Help! how to install borb!

[Stiler]

I have a visiontek geforce 3 ti200 with the standard fan and heatsink thing (tahts the big square blue thing i think, and its on the ram chips too) And i took out the two black tab things, but i couldn't get the dang thing off, i guess it has thermal paste or something, so how do i get it off? i took out the fan itself and my borb wouldn't fit in it , thats what i'm trying to install...

 

[nnnyyy]

So you can't take the heatsink off? Put the taps back in and run some games to heat it up or stick it in the freezer. Then use a screwdriver to pop it off, putting a credit card between the heatsink and the pcb. I think visiontek cards use thermal grease.

 

[nnnyyy]

here

Check out this nice how-to from jman

 

[Stiler]

ok, i tried my best to get it off but i don't want to break the dang thing, so if i put it in the freezer how long for?

 

[dejablue]

................put it in a static bag, and into the freezer for 30 minutes. should pop right off. at least that always works for me.

 

[Stiler]

i got it off, i just run it all night so it got hot and it popped off, so now i hope its working right, i accidently used both a thermal pad and paste but i took off the pad and just put the paste on.