Richo wrote:The Serpent Rider wrote:That's why you need something between PCB and screwdriver to avoid damage (wooden ruler in my case).
don't encourage people to use crude and possible harmfull techniques to remove a heatsink, there are much safer options out there which are less likely to damage old hardware. Its bad enough alot of old hardware gets thrown away, lets refrain ourselves from destroying them ourselves 😲
I ended up giving attaching a 40MM fan on top of it with zip ties but to his credit it really IS impossible to remove this thing without crude methods.
It's NOT thermal paste that's keeping this heatsink fixed to the GPU, there are no screws or rubber plungers. It's practically GLUED onto the GPU with apparently some thermal epoxy. Who thought this was a clever thing to do in early 2000s (my Radeon 8500 also has a similar HSF, but at least it's fan is readily available) must have been out of his mind. I deep froze the gpu and forced it off - no go. O heated it with a hair drier to the point I could barely touch it - no go. I pulled at it, I twisted it, I levered it - NOTHING removes this thing.
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