My cpu and cooler are stuck with thermal paste i need help seperaiting them.

[Kraken43]

I was trying to clean my pc i was told that the thermal paste neaded to be changed i watched a bunch of videos on how to do this but all of them had the cpu left on the motherboard this was not the case with my situation my cpu came right off with the cooler fan i tryed to seperate them but nothing worked i tryed rubbing alchohol 96% alc and it still didnt work i guess there was too much thermal paste in the first place i tryed heating it with a hair dryer and it still wont seporate.

Please help

 

-Mihail

[kelvinhall05]

Run it for a few minutes to heat up the thermal paste, therefore loosening it.

[Levent]

use a screwdriver and pry it off.

[EPPHO]

Use heating gun and warm it up a little bit, don't go too hard on it.

[Kraken43]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Run it for a few minutes to heat up the thermal paste, therefore loosening it.

It is out of my pc case and I cant put the cpu and culer back because of the lever that keeps it in place.

[Kraken43]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

Don't do that. I cracked a CPUs PCB because it was held on sp tightly by trying to pry it off with a screwdriver. 

 

To OP:

 

Grab the CPU by the sides with your hand and twist it in some direction. This will loosen the thermal paste without using a pry tool and will remove the CPU. 

The thermal paste is a year and a half old its pretty hardened.

[kelvinhall05]

3 minutes ago, Kraken43 said:

It is out of my pc case and I cant put the cpu and culer back because of the lever that keeps it in place.

In that case, either twist the CPU or use a heat gun or hair dryer to loosen the paste.

[Vandorlot]

You gotta twist it.

[JokerProduction]

Surprised no one has pointed out the already bent pins visible in both pics.

 

Heating it up and trying to twist it off is a decent option.

 

only other option i can think of is to used a sewing needle and try and wedge it in between.