xafier
08-15-2004, 01:39 AM
My 9800 pro has started giving me glitches, I've hardly used it for gaming for about a month or so... the card is only about 4 months old, it's been OC'd a few times, but I just kept it constantly at XT stock speeds most of the time...
I want to return it BUT I've got OCZ copper ram sinks on the memory, and I epoxied them on... I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to remove them without making the card look like I'd attacked it to pieces?
I've heard that putting it in a freezer for a few hours in a freezer bag will make the epoxy crystalize and I should be able to slowly chip them away with a craft knife...
just wondering if this does actually work?
The card seems fine in windows, but anything with 3D and it starts going crazy... and I've tried everything I can think of... flashed back to original BIOS... under clocked it... re-applied thermal paste to the core and put the VGA silencer back on... nothing seems to have worked... so I'm guessing theres a real fault with the card :(
please help a guy thats really broke and cant afford to buy a new card!
thanks a LOT!
I want to return it BUT I've got OCZ copper ram sinks on the memory, and I epoxied them on... I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to remove them without making the card look like I'd attacked it to pieces?
I've heard that putting it in a freezer for a few hours in a freezer bag will make the epoxy crystalize and I should be able to slowly chip them away with a craft knife...
just wondering if this does actually work?
The card seems fine in windows, but anything with 3D and it starts going crazy... and I've tried everything I can think of... flashed back to original BIOS... under clocked it... re-applied thermal paste to the core and put the VGA silencer back on... nothing seems to have worked... so I'm guessing theres a real fault with the card :(
please help a guy thats really broke and cant afford to buy a new card!
thanks a LOT!