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Disco_jim
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Post subject: CPU stuck Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:34 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 28, 2005 8:48 pm Posts: 1007 Location: Edinburgh
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I have a spare cpu which i want to remove from the stock cooler... only it seems stuck to the heat sink.
anyone have any ideas on how to part the two?
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elbow=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:10 pm |
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Comin' outta Gallifrey |
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Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:44 pm Posts: 7821 Location: banging with enamor
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heat it up
hour or two on top of the boiler, it'll come off no probs. If you don't have the time, use a hair dryer, but make sure you only gently waft it, you don't want to heat it direct.
(ONLY HEAT THE HEATSINK)
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flatline=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:20 pm |
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leave it in the mobo and twist it....its worked for me in the past.
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:22 pm |
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Leave it on there... Use Intel's Stress test program (Thermal Analysis Tool) when it hits bout 60-70C (keep fan fairly low RPM) then pull the plug.
Pull the sink off afterwards, lol. Don't forget to clean the CPU off. Most people use an alcohol substance or something. You'll have to get someone to confirm that.
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Last edited by simon on Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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nicey=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:23 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:15 pm Posts: 14174 Location: anywhere but nowhere
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just hope it wasnt put on with thermal adhesive...
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:24 pm |
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MrNiceGuy=GCHQ= wrote: just hope it wasnt put on with thermal adhesive...
Yowch.
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Disco_jim
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:37 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 28, 2005 8:48 pm Posts: 1007 Location: Edinburgh
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UPDATE - its off. careful application of a cake knife and a liberal dollup of brute force seems to have done te job.
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Chips=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:22 pm |
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I'm ghey 4 teh Hoff! |
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Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:18 pm Posts: 4142
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User a hammer, worked for me.
No more CPU, no more Heatsink.... no more problem.
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elbow=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:39 pm |
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:48 pm |
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Joined: Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:06 pm Posts: 878 Location: Wherever this booze takes me.
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Heh, I gota take my Chipset heatsink off, that'll be fun. They usually just plaster the paste on
Anyone got any idea of something that I might have round the house to clean it off with?
Thinking of sticking one of these on it. Temps of 55C aren't healthy. Passive heatsinks, gota love 'em. XD
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