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Thermal Pad compatability

HePe
By HePe
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I have an Aorus RX 580 8GB XTR. I bought it off someone on the used market and i had been using it for a month when i decided to change the thermal paste. When i unscrewed everything on the GPU, I started to pull it open and saw that the thermal pads ripped apart, so i had to buy new ones. First i bought 1.5mm thermal pads for the VRM and 0.5mm pads for the memory modules (they seemed right according to my measurements). After installing them, I realised that the pads on the memory modules were too thin and concluded, that 1mm should do the trick, so i bought those. After switching the 0.5mm for the 1mm, everything seemed to be right. I booted the pc and after about 20 sec, the screen went black and fans started to spin rapidly. I opened the card again and saw that the gpu die didnt have contact with the cooler. I really dont know what to do, i cant find any 0.75mm thermal pads and I really dont want to spend any more money.

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What ones did you put on it? More solid gray type or a mushy white or blue type?

 

Were the ones pulled off orginal? Atleast according to pics?

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1 hour ago, Mick Naughty said:

What ones did you put on it? More solid gray type or a mushy white or blue type?

 

Were the ones pulled off orginal? Atleast according to pics?

The ones i put in were white, but i think theyre on the more solid side. The ones i pulled off were original.

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8 minutes ago, HePe said:

The ones i put in were white, but i think theyre on the more solid side. The ones i pulled off were original.

So what were the original?

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17 minutes ago, HePe said:

those that ripped and were the reason to buy new ones

 

... what did they look like. Are they soft or like what you have now?

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Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz 

 

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Well that isn’t helping much. So either need to measure properly or get proper pads. The thicker really soft stuff. 

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