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Anyone out there know how to remove the Hercules Prophet II MX Heatsink? Ive just bought a Blue-Orb and Ram Heatsinks in order to overclock the card but cant find a way of safely removing the heatsink, ive tried twisting it off when the card is hot from playing fast games and it didnt work, Then i read somewhere than a guitar E string can file it off, That didnt work either, the only other thing i read was to deep freeze the card for 30 mins in an anti-static bag and then twist it off but i dunno if this is a safe as the guy says, I have the 64mb version and it has lots of small holes in it where components have not been soldered on, im afraid if i dont get the bag 100% air tight condensation may form in these holes and when it thaws out the board may crack? So if anyone can back up this theory as being safe and/or has any other ideas how to remove it then im all ears!, thanks

John
 
well, 30 mins is pretty long. You should try more like 5 mins. Also, is it worth it? That ram won't go much further because it is physically limited. I killed my video card trying to get a new heatsink and ram heatsinks on so bare that in mind, you may kill your card. Just get a high powered fan for it's heatsink and you'll be good to go.
 
Which E string did you use? Guitars have two of them. I'm assuming you used the high E string (the thinner one), but thought I'd mention it.

And I agree that it's probably not the effort. I have a slot fan right below mine (exact same card as yours), and I'm just going to cut a hole in the side of my case right above the card and stick a fan in there. Should do well enough.

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My 650 P3 is running at 866 - that overclocks everything.
I would not even try o/c the card - have seen in some reviews that is does no good - just o/c your system and be happy!
 
I have been able to get cards to perform up to 50% better by overclocking them. This can be proven in games running smoother, or benchmarks showing the frame rates.

Video killed my Radio Card!
 
Yes, and I pry them off. I don't even use cold air. I simply lay my pocketknife flat under the edge of the heatsink to protect the circuites, then use a thin flathead screwdriver to pop them off. I stick the screwdriver between the knifeblade and heasink, and twist. POP! Then I scrape the glue off and glue a new one on with JBWeld.

Video killed my Radio Card!
 
I might have to do that. My card hasn't been too inclined to overclock so far though, so maybe not.
(It's not overheating, I know that).

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Mine goes 220/195. I put a ramsink on it and a custom heatsink/50mm fan. Ram speed is the path to performance. I could probably use a higher GPU clock except that 220 is the limmit of Coolbits for the MX, and I haven't tried another program.

Video killed my Radio Card!
 
If your Prophet II MX is like mine, it used those springy pin thingies. I pushed down on the flat top of the pins and then pinched the prongs on the underside (I used a tweezer) and the pins pulled out. The heatsink has a bit of paste on it but twisting it will separate. Just clean off the chip.

Now, it took me a lot of prep work on the Blue Orb to get it right. First off, the surface of the Orb was concave and it took a bit of lapping to get it flat. I started with 220 sand paper and finished off with 600 grit. I also had to grind a bit off one of the mounting holes in order to get it to clear one of the components on the card. The big thing was I had to pull out the Dremel to cut back some of the fins on the orb. The MX chip on the Prophet II is so low on the card that the bottom fins of the Orb come into contact with the adjacent PCI slot. That made quite a bit of noise and I had to cut back some of the bottom fins to get it to clear the slot. After that, all worked good.

Hope I didn't scare you off 😱
 
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