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CPU stick to radiator, can't separate them.
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I can't separate CPU from radiator, they stick together to hard, is there any way to separate them?
Thank you in advance!
I can't separate CPU from radiator, they stick together to hard, is there any way to separate them?
Thank you in advance!
Sometimes they are made that way by the computer vendors. Just buy a new Fan and heatsink. They aren't terribly expensive.
ASKER
ok, I need to put my cpu socket 478a back in motherboard, but cpu stick to radiator, and I have to separate them, to install cpu back in MB.
How do you figure? You took it out that way, didn't you?
ASKER
yes, when I was taking CPU from MB, it's came out together - CPU and radiator, now i can't put it back in.
Did you bend any of the pins on the CPU? Look CAREFULLY. Is the lever up?
ASKER
No, i did not bend any pins on the CPU, and lever is up on the MB, I just need to separate CPU from radiator
ASKER
CPU came out together with radiator, in one piece.
I don't see why - can you take some pictures and post them? I have NEVER had to separate the heatsink from the CPU to insert it if it came out with it on. I suspect your missing something.
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ok, i have a pic, where can i send it, cuz i dont see an option to post it here
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xmmm...so how can I warm up CPU?
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Ok... I don't see why you need to remove it from the heat sink... what's the motherboard look like? I still say, put it back the same way you removed it.
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there is a leverage on the MB, for cpu, when u lift that leverage, panel with holes for the pins on cpu moves, then u put in cpu, and push down a leverage to lock cpu in the socket
So how did you remove it? Did you pry it off?
ASKER
I just unlocked metall clips, they keep radiator tie to CPU, then pulled up radiator, it came out in one piece CPU and radiator
>> so how can I warm up CPU? << in most cases they do it when the cpu is still in the socket, and let it run for some minutes. Now you can try a hair dryer to heat up the heatsink
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ok thx
You definitely won't get it back in with the h/s attached. No way to have the lever up. A utility knife blade (or even a table knife) between the heatsink and the foil, tapped in with a screwdriver and something to hit it with (firmly but gently) should get it apart.
Chris B
Chris B
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Nobus thank you, i warmed up heatsink with hairdryer, and separated them :)
ok; glad it worked. Do not forget to apply heatpaste when putting it back; Arctic Silver is the best :
www.arcticsilver.com/
www.arcticsilver.com/