I'm afraid to remove the heatsink from my Radeon

[HeXploiT]

I just purchased a Titan TWC-A04 so i'll be putting a waterblock on my 9500Pro. I'm a little concerned however as a few months back i tried to take the sink off and it seemed really tight so i decided to just leave it alone. I really hope i don't break my Radeon in the process. Is there much danger involed here? The card is a built by ATI Radeon9500pro. What's the best way to get one of these off? Should i twist the sink in a circular direction until it comes loose or ???

 

[Regs]

Not much to worry about. Since no matter how you try to get it off, the stand off around the GPU core will take the punishment. Not unless you're like a 400 lb gorilla throwing it up and down until it comes off.

 

[robcy]

should not be to hard. Get the card to operation temperature, remove the plastic tabs that hold the HS down, and twist slowly.

Please be advised that I am in not way reponsible for any hamfisted movements on your part.

 

[HeXploiT]

What about if someone used one of those bonding thermal compounds on it?

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: robcy
should not be to hard. Get the card to operation temperature

Aaah. Good suggestion.

 

[DarkKnight]

Use the freezer trick. put in in anantistatic bag (make sure it is completely closed so no water can get inside) and put it in a freezer for 15 mins. When the card is really cold the heatsink will come off easily. I used this method to take off my gf3 heatsink.

 

[HeXploiT]

Another interesting idea although i think i'll save that as a last resort.

Thanks for the input.

 

[JBT]

try a little bit of twisting rather than pulling. It makes heat sink removal moch easier.

 

[MichaelD]

If you are very afraid of breaking things, then modding is not a hobby for you. Seriously.

You got excellent suggestions already; all of them are good and will work. However, just like overclocking, there's no guarantee that it will work well, if at all and the possibility of ripping the GPU right off the PCB is always there.

Good luck and happy ripping!!!!

 

[Kenazo]

I recked a 9600 once. it was one of those that had a passive heatsink that was glued on. I tried the credit card trick, turns out there was lots of little transistors on the chip that got basically sheared off by the Credit card. Oops. That was the end of that.

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
I recked a 9600 once. it was one of those that had a passive heatsink that was glued on. I tried the credit card trick, turns out there was lots of little transistors on the chip that got basically sheared off by the Credit card. Oops. That was the end of that.

That's what i'm afraid of.

If you are very afraid of breaking things, then modding is not a hobby for you. Seriously.

I've been modding for years. The only reason i'm concerned with doing this now is that i live on an island in alaska and if i break my card at this point i might end up getting Doom3 in the mail when i don't have a machine to use it on. Capiche?