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How do I remove a heatsink/chip cooler from my video card?

April 26, 2017card chip cooler heatsink remove video

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How do I remove a heatsink/chip cooler from my video card?

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If you’re lucky your heatsink/chip cooler is attached with push pins and it should just pop off once you squeeze the push-pin tips together and push them back through the PCB board. If luck isn’t on your side and your GPU/chip cooler is glued then you’ve got more of chore on your hands. There’s no pretty way to do it and of course it risks damaging the card, but here’s how….