Removing VGA Heatsink

[turtile]

I need to add a fan to a 6600GT also.
Do I have to squeeze these two things with plyers to get the fan loose and then pull the card off?

Will the card have any problem w/o the 3 pin plugged in. (BIOS or something)?
Thanks

 

[PZEROFGH]

yes you pinch those together and push them through the hole, it was freakin hard on my 9800pro i broke my first one lol, then i carefully did it on my second card and it was ALRIGHT

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

dang the 6600 is small... my 7800 is a giant it barly fits into my case

 

[PZEROFGH]

its a 6600GT

 

[turtile]

You broke the board or the things that hold the heatsink on?
What did you use to get it off the second time?

 

[Harper]

I need to add a fan to a 6600GT also.
Do I have to squeeze these two things with plyers to get the fan loose and then pull the card off?

You can TRY. But good luck.
I found that it was just better for me the cut them instead.

 

[PZEROFGH]

You broke the board or the things that hold the heatsink on?
What did you use to get it off the second time?

i dunno what happened but something got damaged during that time, i used pliers lol. and i used pliers the second time too

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

I used my fingers on my x700... They're the same identical little plastic brads. It must be luck of the draw or something, because mine was super-easy to get off. Little/no effort was involved. I had a heck of a time pulling a P4 heatsink mount of a motherboard, so I know what you're all talking about.

Ryan

 

[gimli of gloin]

i used my fingers on my 6600gt...god getting my cpu heatsink holder thingo was the biggest biotch in the world..

 

[turtile]

Harper,

What did you use to cut it?