Easiest way to remove Ge4 hsf

[LAG]

What would be the easiest, least risky way of removing my gainward ti4600 hsf/ramsinks. In the next week or so I'm gonna replace them as I'm not happy with the o/c I'm able to get out what is supposed to be one of the best o/c geforce 4 cards out. I'm gonna AS epoxy the new hsf/ramsinks on there for superior cooling, so I'm hoping to get a better o/c out of it.

[tYteaZzAzN]

first of all, unplug the fan. then, get some sort of card like a credit card or a library card and slide it under the gap between the heatsinkfan and the core. edge it little by little, slowly seperating the heatsinkfan and the core. once it's off, get very fine sand paper and sand the core SLIGHTLY. dont sand it too much, just enough to get the old paste off. then mix the epoxy and the AS3, put the corb, blorb, or any heatsink fan on and hook up the power, and voila! it's done ;)

[tu2thepoo]

if it uses pins to hold the heatsink down, pop the pins out and clean up the heatsink gum junk. otherwise, see above.

[tYteaZzAzN]

Originally posted by tu2thepoo
if it uses pins to hold the heatsink down, pop the pins out and clean up the heatsink gum junk. otherwise, see above.
wait, i thought the Geforce4 ti4600s dont have pins. do they? i'm too lazy to check mine LoL :D

[mystifmagic]

http://www.actvsdei.com/~mystif/images/gf4%20hsf.jpg

The pins that hold the cooler on are two parts, the outer pin, and the inner pin (creates tension to hold the cooler one). Take a pair of needle nose pliers and pull the inner pin (top part) out, then just take the pliers and squeeze the outer pin through the card on the back. Now just take the cooler off and you're done. Good Luck :)

[tYteaZzAzN]

Originally posted by mystifmagic
http://www.actvsdei.com/~mystif/images/gf4%20hsf.jpg

The pins that hold the cooler on are two parts, the outer pin, and the inner pin (creates tension to hold the cooler one). Take a pair of needle nose pliers and pull the inner pin (top part) out, then just take the pliers and squeeze the outer pin through the card on the back. Now just take the cooler off and you're done. Good Luck :) oopsie dasies :D my bad :)

[Ashpool]

Originally posted by LAG
In the next week or so I'm gonna replace them as I'm not happy with the o/c I'm able to get out what is supposed to be one of the best o/c geforce 4 cards out.

Hardly the best. Gainward bombed on practically the entire GeForce4 line, and the only good one they make is the 128MB Ti4200 (which, actually, is the best 128MB card to get). They just flat-out don't like to overclock. I doubt that a new heatsink will help an awful lot either, most don't bump the core an extra 50Mhz compared to the stock cooler (off the top of my head, might be slightly higher).

[mrspm2003]

Originally posted by LAG
What would be the easiest, least risky way of removing my gainward ti4600 hsf/ramsinks. In the next week or so I'm gonna replace them as I'm not happy with the o/c I'm able to get out what is supposed to be one of the best o/c geforce 4 cards out. I'm gonna AS epoxy the new hsf/ramsinks on there for superior cooling, so I'm hoping to get a better o/c out of it.

Yeah just try what suggested above..just don't do something foolish and try to take it off w/ a razor blade (LOL, inside joke lol) good luck dude! :D

[sapasion]

Originally posted by Ashpool


Hardly the best. Gainward bombed on practically the entire GeForce4 line, and the only good one they make is the 128MB Ti4200 (which, actually, is the best 128MB card to get). They just flat-out don't like to overclock. I doubt that a new heatsink will help an awful lot either, most don't bump the core an extra 50Mhz compared to the stock cooler (off the top of my head, might be slightly higher). Gainward really emerged with their Ti 200. As you correctly point out though their GF4's doesn't have near the ability of their fabeled younger siblings. I had the 64 4200 and it was very poor. However, the 128 4200 is outstanding as you say.

[LAG]

I read review after review about the gainwards, and that is what I based my purchase one. Most sites I read, said this was a beast when overclocked. Maybe its just coincidence, but I'm not able to get much out of mine. Its still pretty damn fast anyway.

[tYteaZzAzN]

Originally posted by Ashpool


Hardly the best. Gainward bombed on practically the entire GeForce4 line, and the only good one they make is the 128MB Ti4200 (which, actually, is the best 128MB card to get). They just flat-out don't like to overclock. I doubt that a new heatsink will help an awful lot either, most don't bump the core an extra 50Mhz compared to the stock cooler (off the top of my head, might be slightly higher).

i dont really agree that gainward bombed the GF4 line except for the ti4200. i've seen more than enough reviews showing the gainward gf4ti4600 as one of the best 4600 ocers. keep in mind that not ALL cards will oc the same :) i guess it just so happened that LAG here got a bad one :(

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by tYteaZzAzN


i dont really agree that gainward bombed the GF4 line except for the ti4200. i've seen more than enough reviews showing the gainward gf4ti4600 as one of the best 4600 ocers. keep in mind that not ALL cards will oc the same :) i guess it just so happened that LAG here got a bad one :(

I averaged all the Gainward 4600 reviewer overclocks, it came out to around 730Mhz Memory... that's rather bad for a 4600, especially one that claims it's the best overclocking 4600 ;)

[LAG]

Agreed, I thought that since at the time this was one of the few that came with ramsinks that I'd have a good shot to get some high #'s out of an o/c with it, but I'm right on average @ 730 with it. This is somewhat disapointing. I'm gonna snag one of those jag coolers, but can someone tell me where the best ramsinks might be located as I wanna replace those with something better, as well as put some as/as epoxy on it.

[Ashpool]

Originally posted by LAG
Agreed, I thought that since at the time this was one of the few that came with ramsinks that I'd have a good shot to get some high #'s out of an o/c with it, but I'm right on average @ 730 with it. This is somewhat disapointing. I'm gonna snag one of those jag coolers, but can someone tell me where the best ramsinks might be located as I wanna replace those with something better, as well as put some as/as epoxy on it.

Tweakmonster 'sinks (http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tweaktinbgar.html) and some Arctic Silver Adhesive (http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/arsiltherad.html), all at Sidewinder (http://www.sidewindercomputers.com). :)

[LAG]

Yeah, those tweakmonsters where the ones I was talking about. I'm gonna snag those and that cooljag thing and see what I can do with it. I already have the epoxy and as3, so I'm good in that department.