synthecypher

Could you explain a little more what your technique with the vice grips was and provide a picture of the kind you used? I'm guessing you dripped the heat sink with them and gently twisted it but with more leverage and torque had better results?

I'll give it ago but I wouldn't expect thermal glue to get looser with heat as its expected to hold up in hot conditions. I read online some pastes harden when heated.

I currently have a NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti which I has a ARTIC Accelero Xtreme III aftermarket cooler installed on it. The cooler had me attach various small aluminum heat sinks to the board's chips with Thermal Glue TG-003. I now want to remove this cooler and put back its original stock cooler. However, I'm struggling to remove the aluminum heat sinks on the chips. My attempts to gently twist or prying them off the chips has not worked and I fear applying more force may rip the chips off the PCB. Any suggestions on how to remove these heat sinks safely? I was thinking some kind of flossing tool with a thin metal thread? Not sure if such a thing exists.

Does anyone know if it's possible to run this macOS virtual machine on QEMU in Windows 10? It would be good for someone who wants to game on Windows while also having macOS easily accessible for work.

I want to do exactly the save but with a EVGA 980Ti Hybrid. Is it still running fine? Also could you have used thinner fans on the radiators to save more space?

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