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[adolf hamster]

so i was doing a bit of a dust off of the pc figured i'd pull the cooler off and give it a clean up.

unfortunately guess what decided it wanted to come along for the ride? the cpu......


so i have an alpenfohn k2 with a cpu stuck to it by thermal paste that feels more like rubber than paste.

any idea's how the hell i'm gonna clean up this mess? i'm hesitant to go ham with a sharp edge to cut the cpu off the cooler but likewise i dont think just dropping the lot back in the rig is a good idea either.

 

[adolf hamster]

Heat it up with a hair dryer and twist it off when hot.

yeah, just managed to get it off and gave the cooler a clean.

gonna be fun getting the residue off the cpu though, had sort of planned on it being easier to clean.....

 

[adolf hamster]

ok so managed to get the cpu clean, popped back in the socket, think i might need some fresher thermal compound though.

 

[adolf hamster]

Is it like Chalk?

like rubber, but either way too damn old

i suppose i really should have actually prepared for doing this lol.

 

[adolf hamster]

How is the cpu attached to the socket? Did the cpu bracket just pop open?

it's an amd chip, the pins are sort of just squished by the socket, although apparently not very well.

i didn't exactly put much force on it.

 

[adolf hamster]

Did you heat up the CPU first by running the PC before removal?

nope, basically the man cave was being repainted over christmas and figured i'd get rid of the dust before plugging everything back in.