The Retro64 Worklog. NEWS: Finished! Got nice pics!

[ShockSlayer]

O BOI CANT WAIT FO TOMORRA!

This thing looks sweet, man.

SS

[thewise1]

interesting...useing sting to hold down heat sinks...nice

Diddo! (lol too lazy to type)

[bacteria]

One observation - whenever I used thin wires for the capacitor relocations my systems didn't work, had to use thick wire instead - notice you are using thin IDE cable - if your system fails to work properly, try changing the wires!

[dragonhead]

you do know those heat sinks are self-adhesive right?

[thewise1]

you do know those heat sinks are self-adhesive right?

Yeah, but I've had some my self, they aren't as adhesive as you'd think, it's more like it's own thermal paste. And since it's going to be a portable it's going to be shaken up a bit more than a vga card what it's meant for, it's better than opening your case up every time they start jiggling around.

[grossaffe]

interesting...useing sting to hold down heat sinks...nice

you should've seen what I did to my old Geforce 2 video card :laugh:

I ripped the heatsink of an older TNT 2 card. stuck flux on the bottom to act as a thermal paste, tied the thing onto the card using dental floss, and mounted a fan onto the heatsink. overclocked the living daylights out of that thing.

[thewise1]

Um, isn't flux corrosive, lol...... ....wait, yeah.......lol

[bacteria]

you do know those heat sinks are self-adhesive right?

Yeah, but I've had some my self, they aren't as adhesive as you'd think, it's more like it's own thermal paste. And since it's going to be a portable it's going to be shaken up a bit more than a vga card what it's meant for, it's better than opening your case up every time they start jiggling around.

Indeed, a couple of shakes and they come off if not secured in place.

[jleemero]

I ripped the heatsink of an older TNT 2 card. stuck flux on the bottom to act as a thermal paste, tied the thing onto the card using dental floss, and mounted a fan onto the heatsink. overclocked the living daylights out of that thing.

[Stoweboarder]

lol....i didnt write that

[jleemero]

lol....i didnt write that

Lul, woops.
That was odd...
Fixed now.

[grossaffe]

Um, isn't flux corrosive, lol...... ....wait, yeah.......lol

hmm... in retrospect, that was a very bad idea.

for anyone interested:

Note that the fan is no longer attached since its not in a computer right now. I think I'm using the fan as a molex power extension right now.

[GuitarMasta21]

Nice 64 lookin good i hope it works great for u

[Mario]

Hey, sorry peeps, I can't finish this today. I need to go to my dad's house and I can't bring all my stuff. I'll be able to work on it Sunday night. Sorry.

[ShockSlayer]

Don't apologize, Never set a release date: just surprise us!

SS