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Can't Remove heatsink

  • 03-09-2007 11:09am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭


    I'm trying to remove the heatsink from my intel 478 socket. I've tried running running a cpu intensive program called prime 95 to heat it up but to no avail, when I try to unclip it won't budge. :confused: Any ideas on how to remove it?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,081 ✭✭✭BKtje


    Tried a hair dryer to warm it up?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    use prime prime for atleast 4 hours. Then when trying to remove it give it a slight twist in both directions. It should then move. Dont be tempted just to yank it out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    Anti wrote:
    use prime prime for atleast 4 hours. Then when trying to remove it give it a slight twist in both directions. It should then move. Dont be tempted just to yank it out.

    I'll give that a shot then, thanks.
    B-K-DzR wrote:
    Tried a hair dryer to warm it up?
    Cheers for the tip.
    I've seen this method suggested but it's a bit more dangerous I gathered, more for cases where the motherboard is damaged. At least that's what I gathered from this http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/lookup+1/44185D95566D4738CA25715E0010F246


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    No do not use a hairdryer. Its not a very good move at all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Anti wrote:
    No do not use a hairdryer. Its not a very good move at all.

    It produces quite a lot of static electricity. So might not be the best idea.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    Anti wrote:
    use prime prime for atleast 4 hours. Then when trying to remove it give it a slight twist in both directions. It should then move. Dont be tempted just to yank it out.

    I ran prime for 3 and half hours , thought I had let it running for 4 and a half, doh! :o .

    Anyway It's not budging. Have tried to twist the heatsink a little too but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of movement.

    Don't know what to do now, leave Prime running for 8 hours!?

    Could the bond between the sink and cpu have gotten to the stage that they just won't come apart without damaging the CPU?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    luckylucky wrote:
    when I try to unclip it won't budge.

    You sure it's not being held in place by a screw somewhere or something? Maybe take a photo? It's very unlikely that the thermal paste has created a bond so strong that heat and pressure wont remove it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    Could it have been attached with thermal adhesive rather than thermal paste?

    http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm
    CAUTION!
    Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive is a permanent adhesive.
    Components you attach with Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive will stay attached forever.
    :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    Snowbat wrote:
    Could it have been attached with thermal adhesive rather than thermal paste?

    :eek:

    Well I attached the thing myself originally about 2 years ago so I doubt if there was permanent adhesive. When I installed the cpu and the heatsink that came with it, I didn't put any paste at all on it as far as I can remember. Someone said it probably had some already. The first I heard about thermal paste was when I was looking up issues with CPU overheating.

    Could it be possible that my CPU has been functioning for 2 years with no thermal paste on it? And if this were the case could the heatsink and cpu possibly have fused together :eek:

    Here is a photo of the heatsink as suggested by Khannie

    heatsink.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    It's a stock heatsink, so came with some attached. No threat of fusing. Personaly (this is not advice) I'd heat that sucker up, twist it a bit and yank it the f*ck out.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Anti wrote:
    use prime prime for atleast 4 hours. Then when trying to remove it give it a slight twist in both directions. It should then move. Dont be tempted just to yank it out.

    What is "prime prime"?

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Khannie wrote:
    It's a stock heatsink, so came with some attached. No threat of fusing. Personaly (this is not advice) I'd heat that sucker up, twist it a bit and yank it the f*ck out.


    I just yank the f*ck out of it, but thats with Amd chips that just come out with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    I'm a donk. :o After nothing worked. I tried out the obvious. I unscrewed the 4 screws from the retainer clip. And the whole thing just came off then. Easy as pie. I was able to get the retainer off then easily once I had the heatsink off. As far as I know the retainer shouldn't normally have to be unscrewed, but it had to in my case.

    Soz about the rigmarole. So if anyone else is a hardware donk like me with an Asus P4c800-e Deluxe motherboard and probably some other motherboards are out there ahem eh try unscrewing those screws first. :o

    Anyway thanks for all the advice/
    What is "prime prime"?

    I think he meant Prime 95 which is a program that runs the cpu hard and therefore heats it up a lot. It can be found here .http://www.mersenne.org/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    yep, prime 95 is what i meant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    [QUOTE=I think he meant Prime 5 which is a program that runs the cpu hard and therefore heats it up a lot. It can be found here .http://www.mersenne.org/[/QUOTE]

    Cheers, that's a handy one to have. :)

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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