?

    it says in the tear done of the 78XX FX thread that the CPU and nothbridge heatsink is removed first before I can get to the GPU. Is this true? so there is no way to apply the ICD7 without removing the CPU/Northbridge Heatsink?
     
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    To get to the GPU you pretty much have to disassemble the whole rig. So yeah, you'll have to reapply it to the CPU/northbridge again
     
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    so I will have to remove all the old ICD7 from the GPU/northbridge to do the job right? I would hate to waste the ICD7 because I am not sure if I have enouph left over.

    will one small tube of ICD7 be enouph for the whole job?

    I had 3 tubes but wasted some of it... what I have left now is one fresh tube of ICD7(the smaller size) and 2 used tubes of ICD7 with a little bit left(not sure how much though).
     
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