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Jsunn · 05-09-09, 09:34 AM

Base wasn't as flat as I thought....

I did lap the base to 1000grit...couldn't quite get the courage to lap the GPU

You can see where I had to trim the Ram sinks to fit the cooler. PITA!!

These are the holes I had to file in order to get the sink line up with the holes on the video card.

I had to remove the fan assembly from the Accelero in order to "bend" upward the "wings" of the cooler in order to make a little more clearance.

05-09-09, 09:34 AM	#5
Jsunn Bad Mamajamma Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 173	Re: Installing the Accelero GTX280 on a eVGA GTX285 SSC Base wasn't as flat as I thought.... I did lap the base to 1000grit...couldn't quite get the courage to lap the GPU You can see where I had to trim the Ram sinks to fit the cooler. PITA!! These are the holes I had to file in order to get the sink line up with the holes on the video card. I had to remove the fan assembly from the Accelero in order to "bend" upward the "wings" of the cooler in order to make a little more clearance. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 4.00Ghz 1.3375(v) F9 BIOS 2 X 2 GB DDR2 1100 @ 1000 G.Skill PC2-8800 2 X 500gb GB SATA 2 HD RAID 0 Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P EVGA GTX285 SSC EVGA 8800GTS G92 PhysX My 3DMark Vantage Score *16,444* Pics of my computer