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kazinkilu

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Copper (or aluminum, not sure what its made of) heatsink on the Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro Ultimate 256 Meg...

I don't want to destroy anything unintentionally :)

Anybody know how to do this safely?

Thanks!

--Ross
 

wazzledoozle

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pop the plastic pins out and pull the heatsink directly away from the card. cant imagine how you would damage your card doing this, unless you were to beat your card with the heatsink ;) THOUGH MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO CLEAN IT AND PUT ON NEW THERMAL PASTE!
 

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If it's small, grey, lighter than you'd think and feels really cheap, it's probably aluminum.
 
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