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Old August 24, 2008, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Cptn Vortex View Post
The thermal adhesive will NOT come off once you put it on......Trust me, my 8800GTX is now permanently unable to put the stuck heatsink back on!
Give it a year or two.

I've found arctic alumina thermal epoxy actually breaks down after a couple years.....not to the point of failure , but it's strength definitly degrades over time.
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