How to remove sk6 heatsink?

[ManDeJapan]

Sounds like a really elementary question right, but for some reason I'm having trouble removing the thermalright sk6 heatsink that I have on my cpu. I've never removed one because this is the first computer I've built. I want to take it off temporarily so I can put some thermal grease on my cpu. It has a metal clamp that runs down the middle of it (metal clamp has a bent design in the middle of itself). There's some plastic grooves on the side too, but I tried a lot of things and I want to take this out without breaking it. Is there an easy way to remove it? Thanks.

 

[ManDeJapan]

I can move it a little by pushing down on one side pretty hard, but I can't push the metal clamp outward away from the heatsink so that it would not catch on, on it's way up. It keeps on hooking back on, on the way up.

 

[soulm4tter]

use another screw driver or needle nose pliers to pry or pull the clip away from the hook as your are pushing down on it. I think thermal grease may melt though, you may want artic silver or something.

If anybody knows, does thermal grease work ok on a really hot chip like a Tbird@1.5 or higher?

 

[PlatinumGold]

that's not an elementary question

in my opinion, the sk6 has the worst clip to remove. you have to use a screw driver, preferably one of those jeweler ones. and good luck.

 

[ManDeJapan]

Thanks for the help guys, I got it off and was finally able to put some thermal grease on. Now, I'm having another more serious problem though, but I doubt it's related to cpu...


I'm running windows xp pro...haven't had any problems really. Today, I installed the pci card that has the two extra usb slots. It came with my epox 8k7a motherboard. I know I installed it right because I looked at the instruction manual. When my computer was on, I hooked up my scanner to one of the new usb ports, and it wouldn't recognize the scanner because it said I should check my usb connection. So, I restarted my computer (figuring that maybe it just needed a restart). While, it was restarting I noticed that my scanner's power wasn't plugged in, so I plugged it in while the computer was restarting. Windows XP Pro didn't boot up completely. Instead a blue screen came up with that error...UNMOUNTABLE VOLUME. Have any ideas? I can't get into windows. Please help!