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Crap.
Problem:So I have an Arctic Cooler 3 on my 7900gt and the fan has started making grinding sounds. Easy fix-drop some oil in the axle to lube it right up.
New New problem. To get to the fan I need to disasemble the cooler so I try and take the heatsink off but it's got adhesive pads stuck to all the memory chips. I can't pull off the sink no matter how hard I try.
Now i'm stuck. How the hell do I get this sink off? Damn these thermal pads!
Found a thread addresssing this exact issue but nobody seemed to come up with anything that worked (ie. freezing, soaking in alcohol, heating up-all did zilch.)
Problem:So I have an Arctic Cooler 3 on my 7900gt and the fan has started making grinding sounds. Easy fix-drop some oil in the axle to lube it right up.
New New problem. To get to the fan I need to disasemble the cooler so I try and take the heatsink off but it's got adhesive pads stuck to all the memory chips. I can't pull off the sink no matter how hard I try.
Now i'm stuck. How the hell do I get this sink off? Damn these thermal pads!
Found a thread addresssing this exact issue but nobody seemed to come up with anything that worked (ie. freezing, soaking in alcohol, heating up-all did zilch.)