Ninja problem

Vanilla_Ice · 3 Aug 2006 at 13:46

Hi,

Soon going to jump on board the Conroe bandwagon but am having problems with removing my Scythe Ninja from my current mobo.

I was using it on an AMD motherboard with the metal back plate that was supplied with the HSF. I now want to remove this from my current motherboard to return it to standard. Problem is the double sided tape is sooo strong I cant easily remove it.

Has anyone else had the same problem? How did you overcome it? I'm thinking warm up the glue with a hair drier and hopefully it will be easier.

Any advice gratefully received.

Cheers,

ICE

aphex · 3 Aug 2006 at 13:56

I had that problem with the Big Typhoon. The hairdryer helped me a little but I ended up getting a sharp knife and gently cutting it all slightly above the glue.

So basically I learnt never to use the sticky stuff on backplates anymore!

Vanilla_Ice · 3 Aug 2006 at 14:03

Great.

The mobo is dead and I'm returning it to the supplier (not OCUK).

Will having installed a aftermarket cooler void my warranty? The cooler was genuinely installed to reduce noise, not to aid overclocking. Whether they see it that way is another thing entirely.

Cheers,

ICE

Vanilla_Ice · 4 Aug 2006 at 09:35

Vanilla_Ice said:
Great.

The mobo is dead and I'm returning it to the supplier (not OCUK).

Will having installed a aftermarket cooler void my warranty? The cooler was genuinely installed to reduce noise, not to aid overclocking. Whether they see it that way is another thing entirely.

Cheers,

ICE

BUMP

ICE

ubern00b · 4 Aug 2006 at 10:05

I dont see why installing an aftermarket cooler would void warranty. In all my years I have never seen any mention of "using this product will void your warranty" or of people mentioning it on forum posts. Im sure you will fine

Jakus · 6 Aug 2006 at 02:23

Never Use Knifes or blade's Try a loop of fishing line or Nylon tread, maybe a little soapy water also !

Next time leave the Backing plastic on,

manveruppd · 6 Aug 2006 at 02:43

No, you can only void the warranty on CPUs by installing a HSF other than the default one, not motherboards - unless of course you had to somehow modify the CPU socket on the mobo so the HSF would fit.