Installing new hsf on my 9500 Pro

[PointlesS]

well my fan on my 9500 pro died and I now crash constantly in games...so I went out and bought a vantec iceberq 4...the problem is that I don't have any experience installing or removing a hsf from a video card...I'm having a tough time removing the push pins from the stock hsf...any suggestions on how to remove them?

 

[JBT]

needle nose pliers and a bit of care.

 

[PointlesS]

well I finally got the thing off...but when putting on my iceberq it fits and works fine...but it is not making contact with the surface of the gpu...the thing with the stock heatsink is that it had some very thick thermal pad so there would be contact...

the problem lies with the shim...it's raised just a nudge higher than the gpu itself...so when I applied as3...put on the iceberq...and then took the iceberq off there would be basically no as3 on the heatsink...I searched around for taking off the shim...but I need a hairdryer to weaken the bond which I do not have and really don't feel like spending $25 on something I'll use once...so I was thinking of just putting a lot of as3 on the core in order to have some kind of contact...though I know that's not the optimal way of doing it but would it work? I mean it worked in ati's case with the giant thermal pad...I don't plan on overclocking either