Originally Posted by Spec R

Thursday 8/9/07 - in preparation for the new GPU cooler, i take out my ATi Radeon 9700 video card of my computer so i can start disassembling the ATi heatsink/fan assembly. So i get the fan and plastic pins out. but the heatsink is on there pretty good. so i'm trying to gently pull off the heatsink.

Issue 2: the heatsink pops off, but there is so much hardened thermal paste, that it takes a couple of GPU resistors with it. (i'll post pics after the computer is together)

So that puts me on the hunt for another video card.