Installation
The first step of installation is to figure out what you need to put heatsinks on. The RAM chips are easy to identify, the MOSFETs aren’t terribly hard either, given that they’re about the only other thing beyond RAM and the GPU core that the stock heatsink will be touching. Some cards have a separate MOSFET heatsink, if that is the case you can probably just leave it in place.
In the case of my card there are eight RAM chips and nine MOSFETs arranged in a rather inconvenient pattern. Be sure to do some test fitting of heatsinks before you mix up the G1! Once it is mixed you have 15 minutes to apply it before it starts thickening.
Once you’ve figured out where everything needs to go, clean the RAM chips and MOSFETs very well, Acetone works great for this purpose and is widely available. Don’t breath it if possible and be aware that it is highly flammable!
Once you have the chip clean, you can mix the G1. Empty both tubes into a suitable container (I used the top of a bottle of juice, well rinsed and dried):
Mix it for five minutes like the packaging said. It will look mixed quite quickly, KEEP GOING! It is crucial to mix it for the proper amount of time, otherwise it will not work correctly.
Once it is mixed, spread a layer on the first RAM chip or MOSFET, put the heatsink on it, press hard and hold for 15 seconds or so. Then you can move on to the next. In the following photo I have mounted on RAM chip and painted the next.
Eventually it will look something like this:
Now comes the brutal part! It takes hours for the G1 to cure completely. I recommend leaving the card in a warm spot overnight, that way you won’t be tempted to hurry things along.
After that you can look up which spacers you need to use (it’s on the instructions in a chart), stick ’em to the brackets and mount the main heatsink on the card.
Still not a small heatsink!
Installed in the computer it’ll look something like this:
Note: No fan! The Accelero S1 PLUS is rated for no-fan operation on this GPU, I decided to be brutal about this and test it without a fan.
