Taking off an EAH4870 heatsink?

allocco91

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Found this old card I bought a few years ago in my closet, and I think I need it now to throw in my ITX build. Cool thing is it barely fits, but needs a massive clean job. Anybody have any experience with this kind? Seems like brute force doesn't do much. I was thinking maybe it's just thermal paste?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121376

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