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• Hans
  
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  SAM-flex and Radeon HD cards with large heat-sinks

  14 February 2010 at 3:46pm Last edited: 29 May 2010 9:05pm

  It appears that Radeon HD cards with passive cooling are a problem for the SAM flex. The large heat sink can block the SATA ports if it is plugged into the 66 MHz slot. The Radeon X1550 that I have has a fan, but both the 2400 and 4350 have large heat sinks.

  To that end, does anyone have a Radeon HD 2400 or higher that has a compact fan instead of a 1.5 slot high heat sink? If so, please post the card's details here.

  Any other possible solutions other than using the card in one of the 33 MHz slots?

  Hans

• Magic
  
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  Re: SAM-flex and Radeon HD cards with large heat-sinks

  14 February 2010 at 7:25pm Last edited: 29 May 2010 9:05pm

  My HIS Radeon HD4350 fits fine in both the 1st and 3rd PCI slots without blocking anything and it has a large passive heatsink. The SATA cables must be plugged in first and run right up behind the step on the heatsink, just watch and be careful when installing it.

• sbysm
  
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  Re: SAM-flex and Radeon HD cards with large heat-sinks

  16 February 2010 at 2:20am Last edited: 29 May 2010 9:05pm

  It is the same on my PowerColor HD2400 PRO.

  It is difficult to insert the cable near the heatsink and the first time I unplug the SATA.

  Next time I test this and post the result.

  Regards.

  Edit.
  Unfortunately, the capacitor occupies the same space of the SATA plug.
  We must tilt the SATA plug and cut a piece of heatsink.
  I do not know how you can force without damaging the main board or the card.
  So for now I give and forgive the 9200SE in the connector 66MHz.
  I think that is why the ATI 2400HD PRO is not a good choice for the card Sam440ep-FLEX.

  Sam440EP-FLEX 800Mhz RAM 1024MB
  PowerClor PCI Radeon2400HD PRO 256MB 64bit DDR2

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