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CPU came out with heatsink. grrr!!

JoeCooper

JoeCooper

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hi, i had problems with my cpu getting hotter then normal. as advised by members of this forum, i tried to reseat the heatsink, but it was stuck down so hard i thought it must have been screwed down somewhere but couldnt find how.

one final tug and it ripped the cpu right out of the socket damaging some of the pins. the metal lever on the socket was in the locked position. but now the cpu is stuck firmly agasint the heat sink, and i am unable to get it off. the only paste on there is the square that was put on it before i had it.

is this returnable since it looks to be something wrong with the paste they provided
 
This happens frequently, heat it up with a hairdrier, then twist the cpu and heatsink opposite directions, if your lucky, the pin can be straightened out, if not, straighten the nub left, and it should with any luck still work.
 
Easy way to get it off is to use a stanley knife blade and aim for an edge and slowly prize it off. Seen it before its due to pressure exerted on the paste and die of the cpu. Wouldnt be the first time ive heard of it or seen it.

Straighten the pins up with the same stanley blade, Shouldnt be too bad of a job. Just make sure they all line up nice, Relift the arm back up and re-install the cpu. This is typical of AMD and how they do things.
 
I'm afraid that won't be returnable.

It's not a problem with the thermal compound, this happens from time to time. Get it heated up and it should loosen.
 
happened me to me plenty of times mate nothing to worry about! thats why i like the ne w generation intel chips = no pins! cant fault the advice giving on how to remove the chip from the heatsink
 
Had this same problem when I installed my Phenom for the first time. I done exactly the same and mine works fine now. I managed to get the CPU off the heatsink, but had to bend four pins back into shape. It's a time consuming job if it's your first time straightening the pins but, once done, should run fine (As long as you don't do the same again).
 
oh I remember your thread, **** thing to happen, but you should be alright if you fix the pins, hopefully it will fix your temp problems to.
 
This is the exact same thing that happened with my chip a while back.

What I did was, twist the cpu and heatsink away from eachother, do it slowly and you may be able to get them to part.

Worked for me, I was stressing at first because I bought a Heatsink then and just wanted to install it.
 
this happen to me to me on a 2.5ghz and a phenom.

the x2 had a burn mark on it and the phenom would work although everything seemed fine
 
I shall remember this next time I have to remove it! I shall disconnect the CPU fan and very carefully run it up to about 55C. (I never go over 50C on full load with the fan on the lowest setting).

I've done this before with an old P4 478, only bent one pin though, which then broke off when I tried to straighten it, and then it wouldn't go any more. :(
 
Heat does soften the thermal compound and make it easier to separate, so as already mentioned its a good idea to run the computer under load for 10 minutes or so, to make sure its good and toasty before powering down, and removing the heatsink. Also, once the heatsink is unclamped (but still attached) a gentle twist can break any suction bond, dont just pull the heatsink up without a little twist.

I've found in the past, that gently warming the cpu/heatsink in the oven on low heat for a little while is enough to loosen the bond by enough that you can gently pry the chip loose with a gentle tap with a flat bladed screwdriver.

Just dont put it in the oven and forget about it, or you can melt the glue that holds the heatspreader on the processor, and thats not a good thing :P
 
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