Geforce FX 5950 Ultra Core sheild removal

guandi · 01-04-2004, 09:08 PM

Just wondering if anyone has any experiance in removing the metal sheild with teh nVidia logo on it from the GPU of a high end GFX card?

mine is overheating badly, and i think from the look of it the sheild is on at a slight angle, so its not touching properly and causing it to overheat.

I think it has a strip of black thermal glue around the edge with small gaps in some places, but i am unable to cut through it with thread or razor blades

any ideas?

zoson · 01-05-2004, 05:12 AM

Try an xacto knife... they're friggen sharp and thin. much more sharp than a conventional double edged (or single) razorblade. be very very careful... otherwise you'll have a $500 paperweight!
In any case, if your card is overheating with stock cooling you should RMA it... the heatspreader being on crooked is a manufacturer's defect.

guandi · 01-06-2004, 12:17 AM

thanks zoson, i managed it eventually

it was a manufactureres defect, far too much thermal compound and glue for the sheild, looked like it had been done twice. but then again, how could i send something back that i have allready had watercooling mounted on? they allways know when someone has removed the stock coolers

Skulemate · 01-06-2004, 10:24 AM

I'm not sure what nVidia's policy is, but I have successfully RMA'd defective hardware to ATi that had been altered with aftermarket cooling. I told them this was the case, and they said to simply slap on the original sink before returning it to them. I guess they figure that the aftermarket stuff will perform as well if not better than their own stock solution.

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Originally Posted by guandi

thanks zoson, i managed it eventually

it was a manufactureres defect, far too much thermal compound and glue for the sheild, looked like it had been done twice. but then again, how could i send something back that i have allready had watercooling mounted on? they allways know when someone has removed the stock coolers

guandi · 01-06-2004, 11:16 AM

well, its too late now :P

thanks all the same. i just hope it works when my new mobo and watercooling get here. speaking of which, i'm off to make a post on the W/C forum...

01-04-2004, 09:08 PM	#1
guandi Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 174	Geforce FX 5950 Ultra Core sheild removal Just wondering if anyone has any experiance in removing the metal sheild with teh nVidia logo on it from the GPU of a high end GFX card? mine is overheating badly, and i think from the look of it the sheild is on at a slight angle, so its not touching properly and causing it to overheat. I think it has a strip of black thermal glue around the edge with small gaps in some places, but i am unable to cut through it with thread or razor blades any ideas? __________________ A8N-SLI Deluxe FX55@3ghz 2x TwinX1024-3200XL 2x BFG6800Ultra Audigy2 ZS + Gigaworks S750 2x120gb/4x80gb lots of water/copper/pumpy goodness.

01-05-2004, 05:12 AM	#2
zoson Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: X Posts: 204	Try an xacto knife... they're friggen sharp and thin. much more sharp than a conventional double edged (or single) razorblade. be very very careful... otherwise you'll have a $500 paperweight! In any case, if your card is overheating with stock cooling you should RMA it... the heatspreader being on crooked is a manufacturer's defect. __________________ Core i7 930 @ 4254Hz 22x193 \| ASUS R3E 901 BIOS \| 12GB Mushkin Blackline 3x4GB @ 1547MHz 7-8-7-24-1N \| Lian Li PC-A10B 2x EVGA GTX275 SLI @ 720/1266/1566 \| 2x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD Raid 0 \| 3x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7.2K Raid 5 \| Corsair 950TX H2O \| Enzotech Sapphire Rev.A \| EK-FB RE3 \| Swiftech - 2x MCW60/GTX275 Unisink, MCP655b, MCRes Micro.v2 \| 3x HWLabs SR1-120 あなたの神への弓 Time isn't wasted, when you're gettin' wasted.

01-06-2004, 12:17 AM	#3
guandi Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 174	thanks zoson, i managed it eventually it was a manufactureres defect, far too much thermal compound and glue for the sheild, looked like it had been done twice. but then again, how could i send something back that i have allready had watercooling mounted on? they allways know when someone has removed the stock coolers __________________ A8N-SLI Deluxe FX55@3ghz 2x TwinX1024-3200XL 2x BFG6800Ultra Audigy2 ZS + Gigaworks S750 2x120gb/4x80gb lots of water/copper/pumpy goodness.

01-06-2004, 11:16 AM	#5
guandi Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: UK Posts: 174	well, its too late now :P thanks all the same. i just hope it works when my new mobo and watercooling get here. speaking of which, i'm off to make a post on the W/C forum... __________________ A8N-SLI Deluxe FX55@3ghz 2x TwinX1024-3200XL 2x BFG6800Ultra Audigy2 ZS + Gigaworks S750 2x120gb/4x80gb lots of water/copper/pumpy goodness.

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