Artic Silver 5 - strong stuff

[Petrolhead]

bought some Artic Silver a couple of weeks ago for my Ryzen 5800 and AIO.

today I decided to rebuild the pc into a new case. Removed the screws holding the AIO pump and it would not come off. used a bit more force and it came off taking the cpu with it

flippin ek, strong stuff and something I have never encountered before. CPU is fine btw

 

[the wopster]

bought some Artic Silver a couple of weeks ago for my Ryzen 5800 and AIO.

today I decided to rebuild the pc into a new case. Removed the screws holding the AIO pump and it would not come off. used a bit more force and it came off taking the cpu with it

flippin ek, strong stuff and something I have never encountered before. CPU is fine btw

If you run a stress test to get the chip nice and warm before taking the cooler off, it comes off quite nicely

 

[Petrolhead]

thanks, good advice

 

[rare]

Pretty common especially with AMD chips, often will pull them straight out of the CPU bracket. Best thing is to get them a bit warm, and if possible twist the cooler off slightly. So many people have bent pins because they pulled it straight out or off and it’s flown across the room!

 

[postmanfw]

A hairdryer comes in handy too if you forget to heat it up before dismantling or if it's cooled too much by the time the motherboard is out of pc.

 

[Drumroll]

If you run a stress test to get the chip nice and warm before taking the cooler off, it comes off quite nicely

This. After doing this, never had "problems".