Hi. I have an EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX that has been working fine until the fan got filled up with collected dust and dirt, and over-heated and shut down. I removed the board from the computer and carefully cleaned all of the accumulated gunk out of the blades of the fan. It was totally filled with dirt.
 
Now I need to clean the radiator fins. There are heat pipes going to a radiator that the fan blows air through. I'm pretty sure those fins on the radiator have collected a bunch of dust and dirt too, so they should get a good cleaning.
 
The radiator is covered by a plastic and metal cover that is screwed down with tiny screws. No problem. I removed 2 screws, but cannot see any more. But the cover is still being held down by something. I can see that the end of the cover at the back is tucked under the mounting bracket. That will be easy to deal with when I can liberate the front of the cover.
 
So can someone tell me where the hidden screws are, and how to free the cover?
 
BTW: I'm an old (very old) TV repairman, computer field engineer, computer builder, etc., so I can handle removing a cover and cleaning a board. I just need to know where the hidden hold-down points are located.
 
Is there a chart or diagram somewhere?
 
Thanks.
 

not sure which part number you have ? 
Link to EVGA information
 
 

 
web search found these:
 
https://www.evga.com/articles/330.asp
 
EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GS 384 MB Review
 
 
https://www.evga.com/Prod...42D6-922D-FB9D8A023FE0
 
 
there are Many old Forums threads about that GPU ... you could dig through them & see if any help you
 
 
 
 
 

There's different models, but basically remove all the screws on the back of the PCB (one might be covered with a sticker), the 2 screws on the rear exhaust plate, the one screw in the top-right corner of this pic..There may be cover screws which are inside that you can't get to until you remove the heatsink/fan assembly from the PCB.

You'll get it eventually..Not hard..Just start taking out screws until it comes apart.

Thanks for all of the responses. I haven't gone through all of them yet, but I can answer the first question, about the model number:  This is on the paper stickers on the back:
GeForce 8800GTX P/N: 768-P2-831-AR
768ME PCI-E

MODEL P355
 Now apparently the first line is what you were looking for.  768-P2-831-AR
 

Just take all the screws out I mentioned and are shown in the photo link in my Post #5.
 
Don't be surprised if the 1mm thermal pads are junk because they used what looks like cheesecloth embedded with some kinda TIM instead of conventional rubbery thermal pad you get today..The ones like that in my 9800 GTX literally turned to dust.
 
So be sure to have some/enough decent thermal pad and thermal paste on-hand.

Give an update when you can
 
Maybe snap a few photos ?  Imgur or other free host is the easiest way - directions Ultimate Self-Starter Thread For New Members
 
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I love that there's a guy still messing with an 8800 gtx, and no I'm not being sarcastic.