HD5850 cooler removal

sapetto · Nov 22, 2010

Hi guys today i decided ti clean my 5850 cooler because i havent done this since i got it. I removed all 10 screws from the back of the card and 2 next to the DVI connectors and the cooler still cant be removed somehow. Should i remove the 4 little screws that are holding the core HSF in order to remove the plastic thingy to clean the dist of the fan and inside?
Thanks

DTV DRAGON · Nov 22, 2010

yes you will need to remove the screwas around the heatsink chip

System Name	family system
Processor	intel quad core Q9650 o/c'ed to 4.1
Motherboard	gigabyte EP45T-USB3P ( new board)
Cooling	custom cpu and gpu cooling
Memory	8 gig G.Skills RipJaws @ 7,8,7,24,@1440mhz
Video Card(s)	HD5870 SAPPHIRE 1018@1310at1.29v on water
Storage	750 gig sata 7500rpm X2 seagate barracuda
Display(s)	acer 22.5 lcd
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Power Supply	thermaltake 850 watt modular (new version, single rail)
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HD5850 cooler removal

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