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- Jun 19, 2002
In the near future I'm going to be buying an NV Silencer 5 and so I'll have to completely take off the stock cooler. Just a few days ago I was going to take off the fan portion to clean out all the dust that had accumulated but found out that one of the screws was stripped so I couldn't completely take it off. I tried with all my screwdrivers to get it but it was stripped and probably fastened too tight so I couldn't get it off. It was probably stripped by the person I bought it from over a year ago because I doubt it'd come like that from the factory.
Anyways, I'm worried that I won't be able to remove the cooler now because I can't get that screw out. I know that it doesn't screw into the actual board, but I'm not sure if I can get the rest of the cooler off without taking the fan off first.
Here's a picture showing the steps to remove the cooler: http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/arctic_cooler_nv5_silencer/images/steps_large.jpg
If you look at step #1, the screw that's stripped is the one in the top right. Some of the other small ones around there I don't think I could get off either though.
So, what do you think?
http://3dgpu.com/images/reviews/pny6800gt/frontfull.jpg
That would be a picture for the actual card I have, the top right screw on the front (above the "O" in Verto) is stripped.
Anyways, I'm worried that I won't be able to remove the cooler now because I can't get that screw out. I know that it doesn't screw into the actual board, but I'm not sure if I can get the rest of the cooler off without taking the fan off first.
Here's a picture showing the steps to remove the cooler: http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/arctic_cooler_nv5_silencer/images/steps_large.jpg
If you look at step #1, the screw that's stripped is the one in the top right. Some of the other small ones around there I don't think I could get off either though.
So, what do you think?
http://3dgpu.com/images/reviews/pny6800gt/frontfull.jpg
That would be a picture for the actual card I have, the top right screw on the front (above the "O" in Verto) is stripped.