Free Program or Website for doing measurements (don't know how exactly to word this)

[Brandon_Byrnes]

First off this is probably the wrong section for this so if it is feel free to move it to a different section.
I am going to be repasting and replacing the thermal pads on my GPU this week. I’ve already purchased some thermal pads but they aren’t precut. I have the measurements for all the thermal pads I’ll need but I’m not sure if I bought enough packs of thermal pads. I am looking for either a website or a free program that would bascially allow me to enter in the size of the thermal pads I bought , give me a visual representation of that measurement then allow me to enter in the measurements of the sizes I need and overlay that so I can see if the sizes I bought will be enough. Basically I want to size and cut out the thermal pads in the program before I try doing it in real life so that I’m not wasting any material since I have already spent $65.00 on thermal pads and don’t know if I even have enough of them.

[veeg]

Hello

I got this and still looking..

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[veeg]

I hope this helps..

https://techtellectual.com/how-to-replace-thermal-pads-on-a-gpu/

and this. How To Replace Your GPU Thermal Paste

[Brandon_Byrnes]

I actually have all of the measurements that I need but I’m trying to see if there is a program I can use to figure out for example how many of the cut pads I’ll be able to get out of one package of pads. The pads i ordered don’t come precut they just come as two 40 x 80 pads. I did a rough layout on paper (refer to photo) but my lines are crooked and aren’t totally even and thats why I’m trying to find a program where I can do it on the computer and be more exact then I was on paper.
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[Bruce]

I’d be doing it this way, if I’ve understood your issue!

sounds like you are trying to figure out the most economical way to use up those thermal pads, with as little wastage as possible.

why not cut the actual sizes you need using thick paper (like a manilla folder, or A4 folder divider) or using cardboard, then you’ll have all the shapes you require.

then you can lay those shapes onto your thermal sheet and, like playing Tetris, keep re-arranging the pieces until you get the best fit.

[Brandon_Byrnes]

yeah thats a good idea. I have all the thermal pads, now I’m just preparing myself for the hassle of doing it. Gonna do it tomorrow. I’ll update this when it’s done, hopefully by tomorrow evening. Hopefully I’ll be seeing 20C less after doing it.

[Bruce]

20 less - that’s ambitious!
I’ve yet to deal with thermal pads myself, heard good things about them.
thought they were just another option over paste, didn’t realise they were any better, let alone that much better!

[Brandon_Byrnes]

well I have extremely bad news. My GPU is now broke. I’m not sure what is wrong with it. But after replacing the thermal pads I’m not getting a video signal and the VGA debug LED stays lit on my motherboard. Upon further inspection of the old thermal pads I discovered what i think is a tiny capacitor that got knocked off of the board. It is really tiny, probably about a half mm long. I think it goes by one of the VRAM chips. So right now i have no idea what to do. I’m taking the GPU to Best Buy on Monday and going to talk to someone on the Geek Squad to see if they know of any local shops that can fix the GPU. I also contacted the YouTuber Northridge Fix to see if maybe he can fix it, but to be honest I’m not even sure if that little capacitor is the issue. In the meantime i went on Amazon and purchased a RX 550 because I just sold my old GPU 2 days ago. I’m extremely sick to my stomach right now, i just bought this GPU for $560 last week and I really have no idea what to do. I have a feeling this is going to cost $200-$300 to be fixed if it even can be fixed.
The messed up thing Is I had the GPU undervolted and the temps were fine so I didn’t REALLY need to replace the thermal pads.

[Brandon_Byrnes]

I’m at a shop right now attempting to get it fixed ???.

[PeterOz]

good luck

[Brandon_Byrnes]

It’s fixed. $60.00 and so far so good. I haven’t stressed it yet but so far so good.

[PeterOz]

was it the part you knocked off

[Brandon_Byrnes]

yes, and it actually turned out to be 2 resistors, thankfully he had a whole book full of tiny resistors.

[PeterOz]

The messed up thing Is I had the GPU undervolted and the temps were fine so I didn’t REALLY need to replace the thermal pads.

My motto if it aint broke don’t fix it

[Bruce]

phew - that was a good outcome!