I had a really old GTS 250 laying around with a blower cooler on it and I decided to take it apart.
When I got the cooler off I realized there was no thermal paste on the GPU chip. There were thermal pads on the memory modules, and a small amount of residue of paste on the corners of the chip, but otherwise clean.
Was this common practice back then? My other guess would be that someone replaced the cooler (I bought the card second hand) and forgot thermal paste.
When I got the cooler off I realized there was no thermal paste on the GPU chip. There were thermal pads on the memory modules, and a small amount of residue of paste on the corners of the chip, but otherwise clean.
Was this common practice back then? My other guess would be that someone replaced the cooler (I bought the card second hand) and forgot thermal paste.