Yea I know how that is... some of these new AGP locks are a real pain in the butt...

YESSS!!!! fixed it :lol: , you were right jason it was the paste, it looked like a 4 year old had applied it with a spade. It only took me half an hour to get the thing out the clip for the agp was behind the huge lump of the fan . Now its got some nice artic silver on and a good clean to get the dust off.
I should have done that earlier but I really didnt want to wreck it anymore by slipping and stabbing something with a screw driver. Thanks guys you can call me dense for not checking the paste earlier I dont care its fixed, you guys rule!!! :D

Now to overclock it :lol:

teehee! i've hit stuff with a screwdriver before.. scary I know, but I haven't broken anything (that way).. thankfully