MSI NX6800 Artifact Solution

Hi,
I've found the solution to the problem where the NX6800 non ultra was showing artifacts in bootup and in windows, and also locking up and flickering the display.
I read a lot of posts in this and other forums and its not really my own merit, but since I am in the dominican republic and rma'ing the card is not viable for me, I just deceided to go on and try.
**** Will void the warranty in your card ****
- Remove the heatsink of the card. For that you must unscrew from the back of the card. There are 4 screws that are different from the rest, the ones in the center. So don't mix them with the other ones.
- With a business card, credit card, plain screwdriver, remove the heat transfer patches from the heatsink. They should be a pink glue like stuff.
- With the business card (don't use a screwdriver), remove the thermal paste off the cpu.
- Once it's clean, you have to put some (preferrably good brand) thermal paste on top of the memory chips and the CPU chip. Not too much, not too little. Then spred it uniformly so it covers every memory chip and the cpu.
- Don't worry if you spill it on top of other parts of the card since thermal paste doesn't conduct electricity.
- Put the heatsink again and screw it. This time apply a bit more of force to the screews so It's well tightened.
- Then try the card.
It worked flawlessly for me.

There is a thread already going that I and others are getting as much info as we can to figure out the problems of this card. So I was wanting to know if you would post your systrem specs and your soultion. Aosl post your temps before and after your fix if you could that would be great. I was about to pull my heatsink off but I didn't know what they used for thermal grease. Oh here is the thread to post in.
gforcce 6800 - NX 6800 TD128
Thank you for a solution. Maybe we can get MSI to listen to us. And get them to use a better TIM for there cards. Maybe get our warranties to stay to. Maybe I'm just dreaming.

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