G73JH running a MSI 5870m

[Chastity]

Btw:
I must have done a really good paste job now (MX-3).
Furmark after 15 min.
TSS0: 73
TSS1: 79
TSS2: 74
GPU fan max. 3700rpm

Welcome to my world.

[Yiddo]

Welcome to my world.

Out of curiosity Chastity what method did you use for repasting the I7? The line or pea method?

[Nekki]

Where in the world is hellcry????

[WarWyrm001]

Nice! @tilla you are one brave person. You deserve a +1 rep for this!

I have a question, you mention that the MSI retention clip has larger nuts. Do you think that the MSI heatsink gets greater contact pressure because of this?

[Chastity]

Out of curiosity Chastity what method did you use for repasting the I7? The line or pea method?

ICD7 when cool is thick and really doesn't work in a line. I used a 3mm pea.

[@tilla]

I think you get enough pressure on the Asus one too. The spring at the screw limits the maximum.
The difference is the screw diameter. The MSI heatsink has thicker screws and the retention thicker nuts. At first I thought it would be an easy part. I've just put the MSI card in the G73 slot. But the screws of the Asus heatsink are thinner and I wasn't able to tighten them.
Firstly I was disappointed. Paste was applied, I almost destroyed the heatpipes by some raw power. And I still don't known if all that crap even will work
I looked at the bracket and saw that it is hold just by strong elastic tape. The MSI one was little horror. Strong like the double sided stuff from the keyboard. I used a hair dryer to warm it up and was able to remove it.
OK. I attached the Asus bracket to the MSI card and pushed the card in the slot. Remember that the Stock MXM 3.0 size is smaller in width. So the right screw holder for the card was useless. Even by loosing the backward screw on the mainboard, the holder was firm (maybe soldered).
But the one left screw holds the card in place too. No problem.
Because the retention nuts of the MSI one sits behind the PCB, the screws of the MSI heatsink are little bit longer. The retention nuts of the Asus one fits in the holes of the PCB. You can see it on the pictures. But the Asus srews were long enough to reach them. Next steps were reassembling.

Sry if something is funny to read. I'm german.

[jmhdj]

@tilla can you post your msi 5870m vbios here please.

[@tilla]

Of course.
I had made a package before.
5870m ModPack

Remember that the Asus card may not run with 700/1000@0.95.
But I've flashed the 0.98 one without problem. Might round to 1.15 automatically.

[mite_jan]

why don't you run the MSI vbios on the ASUS card?
or you are using it already
if no - why
if yes - personally what are the differences for you

[@tilla]

No difference at temperatures.
HDMI and VGA output may not work. I don't need to test it.