M15x & 6970M / 6990M - What you need to know - upgrading, problems, solutions

[jimiglen]

If anyone has any idea of how to get a dell 6970m in the uk let me know:-)

[svl7]

If anyone has any idea of how to get a dell 6970m in the uk let me know:-)

Call them. Try to convince them. And good luck....

It's pretty hard to convince these guys to sell you something that isn't supposed to be in your system... but if you're lucky you might have a cool guy at the phone.

Other option is ebay... once in a while you can find Dell cards for more or less reasonable prices. I highly recommend to check it everyday in case you really want a Dell card.

[jimiglen]

Thanks- i'll do that. I've tried a few different email approaches. I'll give em a call and keep an eye on ebay- cheers

[dragonthl]

Thanks- i'll do that. I've tried a few different email approaches. I'll give em a call and keep an eye on ebay- cheers

If u call them please ask them for the price.

[ichime]

I didn't realize that I had A08 and 1.16 EC version. After updating to A09 and 1.18 EC no more shutdowns! Could run Vantage with no issues

Thanks a million ichime, +rep

Glad to help

[widezu69]

Hey guys, I was wondering how to get the MemIO temps down a bit. I recently bought some 0.5mm pads thinking that they would fit, turns out, they are too thin. Is 1mm the optimal thickness? I have 12W/mk ones @1mm they are a bit hard though. Any other recommendations?

[svl7]

MemIO is the memory controller... located on the die, make sure the whole die is covered with paste.

[pras1011]

I have 1mm and they are too thick. 0.5mm will be correct.

[widezu69]

Hm ok. Must have been a coincidence. I changed to thin 6W/mK pads, must have mis-pasted the die because temps went down after I changed back to the 1mm 12W/mK ones.

[svl7]

I just did some measuring on my spare M15x GPU heatsink and the my 6970m. The difference between the memory modules and the heatsink is just about 0.5mm.

1mm pads will work fine if they're soft enough, but if they're easily compressible, the gap between die and GPU will be about 0.5mm more than necessary, which will have an influence on the temps.