Having Trouble Removing the GTX 470 Heatsink

[blu3flannel]

The screws are almost completely stripped though, will it still work?

 

[Thatguy]

The screws are almost completely stripped though, will it still work?

sure. so long as you can get enough of a bite to turn them. they should loosen up a bunch. if the screws are stripped you could ship it to me and I will put it in my mill and gently remove the heads with a end mill for ya. Just pay shipping, it'll take me 10 minutes to machine the heads off and then you can pull it apart from there.

 

[blu3flannel]

Alright, I have a soldering iron that's pretty old. It's 120V, 60 cycles and 1 amp max, whatever that means. Would this do the job?

 

[trt740]

this thread has me in it's grip, that iron should do it.

 

[blu3flannel]

Well, the soldering heating thing didn't work. It may be that the screws are so stripped that they won't come out. I could either drill the holes bigger so I can fit a hex key or something in there or I can take it to a place that does this kind of crap every day. Is the drilling thing even a good idea?

 

[theonedub]

Cut a slot in the screw head so you can use a flat head screw driver.

 

[Athlon2K15]

Great, I don't think they're ever gonna come out. I'm just gonna sell this 470 and the waterblock and get a 6870 or something. I was kinda hoping this would work.

if you have a dremel be very careful and knock the heads of the screws off then i will sell you a new retail cooler for your 470 for the cost of shipping i bought an extra when they were on sale

 

[Steevo]

#680 locktite, primer and a day and you can get out anything. just locktite the screw tip to the screw.


Or be careful and use a dremel. buy new screwdrivers.

 

[blu3flannel]

if you have a dremel be very careful and knock the heads of the screws off then i will sell you a new retail cooler for your 470 for the cost of shipping i bought an extra when they were on sale

That'd be awesome, but even if I knocked all the heads off the back ones, I'd still have to get the two side ones, which haven proven themselves to be extremely hard to remove. Maybe I can use superglue, pour it in, stick the screwdriver head in and when it sets try and get it loose?

 

[blu3flannel]

AHH! YES! I stepped up the size of the drillbit and drilled further into the screws. Guess what? It POPPED THE HEADS OFF! I have all of them off except one on the side where the connections are, which I'll get after the battery charges. And Athlon, I'll take you up on that offer sometime soon because the heatsink is useless now.

 

[blu3flannel]

Alrighty, I'm installing the water block now. How much thermal paste should I use?

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Alrighty, I'm installing the water block now. How much thermal paste should I use?

if the paste is squeezing out its too much... its enough to put a small amount on it, enough to cover the chips HSF

 

[blu3flannel]

So basically apply it like a CPU, just a little bit more?

 

[jmcu]

Excellent, glad to hear you got them off.. Use more paste than you would for the cpu.. But not as much as the pics i posted.. They went a wee bit too much... lolol

 

[blu3flannel]

Haha, that was ridiculous, like someone emptied a tube onto the heatsink. Alrighty, I'll be right back.

 

[blu3flannel]

I just put the block on and it looks great. Now to empty my loop and cut tubing and stuff.

 

[mlee49]

Woot! Post some pics when your done!


And does your block come with an LED? if so what color?

 

[segalaw19800]

good for you .. now get some beer and party

 

[blu3flannel]

Woot! Post some pics when your done!


And does your block come with an LED? if so what color?

Alright, I will. It didn't come with LEDs though.

good for you .. now get some beer and party

Haha, I think I will, right after I get all the air out the loop.

 

[jmcu]

Alright, I will. It didn't come with LEDs though.

You want 2 red ones to go in it?

 

[blu3flannel]

No thanks, I'm looking for blue/UV ones to go with the build colors/light up the tubing. Thanks for the offer though man. If anyone has some blue or UV led's, though, let me know. And here's a problem to solve for when I wake up in the morning.

I'm in the process of refilling. I'm at the stage where the pump isn't pushing water and it's making this annoying whining noise, like a woman with a Boston accent going "aaaaaaa" for the doctor. This happened the last 2 times I've had to empty/refill but I forgot how to fix it. Cheers, and thanks for all the help so far.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

No thanks, I'm looking for blue/UV ones to go with the build colors/light up the tubing. Thanks for the offer though man. If anyone has some blue or UV led's, though, let me know. And here's a problem to solve for when I wake up in the morning.

I'm in the process of refilling. I'm at the stage where the pump isn't pushing water and it's making this annoying whining noise, like a woman with a Boston accent going "aaaaaaa" for the doctor. This happened the last 2 times I've had to empty/refill but I forgot how to fix it. Cheers, and thanks for all the help so far.

try to tilt and rock the case a little after each small fill, to get out all eventual air bubbles.... tapping certain components with mediocre force with your knuckles can also help air to come out.

 

[micropage7]

So basically apply it like a CPU, just a little bit more?

little bit like that, just put small drop (really small) on the center of chip and snap on the heat sink so the pressure of the heat sink will spread the paste between the chip and HSF
dont put it too much, for thermal paste little is better

 

[blu3flannel]

try to tilt and rock the case a little after each small fill, to get out all eventual air bubbles.... tapping certain components with mediocre force with your knuckles can also help air to come out.

Alright, I'll try that once I eat lunch (doctor's appointment has set everything back a couple of hours).

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Alright, I'll try that once I eat lunch (doctor's appointment has set everything back a couple of hours).

no problem, let us know if it worked when you come to it