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Can't get heatsink off CPU

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tuffgong

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I've got Arctic Ceramique on the CPU...now the heatsink WON'T come off. I don't want to tug too hard, but could I?

I even tried turning the system on for 10 min but still nothing.

Thanks for the help...
 
Ha! Do you know what ceramique means? Cement. Your HSF is cemented to your CPU. No way to that thing off. Nextime use AS5 dumba$$.
 
uhm, ceramique does not mean cement. And I can get my zalman 7000cu off my 3000+ just fine when i heat it up.

Where did u get that ceramique = cement... its just higher density
 
ce·ram·ic Audio pronunciation of "ceramic" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (s-rmk)
n.

1. Any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
2.
1. An object, such as earthenware, porcelain, or tile, made of ceramic.
2. ceramics (used with a sing. verb) The art or technique of making objects of ceramic, especially from fired clay.
 
Originally posted by: tuffgong
I've got Arctic Ceramique on the CPU...now the heatsink WON'T come off. I don't want to tug too hard, but could I?

I even tried turning the system on for 10 min but still nothing.

Thanks for the help...
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Not a good situation, but try this...pull the power to your system...then pull the fan's power cable off the mobo. Lift the socket arm up to release the cpu, and then pull the heatsink off. The CPU will come with it, but it won't bend any pins if you pull straight up and carefully, and then from there on you can work on getting it off.

Ceramique is NOT cement...

*Edit*
Also, have you tried, after 10 minutes of warmup and then powering down, to TWIST the HSF? It may twist off.
 
I ran into this with some A64's, and AS5. Run Prime95 for about 20-30 minutes until shutdown. Remove the HSF immediately w/o letting it cool down. It will come off very easily then.
 
thanks...POS wont boot up now though (still havent removed HSF) i dont even hear the beep when i first turn it on...how would I know if

1) I fried the CPU

2) something is not connected properly?
 
You might have to reseat the CPU now. You might have pulled it out slightly when you were trying to get the HSF off.
If it's still fully seated in the socket, you can gently twist it side to side to break the bond. Now that it may not be seated fully, you'll have to be extremely careful.
 
man this isn't even my computer...sure as hell hope everything works out...uncles only had it for 1 week.

i hear a ripping sound everytime i tug (urk)

if everything is good except for the cpu then thats not a nightmare situation
 
ok now the heatsink is ready to come out but released the lever is not loosening the handles to come off the mobo locks...seriously WTF is this
 
finally got the sumbitch off...no bent clips (god is on my side) but the heatsink and cpu are stuck together hard
 
blowdryer trick got the cpu off

ok last question(s)...should i just buy a new heatsink now (current one has a couple of grooves in it) and also...one of the cpu pins has a tiny remnant of the thermal compound on it...is there any way i can get it off without damaging the data?

thanks!
 
now all the comp does when i turn it on is loud beeps 🙁

could that be a cpu problem?

the beeps are basically one slow beep then nothing then another slow beep and its a continuous loop...a pin on the cpu was slightly bent but i fixed that...strange

update: took the cpu out...no beeps (SHIT)
 
DON'T WISH TO SOUND LIKE AN A-HOLE BUT QUITE A FEW YRS AGO WHEN AMD REALLY WAS ADVANCED 'MICRO' DEVICE'S HAD GATE THICKNESS OF 10-6 I CONSULTED WITH THEM IN THE VALLEY' AMD SHOULD BE CALLED ADVANCED NANO DEVICES WITH GATE THICKNESS OFF 10-9 90 NANOMETERS. THE PROCESS IS BETTER THAN INTELS ALSO. IF THE FEDS AND BLACK OPS USE AMD GOOD. THE POINT ... DON'T MESS WITH WHAT AMD HAS, THEY SPEND TON'S ON R & d AND NOBODY CAN IMPROVE WHAT THEY SHIP .
 
Originally posted by: redhatlinux
DON'T WISH TO SOUND LIKE AN A-HOLE BUT QUITE A FEW YRS AGO WHEN AMD REALLY WAS ADVANCED 'MICRO' DEVICE'S HAD GATE THICKNESS OF 10-6 I CONSULTED WITH THEM IN THE VALLEY' AMD SHOULD BE CALLED ADVANCED NANO DEVICES WITH GATE THICKNESS OFF 10-9 90 NANOMETERS. THE PROCESS IS BETTER THAN INTELS ALSO. IF THE FEDS AND BLACK OPS USE AMD GOOD. THE POINT ... DON'T MESS WITH WHAT AMD HAS, THEY SPEND TON'S ON R & d AND NOBODY CAN IMPROVE WHAT THEY SHIP .
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I'm pretty sure the CPU is messed up. I ordered this on 2/21...ALL I FREAKING DID WAS APPLY THERMAL COMPOUND...does that void the warranty?
 
Originally posted by: redhatlinux
DON'T WISH TO SOUND LIKE AN A-HOLE BUT QUITE A FEW YRS AGO WHEN AMD REALLY WAS ADVANCED 'MICRO' DEVICE'S HAD GATE THICKNESS OF 10-6 I CONSULTED WITH THEM IN THE VALLEY' AMD SHOULD BE CALLED ADVANCED NANO DEVICES WITH GATE THICKNESS OFF 10-9 90 NANOMETERS. THE PROCESS IS BETTER THAN INTELS ALSO. IF THE FEDS AND BLACK OPS USE AMD GOOD. THE POINT ... DON'T MESS WITH WHAT AMD HAS, THEY SPEND TON'S ON R & d AND NOBODY CAN IMPROVE WHAT THEY SHIP .
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I think what he is trying to say is that if you are not OCing or even if you are then dont use any other products, just use the stock HSF, and the thermal pad ent to bad anyway, dont get me wrong i am not agreeing as i got a thermalright xp-90 with panaflo 92mm and as5 on my rig, but i havent even tried to OC yet .. but thats purley my choice... basically if you wont to use none stock parts then do so at your own risk 😉

 
I'm a little late on this one, but i read sometime back regarding modding a video card and the process to remove heat sink that has been "ceramique'd" to GPU. They say putting it into freezer in plastic bag and than removing the heatsink makes it a whole lot easier since , they say, ceramique becomes brittle at those temps???
 
Without the heat sink, just insert the CPU, remove all expansion cards apart from what's needed for video (not sure if you have onboard video or not). Also go down to just 1 DIMM (and reseat it as well). When you pulled the CPU, you may have caused things to flex out of socket. (The beeps are a good sign at least.)

Next, power on briefly and see if you POST (the screen where it counts the memory), then shut it off quickly.

That will tell you if you fried the CPU or not. If it does not POST, then likely the CPU or socket may have been damaged.
 
Originally posted by: jdsemler
Without the heat sink, just insert the CPU, remove all expansion cards apart from what's needed for video (not sure if you have onboard video or not). Also go down to just 1 DIMM (and reseat it as well). When you pulled the CPU, you may have caused things to flex out of socket. (The beeps are a good sign at least.)

Next, power on briefly and see if you POST (the screen where it counts the memory), then shut it off quickly.

That will tell you if you fried the CPU or not. If it does not POST, then likely the CPU or socket may have been damaged.
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Somehow turning a computer on without any heatsink at all sounds like a bad idea...
 
thanks john, i posted at about 3 am, kinda beat, working on a nanotechnology project.
I,ve been pushing 'pads' since by user nage was DADDYG, somehow its screwed up but its the same daddy.

AMD has all kinds of TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS , if you not a technoloy partner, tuff.
A PHD buudy of mine is doing super scaler stuff for the 'feds', using 64 bit.

GEEEE WIIIIZZZZZZZ
 
I had my hands in my buudies supper duuuuppeeer video box yesterday and the heatsinks were cold, but without the sinks, the cpu's pop and burn in less than 10 secs.
 
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