CATASTROPHE

[eggnaldo]

Hi,

 

I recently got a new motherboard and as I was taking the heatsink off of my old one to remove the CPU, I found the cooler was stuck and wouldn't come up. I thought it was just suction and pressure from the thermal paste so I kept pulling, and the cooler pulled the CPU out of the socket. Now the CPU has 2 or 3 bent pins and is still stuck to the cooler. The thermal paste has practically glued the two components together.

 

What do I do?

[Guest]

You manualy straighten the little pins. nice and carefully. They move easily.

[ohbamah]

to get it unstuck-put a bit of isopropyl alcohol on the sides, and use dental floss to seperate the cpu from the cooler

[Guest]

1 minute ago, ohbamah said:

to get it unstuck-put a bit of isopropyl alcohol on the sides, and use dental floss to seperate the cpu from the cooler

Nice.

 

Or "twist or turn it" 

 

Damn paste is hard core.

[Guest]

For the future, when taking off AMD chips you want them to be warm when you take the cooler off.

[eggnaldo]

36 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Nice.

 

Or "twist or turn it" 

 

Damn paste is hard core.

I tried both of those but it won't budge.

[Guest]

You just need some muscle. Where's pops at?

 

[bmx6454]

i always carefully use the pick end of a floss strip, and/or some tiny forceps.

[eggnaldo]

31 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

You just need some muscle. Where's pops at?

 

It literally will not move, no matter how much force i put on it. It's like it got glued to the cooler

[eggnaldo]

2 hours ago, eggnaldo said:

Hi,

 

I recently got a new motherboard and as I was taking the heatsink off of my old one to remove the CPU, I found the cooler was stuck and wouldn't come up. I thought it was just suction and pressure from the thermal paste so I kept pulling, and the cooler pulled the CPU out of the socket. Now the CPU has 2 or 3 bent pins and is still stuck to the cooler. The thermal paste has practically glued the two components together.

 

What do I do?

Update: I got the CPU off! I cleaned it up and I'll unbend the pins tonight or tomorrow. Thank you!

[Guest]

2 hours ago, eggnaldo said:

Update: I got the CPU off! I cleaned it up and I'll unbend the pins tonight or tomorrow. Thank you!

knew you could do it!! 

 

Hope to see you up and running soon. 

 

GL!