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How to remove heatsink bracket?

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king123456

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There's probably pinch pins through the motherboard. Remove the board, turn it over and pinch the tips of the pins together.

If they are permanent pins, you'll have to drill them out.

And those pics are useless.............
 
They are crap photos, but from what I can decipher, it looks as if it is some sort of back plate adhered to the back of the PCB. It then has 4 internally threaded posts (similar to stand offs), which are attached to this back plate and penetrate through the holes in the PCB. Your heatsink then bolts on to these threaded posts.

Any way, it looks fairly permenant to me, but we would need decent photos to confirm this with any certainty. Also what is the photo of: make, model, etc?

Edit: Are you wanting to the remove this back plate without damaging the video card PCB? If not, use chemicals to dissolve the glue adhering it to the PCB and go with what Billb2 said regarding the posts.
 
PCB = Printed Circuit Board

Can you tell if the back plate is adhered to the PCB or whether the posts are keeping the back plate fixed in place?
 
Originally posted by: king123456
I think it's fixed onto the card by the film or glue or whatever it is.
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Since, the video card is already knackered, it doesn't matter if you destroy it in the process of trying to remove the back plate. Therefore, try acetone to remove the glue adhering the backplate to the PCB.

P.S. I very much doubt that you would be able to buy the back plate separately to the videocard, although you can try a Google search or eBay.
 
Originally posted by: king123456
Ok, I haven't tried it yet, but how do you attach it onto my newer video card if the acetone works?
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You have checked that the centres for the holes in the old video card are the same centres on the new one?

If not then it will not work, unless of course, you drill new holes in the new video card (DO NOT DO THIS).

I know this hasn't been asked before, but why do you need the old backplate?
 
Well I got tried the acetone and the bracket hasn't come off. To be more specific about what's attaching the bracket to the old video card, it's a yellow adhesive of some sort. Any other suggestions?

The old holes are the same as the new ones. I need the old backplate because the new video card I have does not have the backplate and thus, I cannot put back my laptop together. (It's been taking weeks).
 
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