question about removing heatsink and fan off vid card

[Myself and I]

I have a visiontek geforce 3 ti 200 and would like to apply some better thermal compound to my gpu. but i cant seem to remove the heatsink because its my guess it is epox to the board . is this true or not.

[Silversinksam]

Place the card in a anti static baggie ,then put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes, then taking a credit card and butt it to the exsisting Heatsink, Place a butter knife on the credit card and It should just pop off.

[Myself and I]

What about the ram sinks?
Does this mean i have to buy artic silver epoxy?

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by Myself and I
What about the ram sinks?
Does this mean i have to buy artic silver epoxy?


I highly recomend you buy Arctic Alumina Adhesive for the Ramsinks as its non capacitive. Arctic Silver Adhesive has killed many a video cards if the adhesive gets on the memory pins by mistake. With Arctic Alumina adhesive you won't have this problem.

[Bull]

I agree with Silversinksam. I have a dead Geforce 2 Ti from using arctic silver epoxy. I got the Arctic alimina epoxy and my new Geforce 3 Ti 200 is running great.