Hi guys,
I'm going to change my graphic card soon and I will do this for the first time, so I wanted to be sure to do everything right.
I readed everything I could find here on the forum, but I didn't saw anywhere information about how and where to put the thermal pasting on my new card.
I saw the video on youtube about how to acces the graphic card, but it stopped there. Same for Innap guide on Adobe. It don't show what do to with the new one.
Basicly now I'm sure I will be able to remove the my old graphic card, but I'm not sure what to do with the new one and where to put the thermal paste stuff.
Also, I wanted to be sure, that, after I will put my new card, the only thing I will have to do if opening the drivers I will have already downloaded from Dell website. Also, just to be sure, before removing my old card, I need to uninstall my old drivers?
Thanks in advance all!
Philippe
P.S. Still sorry about any errors. English isn't my mother tongue.
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bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!
good luck, ill putting in my 6990 soon, hope it all goes well -
You should uninstall your old drivers, and download but not install your new ones. After you take out your old graphics card and replace it, then install the new drivers after you boot up your computer. That's what I did when upgrading my card and it worked out fine.
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Thanks, I will watch the video as soon as I'm home. Anyone have thermal paste brand so suggest me?
Phil -
Everyone says MX-4 is a really good paste; I wouldn't know but I just ordered it so its on the way for me
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mx-4 is really good, by the way whats your current gpu? and whats your new one?
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Current GTX 260m and I'm aiming at the GTX 460m. I know it's not the best one available, but I prefer Nvidia and I got a good price.
I will check for mx-4 thanks -
bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!
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The Revelator Notebook Prophet
Check Inap's Thermal Paste Guide. Download THERMAL PASTE GUIDE.rar from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way. Also, DaneGRClose has a guide here (using an M17x-R3, but pasting is the same): http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-gpu-re-pasting-guide-w-pics.html#post7246631. MX-4 is an excellent choice -- easy to spread, non-conductive and highly effective. Arctic Cooling MX-4 Super High Performance Non-Conductive Thermal Compound (4g) - FrozenCPU.com.
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Hi it's me again.
In the video and one of the guide they are talking about thermo pad. What exactly is that?
Thanks to answer my newbie question
Phil
Help with thermal pasting
Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by ppnoir, Nov 3, 2011.