ATTN: Asus Z7V Users - Page 3

[quote=Tummy] WHen I removed the bottom of it, there are 4 screws or so that attach the fan/heatsink to the GPU.

If you remove it, you will notice it is actually one large heatsink which covers both the GPU and Intel Alviso chipset. The FAN is actually sitting directly above the Intel Alviso chipset, NOT the GPU we all originally thought.

When I removed it, I spread a layer on both the Intel Alviso chipset and the nvidia GPU.

What you could try to mod it with, which I haven't tried yet is to buy the ICE-IT themeral pad. There is a pad, with power connection, that turns the pad into ICE cold. No additional chemical or liquid required, just power. It might fit in that gap you mention and might work better than the AC5. I haven't MOD my system to try.

--SPK

By The way since you bump this, might as well paste this in here too hehehehe

Updated: Add test results from 77.50 forceware driver...

Video Performance:

nVidia Driver v71.13
3D Mark 2005: 1720 (Stocked Setting)

Using XtremeG nVidia Driver v71.84
3D Mark 2005: 1780 (Stocked Setting)

Using XtremeG nVidia Driver 71.84
3D Mark 2005: 1970 (300 Core / 500 Memory)

By CMYK (his Asus Z71v - Driver: v76.44)
3DMark05: 1787 (Stocked Setting)

nVidia 77.30
3DMark05: 1813 (stocked setting)

nVidia 77.30
3DMark05: 2060 (300 Core / 500 Memory)

nvidia 77.50
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)

nVidia 77.50
3DMark05: 2060 (300/500 OC Setting)


Additional Info:
nVidia Drivers could be found at:
www.guru3d.com
www.laptopvideo2go.com

How To Install

1) Download the nvidia driver
2) Extract it to a directory
3) download the latest INF file from www.laptopvideo2go.com and save it
to the same directory you had extracted earlier.
4) Right click on the desktop and go to properties. This will take you
to the display control panel.
5) Click on the settings tab
6) Click on Advanced button
7) Click on Adapter tab
8) Click on Properties button
9) Click on Driver tab
10) Click on Update Driver button
11) Click on "No, Not this time" when asked "Can Windows Connect To Windows Update..."
12) Click on "Install from a list or specific location"
13) Click on "Don't Search, I will choose the driver to install"
14) Click on "Have Disk"
15) Browse to the location where you had saved the INF file earlier
16) Select the video card from the list, in Asus Z71V case it is nVidia GeForce Go 6600
17) Continue with install...

Reboot...you are done...

This will cost you $2.00, please submit paypal payment

--SPK

Are you sure? Mine touches the GPU.

I think you see that gap because on a CHIP, it is raise a bit in the center. That is where the actual process chip is set. You should apply the AC5 on there, not on the entire chip. THat center silver piece touches the heatsink.

I had a thermal pad between there originally, but not a blue one. It was fairly thin.

Hmm that is odd...i wonder if the card is misaligned.

I saw Fry's selling this pad they called ICE. It is an ice thermal pad that might fit in that space you have.

I used it before for the Pentium III, which works nicely. It is a pad with electroical current, it will be cold as ice.

That will be even better cooling power ify ou could get that to work.