Ok, left the v5 5500 in the fridge for some hours and then took off the sinks. Unfortunately the epoxied white glue stayed on the vsa chips and not on the sinks. Any idea how to remove them?

I like to use a razor blade mysef ;)

thats what I m using right now, but looks like its gonna tike sometime

use isopropyl alcohol...

used that in the beginning but this glue is so rock solid it wouldn't decompose. I m done now with the razor and used the liquid for fine polishing the vsa's surface....until logo started to disappear :D

Why every time I try to do something with a 3dfx card things get messed out?....i m out of luck :(

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What happened? Did you cut the pin on the RAM chip? ???
(picture is a bit fuzzy) :P

The pin looks like its off the hook (no contact with the soldering point) and seemed touching the next to it. I tried to straighten it out and resolder but I can't know if its ok unless I test it and I need the coolers (on their way here) to try to power it up.

that really sucks balls. :(

good thing you got it soldered back on, have you checked to make sure it doesn't connect with the next pin through the soldering stuff??

Good luck with that, hope it works out for ya.

but is trhere any other stuff out there that will help remove the glue?? I don't really have shops near me that sell that kinda stuff you mentioned.

@ultima is correct - if you have a multimeter, check for shorting across these two pins using the "continuity test" setting on the meter. ;)
(that's the setting where the meter goes BEEP when you short the probes together). ::)

If the pins are not shorted, and you have a good connection with the pin you resoldered - the you are good to go! ;D

victory :)....coolers are here....on the vsa....and works fine :D...thank you all for your help

Can't wait for the alumina to dry and plug the beast for some gaming :P

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