Installing crystal orb.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 11:29 am

I got a Thermaltake Crystal Orb, and im trying to install it. It looks as though the previous fan was installed with thermal compound. How do i go about removing the old fan?
Also, i have some Arctic Silver, should i use that instead of the compound supplied with the Crystal Orb?
Thank you.

jealous57 · Post by **jealous57** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 1:17 pm

Depending on the video card, there should be 2 push pins holding the stock heatsink. push these out from the rear of the card. As far as the Artic Silver, it is up to you.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 8:36 pm

Thats the problem, its not attached by clips. Its just stuck on there with something. Its broken too thats why i need to replace it. How do i go about removing it safely?
Thanks.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 9:29 pm

its pretty easy. drop the card into a FREEZER safe bag and let it sit in your freezer for about 30 min.

THen remove it and do this.

Get a charge card and slip it under the heatsink between it and the GPU. THen get a thin flat head screw driver and put it between the heatsink and chargecard and twist gently. should pop right off.

Merry Christmas!

Greg

LoneWolfX1X · Post by **LoneWolfX1X** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 9:42 pm

is it a radeon?

when I modded my 8500 heres what I did

Instead of doing the freezer trick (just not comfortable with that heh) I turned off all my case fans and unscrewed the agp screw/retention mechanism

Ran 3 loops od 3DMark2k1

Shut off system and quickly as possible pulled the card and did the creditcard/screwdriver thing

the thermal epoxy was weak as bubble gum and pulled right off the GPU

I then stuck the CrOrb on with Artic Alumina (I've had bad luck with artic silver and GPUs...RIP Gainward GF3 Classic)

Used a 1972 Physicians desk reference (heh) to weight down the crorb while the epoxy set

let it sit for 4 hours and was golden

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 10:07 pm

i did the same thing as lone did... i used arctic alumina epoxy though to attach the one i put on my 8500... let it setup for about an hr and is been running ever since.