Melt thermal paste

[Jacksongosnell4256]

So I accidentally put  my Prosser on my fan with thermal paste can I use a hairdryer to melt the paste?

[Stormseeker9]

2 minutes ago, Jacksongosnell4256 said:

So I accidentally put  my Prosser on my fan with thermal paste can I use a hairdryer to melt the paste?

Isopropyl alcohol is what I use to clean up any thermal paste from my pc equipment 

[Jacksongosnell4256]

No it's stuck on the fan

[Jacksongosnell4256]

The Prosser is stuck on the fan

[Stormseeker9]

4 minutes ago, Jacksongosnell4256 said:

The Prosser is stuck on the fan

Do you have a photo? Also don’t forget to quote people so we can respond 

[TVwazhere]

4 minutes ago, Jacksongosnell4256 said:

The Prosser is stuck on the fan

Like this?

You should be able to remove it without needing to heat anything up, regardless of it's liquid metal or traditional thermal paste

[Jacksongosnell4256]

2 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Do you have a photo? Also don’t forget to quote people so we can respond 

No idk how but imagin a Prosser glude on to a heat fan

[Bajantechnician]

3 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Do you have a photo? Also don’t forget to quote people so we can respond 

Think of a pga cpu (amd - threadripper where pins are on the cpu, not motherboard) chip must have come out of the socket when he pulled the cooler off.

7 minutes ago, Jacksongosnell4256 said:

The Prosser is stuck on the fan

just pull it off. Dont bend pins

[germgoatz]

if you gently twist them, it should pull off easily

[Stormseeker9]

1 minute ago, Bajantechnician said:

Think of a pga cpu (amd - threadripper where pins are on the cpu, not motherboard) chip must have come out of the socket when he pulled the cooler off.

just pull it off. Dont bend pins

Oh that’s what he means by fan, 

 

in in that case try twisting it slowly so the suction/connection between the cooler and the cpu looses (sometimes thermal paste does that)

[Bajantechnician]

2 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Oh that’s what he means by fan, 

 

in in that case try twisting it slowly so the suction/connection between the cooler and the cpu looses (sometimes thermal paste does that)

Yeah, thats what im assuming since theres no way when decommissioning a system, youd find a cpu on a single fan lol

[Windows7ge]

9 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

Think of a pga cpu (amd - threadripper where pins are on the cpu, not motherboard) chip must have come out of the socket when he pulled the cooler off.

I could be reading this wrong but you're aware that TR isn't PGA right? It's LGA.

[GrockleTD]

3 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

I could be reading this wrong but you're aware that TR isn't PGA right? It's LGA.

Yeah u right, I think that was a error on their part

[Bajantechnician]

4 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

I could be reading this wrong but you're aware that TR isn't PGA right? It's LGA.

Just now, Grockle88 said:

Yeah u right, I think that was a error on their part

 

correct, bad wording on my part. Ill reword haha.

 

Think of a pga cpu (amd cpus where pins are on the cpu, not motherboard, minus threadripper) chip must have come out of the socket when he pulled the cooler off.

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, Bajantechnician said:

 

correct, bad wording on my part. Ill reword haha.

 

Think of a pga cpu (amd cpus where pins are on the cpu, not motherboard, minus threadripper) chip must have come out of the socket when he pulled the cooler off.

I had this happen tome once, cracked the socket

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, Bajantechnician said:

correct, bad wording on my part. Ill reword haha.

 

Think of a pga cpu (amd cpus where pins are on the cpu, not motherboard, minus threadripper) chip must have come out of the socket when he pulled the cooler off.

You could have used just about any other AMD socket for your example. AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, AM4 - all PGA

[Bajantechnician]

2 minutes ago, Grockle88 said:

I had this happen tome once, cracked the socket

happened to me a couple times. am3 was not very good at clamping the pins. I believe am4 does it too? not really any fault of amd, just the way how physics works and the way the clamps designed

Just now, Windows7ge said:

You could have used just about any other AMD socket for your example. AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, AM4 - all PGA

brought up TR4 because its the only lineup that have that uses lga instead of pga  

[Windows7ge]

Back when I use to use AMD CPUs that were PGA after loosening the cooler I would twist it (gently), slide it (gently), and attempt to lift one side (gently and not pulling strait out) this would remove the cooler without taking the CPU with it.

[GrockleTD]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

Back when I use to use AMD CPUs that were PGA after loosening the cooler I would twist it (gently), slide it (gently), and attempt to lift one side (gently and not pulling strait out) this would remove the cooler without taking the CPU with it.

I was a bit of newb so I did not know to do this, but I definitely do now