Graphics GTX 580 Stickers??

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  1. roosauce

    roosauce Looking for xmas projects??

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    Hi All,

    This is a bit of a random one ...

    I sold one of my 580s before the 680's came out, and now am ready to sell the other. When I swapped it over with the new 680, I noticed that the sticker had come loose. I tried taking it off, and it has made a gawd awful mess.

    This photo obviously uses the light to significantly highlight the problem, but you get the idea. I don't seem to be able to clean it up.
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    This will effect the re-sale value, so I'm wondering if anyone knows where I could get a new sticker that would fit nicely on this card? The card itself works well, so it would be a shame to lose money due to this ...

    Thanks for any tips!
     
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  2. Blogins

    Blogins Panda have Guns

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    A product called 'Goo Gone' is supposed to work quite well.
     
  3. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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  4. K404

    K404 It IS cold and it IS fast

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    Does it not affect the plastic in any way? :) Could definitely do with something like this in my toolbox
     
  5. Mongoose132

    Mongoose132 Duckmad

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    Or Isopropyl alcohol, stuff you use to remove thermal compound works fine too

    Edit: Not sure where to get a sticker though :p
     
  6. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    No it doesn't affect the plastic at all, I use it all the time on anything I need to remove the gunk left from stickers :thumb:

    This will melt the plastic :nono:
     
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  7. roosauce

    roosauce Looking for xmas projects??

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    Thanks guys - some good ideas for me to get on with!
     
  8. Picarro

    Picarro What's a Dremel?

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    What? When has Isopropyl alcohol ever melted plastic? Yes the ethanol in it is an organic solvent but nowhere near enough to melt plastic. I have wiped several keyboards and other plasticky stuff with Isopropyl alcohol and never had a problem.
     
  9. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    Sorry your right just the same the WD40 pen is the best I've tried lots of things and its definitely the best most of these things turn the glue into a sticky blob the WD 40 pen gets it of clean seals up the stickyness
     
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  10. wyx087

    wyx087 Multimodder

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    what brand was it?

    don't see why it would affect reale value, my KFA2 580 is completely blank because i bought it on release week.
     
  11. roosauce

    roosauce Looking for xmas projects??

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    It's Inno 3D. It just either needs to be cleaned up or have a new sticker put on it. Sounds like I will be cleaning it and selling blank.
     
  12. wyx087

    wyx087 Multimodder

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    Inno 3D isn't a massive brand, so no big loss.

    just clean it to this level of cleanness :)
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  13. Maximilian

    Maximilian WC Virgin

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    Alcohol wipe, job done.
     
  14. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    Blowdryer/WD4D :D
     

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