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Heatsink stuck to CPU (not vice versa)

Sundr0wn
By Sundr0wn
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My heatsink is stuck hard to my cpu and it's not coming of the mobo. Pulling, twisting, it's not even buging slightly, like it's melded to it.

I'm presuming the heatpast cooked or something, sadly i dont have a hairdryer to heat it up. 

Badly in need of some quick help here, need it done by tomorrow!

 

(Ryzen 5 1600 with stock heatsink)

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Putting a few drops of isopropyl alcohol at the top might help

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29 minutes ago, Sundr0wn said:


My heatsink is stuck hard to my cpu and it's not coming of the mobo. Pulling, twisting, it's not even buging slightly, like it's melded to it.

I'm presuming the heatpast cooked or something, sadly i dont have a hairdryer to heat it up. 

Badly in need of some quick help here, need it done by tomorrow!

 

(Ryzen 5 1600 with stock heatsink)

release the retention arm, take the heatsink with the cpu attached out of the case and use a credit card to pry them apart.

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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That's more or less what happened in the end, just didnt release the retention arm.

Heating it up with some system stressing didnt really do much.

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