Replacing my GF4Ti heatsink.

[Kalessian]

I was gonna get an NV silencer with some ramsinks for this old GF4Ti before I finally move on, and I have a couple questions.

VisionTek glued the stock heatsink to the GPU. I searched all over and found that some people put their card in the freezer, some use a hairdrier, a razor, etc. What do you guys think is the best (safest) way to remove the HSF?

Also, any ramsink recomendations? I would prefer the biggest ones I could buy, and bridged as well, but I'm not sure if they will get in the way of the silencer.

Thanks.

 

[Salvador]

Freezer never worked for me. I could never get it cold and brittle enough, so I could break the bond. I had great success with a hair dryer though. It doesn't take much. Just turn the hair dryer on hot and a high setting, point it at the hsf and keep wiggling the hs until it breaks free.

Sal

 

[MDE]

I carefully popped mine off with a small flathead screwdriver.

 

[Kalessian]

Thanks, but the screwdriver seems a bit violent, so I'll try the hair dryer.

I hope I can finally turn this 4400 into the 4600 it was meant to be. :thumbsup:

 

[Kalessian]

Hmm, if I am able to hit the right clockspeeds, should I flash the card bios to Ti 4600? I don't think I should, but I'm not sure.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Kalessian
Hmm, if I am able to hit the right clockspeeds, should I flash the card bios to Ti 4600? I don't think I should, but I'm not sure.

I wouldn't risk it.

 

[mindwreck]

screw driver methods works best for me. comes off quickly

http://users.rcn.com/chinmonster/hsremove.htm

 

[Salvador]

I swear that the hair dryer method is painless! I just removed a HS from a Visiontek GF3 that I was messing around with. I just put the hair dryer on it for about 10 seconds to heat up the glue, twisted the hsf and it came right off. I didn't even damage the hsf. I can't see how you couldn't damage the hsf with use of a screwdriver. You also have the potential to damage more this way.

Sal

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: Kalessian
Hmm, if I am able to hit the right clockspeeds, should I flash the card bios to Ti 4600? I don't think I should, but I'm not sure.

I wouldn't risk it.

I doubt it would make a difference, but it's worth looking into.
Its probably just a speed difference, which means if your card is OC'd to that level, it will be a Ti4600, just not officially named one.