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Hardware

Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

By Bill Detwiler December 13, 2006, 4:29 AM PST Bill Detwiler on Twitter billdetwiler

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

New heatsinks and fan

New heatsinks and fan

Webshots member Bridgeboy69 wanted an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro to perform more like the higher-priced ATI Radeon 9800 XT. To this end, he added a larger heatsink, new memory heatsinks, and a cooling fan to his Radeon 9800 Pro.

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Stock GPU Cooler Removed: View of R360 Core

Stock GPU Cooler Removed: View of R360 Core

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

The R360 Core with mirror finish

The R360 Core with mirror finish

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Modifying the new heatsink

Modifying the new heatsink

Shaved area of Shim Contact with a Dremel High Speed Cutter

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Cleaning up the new heatsink

Cleaning up the new heatsink

The results of lapping the bearing area….a nice reflective finish!

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Heatsink and GPU

Heatsink and GPU

The shaved area shown next to the card….the heat sink will now rest on the GPU and not on the shim.

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Thermal compound and silicone adhesive

Thermal compound and silicone adhesive

Gold thermal compound on the memory chips and dabs of silicone on the circuit board adhere the oversized heatsinks.

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Thermaltake heatsink

Thermaltake heatsink

The Thermaltake Volcano 10 285-gram copper heatsink fitted to the GPU

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Heatsink and wires

Heatsink and wires

In this photo, the Volcano 10 is mounted with the original black push-pins. I later switched them out with bolts, nuts, and nylon washers for more pressure.

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

New memory heatsinks

New memory heatsinks

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Another shot of the memory heatsinks

Another shot of the memory heatsinks

Memory heatsinks on the back of the PCB

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Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Heatsink attached with bolts and double nuts

Heatsink attached with bolts and double nuts

Double-nuts on the back side to prevent them from vibrating loose.

© Webshots – Bridgeboy69

Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Modded card installed

Modded card installed

The new GPU Coler completely covers up two PCI slots.

© Webshots – Bridgeboy69

Add heatsinks and a fan to the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Finished product

Image: Lyndsey Gilpin/TechRepublic

Finished product

I added an extra fan to circulate air across the back of the card and the rear memory heatsinks.

© Webshots – Bridgeboy69

Image: Lyndsey Gilpin/TechRepublic
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