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Page 9 - Prepping the Graphics Card #1

Prepping the Graphics Card for SurgeryLet's have a look at the construction for the graphics card. Now this is a bit more delicate work and therefore I'll show you the entire process. First off, I wanted to watercool a GeForce 6 6800 Ultra. Unfortunately the waterbock delivered with this kit is not yet compatible. You should not have any problems with any Radeon or the GeForce 4 / FX series of graphics cards. So we took a GeForce FX 5950 Ultra.

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A reference GeForce FX 5950 Ultra.

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We carefully remove the housing by removing four little screws located on the backside.

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Now this is all that remains and it is difficult to remove as it's almost glued on there with a hard thermal compound. If your graphics card is still warm then it can be removed more easily. Basically you gently make a rotating movement until the thermal paste will let go. Be careful as applying too much force can kill the card.

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Once removed clean the hard thermal paste from the graphics core.

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