The cooling fan on my ATI All In Wonder 9600 Pro went bad and I'm attempting to replace it. I have a Zalman after market fan to replace it. It's much larger, overkill for this board, but I've read it will work with a few of the vanes trimmed and it was readily available locally. It appears that it should work.
I've removed the old fan/heat sink and my current problem is how to remove all the old thermal material from the chip to make it ready to receive the new heat sink.
The old material is yellowish in color and HARD. I've tried to heat it a bit with a hair dryer (on the old heat sink) but it does not soften. I've contacted ATI but they offer no advice or identification of the material used. The chip is 3/8 inch square, the old thermal material left on the heat sink is about an inch square. The compression springs on the original heat sink squeezed an impression of the chip into the material resulting in a very thin layer between chip and heat sink.
I'd be extremely grateful if anybody has an idea how to remove the old material.
I've removed the old fan/heat sink and my current problem is how to remove all the old thermal material from the chip to make it ready to receive the new heat sink.
The old material is yellowish in color and HARD. I've tried to heat it a bit with a hair dryer (on the old heat sink) but it does not soften. I've contacted ATI but they offer no advice or identification of the material used. The chip is 3/8 inch square, the old thermal material left on the heat sink is about an inch square. The compression springs on the original heat sink squeezed an impression of the chip into the material resulting in a very thin layer between chip and heat sink.
I'd be extremely grateful if anybody has an idea how to remove the old material.
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