Question Want to Repaste/Pad my HP OEM 2060 Super, can't find instructions or photos/videos on disassembly

Cyber_Akuma

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I recently got an HP OEM version of a 2060 Super card, it looks like this:

View: https://i.imgur.com/WrCo4JJ.jpg


GPU-Z reports this about it:

View: https://i.imgur.com/K8xN64m.gif


And it links to this page (although I am not sure if it's accurate):

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/hp-rtx-2060-super-oem.b10625

This card is meant for an older backup system I am using, but before installing it I tested this card thoroughly in a newer system I have, a 11700K based system in a rather high-cooled Cooler Master HAFX case and it seemed to perform exactly as expected other than just barely failing to meet the 97% mark on 3DMark's Stress Tests (but those are just for framerate stability, this is a low-power OEM card after all). Temps at max were 80C on some tests, many times they were 70C.

So after all the tests and having zero issues, I installed the card in the system I got it for, a Dell Precision T3610 with a Xeon E5-2667 v2. I noticed that the temperatures however were significantly worse. It rarely went under 80C when gaming and many times would hit 85C during testing and more demanding games, which I believe is supposed to be the throttle limit for this card... and this is with the side panel off as I was checking to make sure the power adapters I used weren't failing while the card was in use. The case on this Dell is a lot smaller and has less fans so I guess that is not surprising, and it's proprietary so I can't just add more fans or replace the current ones with Noctua's.

Also been having some random problems with the system now, going to have to look into each issue separately, but one of them is I want to make sure it's not due to the card overheating. I have some Noctua NT-H2 left over I can re-paste it with, but I have no idea what size pads it has and how many it uses. I can't find any photos, videos, or instructions on how to disassemble the card or what the specs of the different pads it uses are. I don't even know where and what brand of replacement pads would be good ones to even get (Don't want to end up with just some random junk someone ordered form Aliexpress and then sold at a higher price on Amazon/Ebay that will perform even worse than the existing old pads).

So would anyone know where I can try to find information or even some photos and videos of how to take apart this card and exactly the specs of the replacement pads I would need? And/or what would be good replacement pads to get?
 

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I am worried about possibly tearing or damaging the pads when I open the card, hence why I want to have some proper replacements on-hand when I open it. I kind of need this computer and don't want it to be down for days while I wait for replacements to arrive.
 
Check out Gamers Nexus on YouTube. Steve's usual procedure is to have a video that reviews a card and then he makes a video where he takes it apart. He won't have one for an OEM HP card but the PCB should be very similar if not identical.

Here's a video where he tears down an RTX 2060 Super and an RTX 2070 Super. They're not OEM HP versions but they're nVidia Founder's Editions which are like Radeon Reference cards. They're pretty basic so you might get something from it:
 
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