Installation Tips

The cooler installation procedure remained the same. Two bent brackets are tightened to the aluminum plate in the cooler base with four screws:

There are two types of retention kits for different graphics cards:

The installation guide bundled with CoolViva Pro SE contains a list of supported graphics cards grouped according to the included clips and the corresponding retention holes in them:

Although this guide as well as the official company web-site still contain the same identical list for both: CoolViva Pro and CoolViva Pro SE, the support of Nvidia GeForce 8600 and AMD (ATI) Radeon X1950 graphics card series is specifically stressed on the new cooler package.

CoolViva Pro SE is tightened to the graphics chip with two or four spring screw studs. Not so long ago we came across some reports in the forums that the spring screw studs are not very reliable. Luckily, we cannot confirm this fact, because during our numerous installations and dismounting of the CoolViva Pro and CoolViva Pro SE we never came across this problem.

I would like to remind you that before installing the cooler on to the graphics card you should stick the heatsinks to the memory chips and install the meshed bracket instead of the cover panel of the rear case slot newt to the graphics card. Two memory chips will be right underneath the CoolViva Pro SE cooler once it is installed that is why there are two tick thermal pads specifically included into the bundle for these two chips with the CoolViva Pro SE system. I have to admit that it is not the best solution, but it is anyway better than nothing by the previous cooler model - CoolViva Pro.