Help... CPU fan removal...

[Soul of Dragon1]

Trying to change my cpu fan form a stock cooler to a Corsair H55

 

I know I have to remove the motherboard to fit the fixing brackets... but I can only

get as far as trying to remove the exsisting fan/heatsink...

 

it seems to be stuck on... I don't want to be to heavy handed with it

 

I un-clipped it and even took the screws out of the fixing bracket but it seems to be stuck fast...

 

AM3+ cpu

 

Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-78LTM-USB3

 

any ideas or am I missing something ???... help please

 

 

[xnoobftw]

Trying to change my cpu fan form a stock cooler to a Corsair H55

 

I know I have to remove the motherboard to fit the fixing brackets... but I can only

get as far as trying to remove the exsisting fan/heatsink...

 

it seems to be stuck on... I don't want to be to heavy handed with it

 

I un-clipped it and even took the screws out of the fixing bracket but it seems to be stuck fast...

 

AM3+ cpu

 

Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-78LTM-USB3

 

any ideas or am I missing something ???... help please

Could you upload photos for us to help you?

[Loe]

To remove the stock heatsink you have to rotate the pins in the four corners before you can pull it up

[TR0J4N]

If it's what I think you mean then you may wanna get a hair dryer or otherwise warm the CPU up which should make it easier to remove... Or you could just pull and hope you don't lose a pin...

[Soul of Dragon1]

here's the pic's

 

 

[RushTfe32]

To remove the stock heatsink you have to rotate the pins in the four corners before you can pull it up

It's an amd, not an Intel.

Old amds could be a bit tricky to remove. My first time I could take it off, but when I saw at the heatsink, there was a processor attached! Hahaha

I didn't broke it, but it's not healthy for your pc. Best you can do is warming up your processor, and remove heatsink, doing "circles" to both sides, and very patiently, remove it.

Thus is due to the thermal paste, which acts like a glue.

I guess this is the best explanation I can do... Sorry hehe

[RushTfe32]

here's the pic's

Well, looking at the picture, you need to deattach this piece of iron from the blue thing.

You have a lever at the opossite side, describe a semicircle with this lever, and then release the aluminium piece across the heatsink.

Edit: I mean this piece

[FizzyFantom]

Make sure that the metal clips are off both ends of the plastic parts on the board. You can turn on the PC for a bit to heat up the thermal compound which will soften it, then twist the heatsink as you remove it. Looks like you can't twist it because of the mounting pieces on the board. It''s worth noting that there is a part you turn to add tension to the cross bar that holds it down that you need to turn back to take off the cooler, the black plastic in this picture:

[Sack]

here's the pic's

 

 

off topic, but you really have to clean up that board of yours, no use in changing cooler if you're just gonna let it get a carpet of dust on it...

[RushTfe32]

Make sure that the metal clips are off both ends of the plastic parts on the board. You can turn on the PC for a bit to heat up the thermal compound which will soften it, then twist the heatsink as you remove it.

Well explained, this is the difference between an English and a Spanish hahah

[Soul of Dragon1]

Well, looking at the picture, you need to deattach this piece of iron from the blue thing.

You have a lever at the opossite side, describe a semicircle with this lever, and then release the aluminium piece across the heatsink.

 

yes thanks for that... that's what I did... sorry the pic's are from when I started to put it back together as I didn't want to damage anything...

[Soul of Dragon1]

off topic, but you really have to clean up that board of yours, no use in changing cooler if you're just gonna let it get a carpet of dust on it...

just done it... thanks... can't rely on the staff anymore..hehe

[Soul of Dragon1]

Thanks everyone... I am going to try the hairdryer... I'll let you all know how it go's

[DerBernd]

Funny how that is, I have the exact same problem with my rig. I also have a Gigabyte mainboard and an AM3+ CPU with the same cooler. I already tried the hairdryer without any sign of success. I did also used some isopropyl on the thermal paste but because of the thin layer I did not have any effect yet.

 

I'm a bit hazy on it, because it was quite some time ago, but I think I might not even have used new thermal paste.

 

Now I'm sitting with a brand new Noctua Cooler in my room and the only thin I can do is look at it. (They look kind of nice but I would like to use it though).

 

Edit: Solved! The local hardware dealer had the idea: use a morsa and just twist it of. Suffice to say that you sould be gentle and not apply too much pressure on the cpu.

 

Twisted right off.

[brokencross]

Twist it a bit until it gets loose, don't force it unless you want take out the cooler together with the cpu.

If it doesn't, get a bit of thin hard plastic (from a package) and try to separate it from the cpu.