Can't take off heatsink on GPU

headmaster200

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Hello people,

I'm new to replacing heatsinks on GPU. I have just recently bought a Gigabyte 7950 GPU and aim at installing the accelero Xtreme 7950 on it instead of the original heatsink.

Now I've unscrewed all screws on the backside but I still can't get the original heatsink to move from it's place. It's seems that it's most defintely stuck. I have even taken off all visible screws that I can reach... there are some screws sitting on the "inner" side of the card but those I cannot reach.

Any help would be greateful :)
 

headmaster200

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Yes it's the 3 fan windforce edition. By the look of it, the 4 white washers are not attached in any way to the heatsink, but only as a screw right through the main board. In any case, I cannot reach them anyhow as the heatsink would prevent me...



 

headmaster200

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I managed to install it after all, so for the record. one can with ease install arctic accelero 7970 cooler on a Gigabyte 7950 windforce model :)

Temps I'm getting.

Idle: around 30 celsius
Full load : 55-60 celsius

Maybe not the best but the noise is considerably reduced.