mapileTree Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 a fan that is connected to a heatsink which cools my video card seems to be messed up, and im planning to replace it. the situatinon is: the fan is screwed to the heatsink (blades are too close together to unscrew it), and the heat sink is attached to the chip with thermal paste. i can't seem to get the heatsink off, any suggestions?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 Which video card is it? Some cards screw on their heatsinks, other cheaper ones just stick them on with a thermal adhesive. If it is stuck on, not screwed on, then you'll have to slowly leaver it off and be very careful. Keep in mind it wont go back on unless you get some more thermal adhesive, but since you plan to replace it it should be ok. Your going to have to use some force to get it off, thats why you must be very careful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapileTree Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 any guidelines to pulling it off? how do i be 'careful'? im thinking that i will put a blwo dryer on it for a min or so then try pulling really hard. i dont think i can fit a knife between the heat sink and the chip to slice away the paste. any input? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrascope Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 puting a freezer bag and getting the most air out you can, then put it in the freezer overnigth the sink will ushally twist right off, and have used this method before it work very well on a GF2 card I have that had an as3 adheviesed heatsink on the sink was to big had to be removed and replaced with a more efficent and smaller but to come to point the process above worked very well for this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 puting a freezer bag and getting the most air out you can, then put it in the freezer overnigth the sink will ushally twist right off, and have used this method before it work very well on a GF2 card I have that had an as3 adheviesed heatsink on the sink was to big had to be removed and replaced with a more efficent and smaller but to come to point the process above worked very well for this Freezing it sounds a bit risky dont you think Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugbug3311 Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 I couldnt fit my memory into its slot one time so i popped it in the freezer and what do you know?... it fit right in its spot. But then again i kinda didnt really think about the consequences. Oh well it still works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 I couldnt fit my memory into its slot one time so i popped it in the freezer and what do you know?... it fit right in its spot. But then again i kinda didnt really think about the consequences. Oh well it still works. Thats gotta be the craziest thing I've heard haha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the DrewiD Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 (edited) i had to heat my n/b cooler up, i used a hair dryer on full heat , but mind you dont get the card itself too hot, then wiggled it about untill it comes off.It should work. Edited September 30, 2004 by the DrewiD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 Take some pics of the card and we mgiht be able to give you additional ideas but if it's jsut stuck on i say try heating it slowly and wiggling loose/pulling off. If that dosent work i guess the freezing thing would work....never tried it though :-\ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 puting a freezer bag and getting the most air out you can, then put it in the freezer overnigth the sink will ushally twist right off, and have used this method before it work very well on a GF2 card I have that had an as3 adheviesed heatsink on the sink was to big had to be removed and replaced with a more efficent and smaller but to come to point the process above worked very well for this Works great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worker Posted September 30, 2004 Posted September 30, 2004 Frezzing it would problay wreak it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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