SidBartos
03-07-2012 01:36 PM (7 days ago)
I have a Pavilion dv9500t that has the Nvidia 8600m graphics card. I've read multiple threads and watched countless videos on youtube that explain how to reflow and add a copper shim to the graphics chip in the 9000 series but my model seems to have a different motherboard layout. Mine has the same heatsink as the 9000 series, but then has a secondary heatsink just below the fan connected to a chip marked "nvidia". Is this the graphics chip that I need to reheat, and not the one next to the cpu? If so, what is the chip next to the cpu, and should I be reheating this as well? Also, I have read that putting a copper shim between the chip and the heatsink is a good idea, but which chip do I add it to? The graphics heatsink on my model looks like it sits tightly on the chip (no foam piece). Regardless, I will be adding arctic silver to all three chips, which will hopefully improve cooling. Thanks for the help!
Here is a picture showing my motherboard. Chips to the left of the motherboard (cpu/northbridge?), with the chip sitting "south" of the fan (graphics?)
Here is a picture showing my motherboard. Chips to the left of the motherboard (cpu/northbridge?), with the chip sitting "south" of the fan (graphics?)