How to pry heatsink off CPU?

[statik213]

My friend, for the second time, used arctive silver 5 on his cpu + heatsink. He tried to remove the heatsink to clean it and was stuck. He pulled on it hard and on his first CPU the die got ripped out of the ceramic packaging and came out stuck to the heatsink. This time (he used the same paste), the entire CPU die/ceramic packaging came off of the socket (with the lock in place) stuck to the heatsink...
He wants to know how to get the unglue CPU from the heatsink. Any suggestions? Think dunking the entire heatsink/CPU in warm water would work? Will that screw the CPU up (after letting it dry out for a night or something?) Would ethanol work?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Personaly, I think it's funny.

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RIP.

 

[w00t]

twist it than pull its a little hard but you can get it off. you cant dick it in water that wont work it will screw it up.

i have heard of people putting it in freezer in a bag and waiting till the thermal grease gets hard than they take it off.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: w00t
twist it than pull its a little hard but you can get it off. you cant dick it in water that wont work it will screw it up.

i have heard of people putting it in freezer in a bag and waiting till the thermal grease gets hard than they take it off.

What about distilled water? He COULD try rubbing alcohol but I'm not sure if that'd damage it, I'd assume not because thats whats used to clean off the paste.

OP, seriously WTH is the dude doing to cause it to be so difficult to come off?! I've never had problems with arctic silver.

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: goku

What about distilled water? He COULD try rubbing alcohol but I'm not sure if that'd damage it, I'd assume not because thats whats used to clean off the paste.

OP, seriously WTH is the dude doing to cause it to be so difficult to come off?! I've never had problems with arctic silver.

I have no idea, he's trying the freezing technique 'cos it seems like it'll be the least destructive..... Maybe he got a bad batch of arctic silver?

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: w00t
twist it than pull its a little hard but you can get it off. you cant dick it in water that wont work it will screw it up.

i have heard of people putting it in freezer in a bag and waiting till the thermal grease gets hard than they take it off.

I have washed my CPU in water before, its not an issue to completely submerge it.

just make sure it's dry!

 

[sniperruff]

so he wants to risk killing the CPU to "clean" the CPU? he has too much time on his hands?

i think pulling it out right after the CPU has been in use and heated up for hours might be a good idea.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
so he wants to risk killing the CPU to "clean" the CPU? he has too much time on his hands?

i think pulling it out right after the CPU has been in use and heated up for hours might be a good idea.

:thumbsup:

heat the cpu is best option. heat to around 60-80*c so it becomessoft, and twist the hs/f off. then before the thermal compount cools, use some alcohol and a cloth to clean it off.

 

[statik213]

Well, he tried the freezing thing and he broke the die off....
Man. second time it happened.... :Q

 

[kitkat22]

99% rubbing alcohol should dissolve it, or if you have access to a chem lab use ethanol.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

or just run prime95 for a few hours...

 

[CraKaJaX]

hair dryer is your friend

 

[PurdueRy]

Did he by Thermal PASTE or GREASE?

There is a huggggeeee difference between the two and I bet he bought the first as people often use the two terms interchangebly. Thermal PASTE is meant for putting a heatsink on a RAM chip where there is nothing physically holding the HS on. GREASE should never be THAT glue-ish, it has a very wet consistency and shouldn't dry hard(unless its very old). I bet he used the paste....

 

[Hacp]

Arctic silvers 5 is thermal compound. Doesn't say grease or paste heh.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Arctic silvers 5 is thermal compound. Doesn't say grease or paste heh.

yaya, don't give me problems over technicalities

But they do have THIS

Which could be why its not coming off....

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
or just run prime95 for a few hours...

Definately the best option.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: statik213
Well, he tried the freezing thing and he broke the die off....
Man. second time it happened.... :Q

fuk!

 

[feelingshorter]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Did he by Thermal PASTE or GREASE?

There is a huggggeeee difference between the two and I bet he bought the first as people often use the two terms interchangebly. Thermal PASTE is meant for putting a heatsink on a RAM chip where there is nothing physically holding the HS on. GREASE should never be THAT glue-ish, it has a very wet consistency and shouldn't dry hard(unless its very old). I bet he used the paste....

yea...

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: feelingshorter

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Did he by Thermal PASTE or GREASE?

There is a huggggeeee difference between the two and I bet he bought the first as people often use the two terms interchangebly. Thermal PASTE is meant for putting a heatsink on a RAM chip where there is nothing physically holding the HS on. GREASE should never be THAT glue-ish, it has a very wet consistency and shouldn't dry hard(unless its very old). I bet he used the paste....

yea...

I woudln't be surprised if he bought the Paste,
Well, thanks for all the info, guess you got to be careful with what you use. I wasn't aware of the difference either, I used to think paste == grease....

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: sniperruff
so he wants to risk killing the CPU to "clean" the CPU? he has too much time on his hands?

i think pulling it out right after the CPU has been in use and heated up for hours might be a good idea.

:thumbsup:

heat the cpu is best option. heat to around 60-80*c so it becomessoft, and twist the hs/f off. then before the thermal compount cools, use some alcohol and a cloth to clean it off.

It wouldn't have been an option 'cos he had already yanked it out of the ZIFF socket; probably wouldnt have been able ot stick the cpu in to the socket with the heatsink attached.

 

[ElTorrente]

CMON MAN- just nut up and pull the thing off..

 

[imported_Phil]

Flathead screwdriver. Insert between CPU packaging (not the core!) and the HSF, twist gently.

Pentium-4s get stuck to the HSF all the time. As long as you haven't bent any pins, you should be okay.

 

[ronach]

statik213,
You say you are this guys friend, then act like one. Get in his face, look him right in the eye, say " Hoss, you do any work on your computer again by yourself, and you fug it up, and I hear about it, don't come calling on me for help. However, you can ask me for advice BEFORE you do the deed. You hear what I'm sayin ?"

Men, some folks should not be allowed around hand tools, or chinery. Nuff said.

 

[0roo0roo]

paste is right lol ouch.

or someones playing a cruel joke on him. grease isn't sticky!

 

[V00D00]

Your friend is a moron. Why would freezing it cause it to un-stick. Where's the logic in that?

He should just stop messing around with his computer.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: V00D00
Your friend is a moron. Why would freezing it cause it to un-stick. Where's the logic in that?

He should just stop messing around with his computer.

Freezing some things cause it to lose the moisture it can hold and therefore becomes brittle and easy to break. That is the logic in that.