Thermal paste? And how! Well, not quite as you would expect, but one thing after the other. First of all, note my very clear facial expression at the first optical contact with the PCB and the cooler heatsink. That this can’t work is obvious at first sight. And that’s exactly why I not only had the video running, but also the smartphone and camera at hand. Autopsy in hardware. Yes, it works, Dr. Quincy…
Let’s look at the GPU first. The quantity as such was certainly not lacking, but a sensible distribution and the quality of the paste used was. I have highlighted the areas without any contact in yellow. The way the paste was distributed also shows that the paste used was far too liquid, of inferior quality and absolutely unsuitable for the specific case. Especially since it is incomprehensible why this looks like a manual application. Normally, the paste is applied in advance at the cooler OEM in a pre-calculated quantity and thickness (pad, screen printing, pad or similar). Then there are no such tolerances in the first place.
The check on the heatsink as a counterpart gives the same picture. And it also shows that the bolting of the clamping cross was done very arbitrarily and unevenly. You can clearly see the ugly consequences and later feel them as a customer, even during operation (hotspot temperature).
No, this must never leave the factory! Why this was implemented in the first place and apparently even meets PowerColor’s quality standards, I can neither answer nor understand from my point of view. This is inexcusable negligence and in the end also something like a planned obsolescence. A tip for PowerColor’s controlling: such RMA costs are a hard factor and the unavoidable image loss that comes along with such actions is a soft factor in the business microcosm. So you go bust faster than the COE can say pug without taking a breath.
Do we still want to save the child that has fallen into the well? Of course we do. But there are also some things to consider!
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