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[Xion X2]

ive been wanting to take my heat spreaders off but im nervous to do so..i heard OCZ's are hard to do and a lot of times the memory comes off with the heat spreader...can you explain what you did..i have the same sticks ..thanks..looks great btw

Thanks, man.

If you have the OCZ Gold, then the heat spreaders should come off really easy. First remove the outer frame of the heat spreader that has the "Z" on it. This will make it easier to remove the gold mesh since the mesh bends easily. Once the frame is off, take the corner of the gold mesh and bend outward very slowly until it starts to separate from the memory chip. Peel it off slowly and at an angle like you were peeling off tape; don't pull straight up on the memory chip.

Takes a little finesse, but they should come right off.

nice RAM coolers, drooling and looking forward

Thanks, GK!

i love this project ^^

love the polished caps

Thanks, nigel! Yes, the polished caps are nice.

Everyone, I've decided to go with this eVGA SLI board to replace the Foxconn with. I just don't feel comfortable in painting so much of this motherboard like I would have to do. Yeah, it may turn out well, but then again it may not. It could kill the board, and then I'd be stuck with a broken motherboard with no warranty, and I'd probably worry a lot about the paint flaking or chipping.

May sound picky, but that's me in a nutshell. This is the board that I just picked up to replace the Flaming Blade with:



Will fit the color scheme much, much better. Also, the sata ports are side mounted on the board which will make it easier to hide the SATA cables.

If anyone is interested in a Flaming Blade for cheap, then PM me. I'll be putting it up in the For Sale section soon.