Getting the cover off a Geforce 8800 GTX?
Hi
My Geforce 8800 GTX is "slightly" overheating, well it is always hot when it is doing anything but a temperature around 95 degrees is a bit over the top.
It does work fine at that temperature though, no crashing or anything.
But I still prefer a temperature a bit lower than that.
It reaches the highest temperature when I play World in Conflict, other games doesn't seem to but as much load on the GPU and of course I exit the game before reaching this temperature. :bigggrin:
But how do I get the plastic cover off?
Does anyone have a link to a guide or something?
I have been reading that it is quite difficult to remove, and I would like to be prepared when I clean the heatsink, it is probably filled with dust given the high temperature.
My Geforce 8800 GTX is "slightly" overheating, well it is always hot when it is doing anything but a temperature around 95 degrees is a bit over the top.
It does work fine at that temperature though, no crashing or anything.
But I still prefer a temperature a bit lower than that.
It reaches the highest temperature when I play World in Conflict, other games doesn't seem to but as much load on the GPU and of course I exit the game before reaching this temperature. :bigggrin:
But how do I get the plastic cover off?
Does anyone have a link to a guide or something?
I have been reading that it is quite difficult to remove, and I would like to be prepared when I clean the heatsink, it is probably filled with dust given the high temperature.
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Basically it is a standard 8800 GTX, Asus hasn't made any changes to the standard cooling on the card.
Also, you want the plastic part. it forces the air from the fan through the fins.
although, you should look to see if the fins are clogged with dust.
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I actually succeeded in a partial removal of the plastic cover, but there are three or four very small screws I couldn't remove with my screwdriver, they are very small and delicate.
That prevented me from removing the cover completely and the cleaning was not a thorough as I would have wanted it to be.
But my temps has dropped roughly 5 degrees in idle and 8-10 under full load, that is quite good considering that I could clean the whole heat sink.
I have considered a new heat sink as well, but I am afraid that they are too large.
If the card is much larger than 2 slots it would cause problems with what is occupying the other slots.