Hi everybody,
I have a serious problem with my ATi HD 5870M graphics card and it's heatsink and need your help!
It started with some shutdowns while gaming due to overheating of my graphics card. I measured over 100°C (212° F) with GPU-Z. After heaving read a lot about the heating problems of the 5870 I decided to change the thermal paste (bought AC5).![]()
To cut a very long story short it ended up in a disaster. My reseller used a thermal pad instead of paste to fill the gap (!) between gpu die and heatsink. I sliced the pads of the RAM, I removed them...still no good contact (there was no imprint on the heatsink except on one edge). Then I noticed that the heatsink seems to rest on something of the graphics card (those three grey somethings next to the RAM) so heatsink and gpu die can't fit at all!![]()
I searched for some pictures of other heatsinks and found this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/com...tsinks-designed-ati-mobility-hd-5870-new.html
My heatsink looks different! What the...? I have to add that I got my notebook with a wrong graphics card in the first place. I've got a Nvidia GTX 285M instead of my ATi. So is it possible that they changed the graphics card but didn't change the heatsink? (I assume that there are different ones?!)
I attach some photos of my heatsink.
Has anyone seen this heatsink in combination with an ATi HD 5870M?
Can anyone confirm that this is a Nvidia GTX285M's heatsink?
Thanks in advance, guys!
PS: I can't get through to my reseller. Perhaps he's on vacation or something.![]()
PPS: At first I didn't notice the whole problem and ran my notebook. I made it to GPU-Z and saw some nice 175°C. The graphics card still runs but do you think this could made some major damage to it?
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Just looked up a pic of the 285M, looks like it'd fit the heatsink you posted perfectly.
Example from this eBay auction:
Nvidia GTX 285M mobile graphic card
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Oh lord! I've got an HD5870M with a GTX285M heatsink...
No wonder things went totally wrong.
At least I reached my reseller eventually. The notebook will be send back to clevo and they'll check it. I hope they don't blame me since I modified the heatsink and it's thermal pads. To be honest I'd like the graphics card to be replaced... I almost fried it and changed the heatsink way too often.
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Another reseller told me that I probably have a wrong graphics card, too. It says 6-71-W870L-D02 on it which would indicate that it's the W870CU version of the ATi HD5870M. I didn't know that there are different versions anyway?!
There's only one version I could find to buy e.g. here in the forum, so what do you think about that?
The NB will be picked up tomorrow, then we'll see...Attached Files:
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Clevo W860CU with ATi HD 5870M - Wrong Heatsink?
Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Fireflyer, Aug 2, 2010.