Hello there fellas,
I have a POWERCOLOR R9 290X which is overheating and it's downclocking itself since A LONG TIME.
One year ago I gave my GPU to a local PC shop to completely re-paste it. They told me all the thermal pads were melted, and they were basically stuck to the PCB. They used WD-40 electrical cleaner to clean it.
They changed the thermal paste (with I don't know what, I know they work with MX 2) and the thermal pads.
The card was running at maximum 77C for 1-2 days then it AGAIN started running at 94C.
Should I give the GPU to another shop so they can fix their 'mess' as I got told that they might've put the wrong size thermal pads (by that I mean they were either too thick or less).
I need your opinion on this.
Cheers!
I have a POWERCOLOR R9 290X which is overheating and it's downclocking itself since A LONG TIME.
One year ago I gave my GPU to a local PC shop to completely re-paste it. They told me all the thermal pads were melted, and they were basically stuck to the PCB. They used WD-40 electrical cleaner to clean it.
They changed the thermal paste (with I don't know what, I know they work with MX 2) and the thermal pads.
The card was running at maximum 77C for 1-2 days then it AGAIN started running at 94C.
Should I give the GPU to another shop so they can fix their 'mess' as I got told that they might've put the wrong size thermal pads (by that I mean they were either too thick or less).
I need your opinion on this.
Cheers!