Removing heatspreaders?

Ramlaen · 07-21-04, 05:08 PM

Got some mushkin black lvl2 pc3200. Has some nice black heatspreaders on it. But i want to sell the RAM as i have no need for it. How can i go about removing the heatspreaders safely. I want to take pictures of the pretty winbond chips.

ZachM · 07-21-04, 05:19 PM

Well the chips aren't going to be pretty until you clean the tape residue off. I'm sure people buying it would rather have the heatspreaders on. All Mushkin Level 2 PC 32/3500 is BH-5. You shouldn't need to prove that they have BH-5. Also there is not way to put the spreaders back on unless you find some thermal tape of the same thickness.

If you're still interested this thread has some info.

Ramlaen · 07-21-04, 05:20 PM

Ok then i didn't realize that they were all bh5. Thats good enough for me.

aNTiChRisT · 07-21-04, 07:34 PM

I removed mine and re-applied with AS3... works fine on my old corsair.

Have yet to void the warranty on my OCZ... i'm guna wait till i wana mod the motherboard and make some sort of cooling duct for the ram.

~t0m

07-21-04, 05:08 PM	Thread Starter #1
Ramlaen Member Join Date: Nov 2003	Removing heatspreaders? Got some mushkin black lvl2 pc3200. Has some nice black heatspreaders on it. But i want to sell the RAM as i have no need for it. How can i go about removing the heatspreaders safely. I want to take pictures of the pretty winbond chips. __________________ AMD64(90nm) 3200+ @ 240 x 10 Shuttle XPC SN95G5 512x2 Ballistix pc 4000
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07-21-04, 05:19 PM	#2
ZachM Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Middle of Cow Country (Central Ok)	Well the chips aren't going to be pretty until you clean the tape residue off. I'm sure people buying it would rather have the heatspreaders on. All Mushkin Level 2 PC 32/3500 is BH-5. You shouldn't need to prove that they have BH-5. Also there is not way to put the spreaders back on unless you find some thermal tape of the same thickness. If you're still interested this thread has some info. __________________ Heatware
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07-21-04, 05:20 PM	Thread Starter #3
Ramlaen Member Join Date: Nov 2003	Ok then i didn't realize that they were all bh5. Thats good enough for me. __________________ AMD64(90nm) 3200+ @ 240 x 10 Shuttle XPC SN95G5 512x2 Ballistix pc 4000
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07-21-04, 07:34 PM	#4
aNTiChRisT Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England	I removed mine and re-applied with AS3... works fine on my old corsair. Have yet to void the warranty on my OCZ... i'm guna wait till i wana mod the motherboard and make some sort of cooling duct for the ram. ~t0m
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