Removing a heatsink

dogs_lay_eggs · 23-June-04, 07:59 PM

I am trying to install a fan on my 9200se and I cant get the heat sink off, is there a special way to do this? please help

me_john85 · 23-June-04, 08:04 PM

its probably epoxied on. theres a few tricks to geting it off. iv used this one. Put the card in an anti static bag, put it in the freezer for a few hours come back and try to take it off again.

j-dogg · 23-June-04, 08:18 PM

If the card gets hot enough let it heat up a bit and just pry it off with a flathead screwdriver, place a credit card between the chip and the heatsink and place the screwdriver between the creditcard and the heatsink and twist along the edges of the heatsink on all 4 sides, if it's hot enough it comes right off. That's how I got my Voodoo heatsinks off.

*j-dogg is not respoinsible for any damage caused to your hardware. Heatsink modding typically voids your warranty, but so does using anything but the stock AMD heatsink on retail Athlon XP's. How the hell can they tell the difference?*

23-June-04, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
dogs_lay_eggs Apex Techie I Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 67	Removing a heatsink I am trying to install a fan on my 9200se and I cant get the heat sink off, is there a special way to do this? please help __________________

23-June-04, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
me_john85 Camp Pen-Hoe-tan's Hoe Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 2,375	its probably epoxied on. theres a few tricks to geting it off. iv used this one. Put the card in an anti static bag, put it in the freezer for a few hours come back and try to take it off again. __________________

23-June-04, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
j-dogg Mystical Schwinn Guru Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: West Melbourne, Fl-HOE-rida Posts: 8,821	If the card gets hot enough let it heat up a bit and just pry it off with a flathead screwdriver, place a credit card between the chip and the heatsink and place the screwdriver between the creditcard and the heatsink and twist along the edges of the heatsink on all 4 sides, if it's hot enough it comes right off. That's how I got my Voodoo heatsinks off. j-dogg is not respoinsible for any damage caused to your hardware. Heatsink modding typically voids your warranty, but so does using anything but the stock AMD heatsink on retail Athlon XP's. How the hell can they tell the difference? __________________

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