is it hard to remove the HS on p5b southbridge?

[ingenue007]

once i push the retention pins through the hole, is it hard to get the southbridge HS off? i imagine asus probably put some thermal paste on there....is the paste adhesive. do i need to pry it off?

how about the northbridge? thanks.

 

[n7]

I found the NB easy to get off & apply AS5 to.

I found the SB one impossible, & gave up, since i didn't wanna wreck things.

 

[Duvie]

whats the real need to do anything to the SB?

My NB even at 466fsb is warm at best since I have a fan pointing at it.....

 

[ingenue007]

i removed the southbridge. it was hard to get it off. you need to use a screwdriver and put leverage on the IDE connector to dislodge it

i found this guide http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106563&highlight=picture

 

[The-Noid]

Its hard to get off, but you can not really damage the core becuase it is covered with a pretty solid IHS. Is it really necessary becomes the question. Possibly it is if you are going really high with the FSB. As for the northbridge, on my P5B @ 500 fsb it got extremely hot, so I changed and put a dedicated chipset cooler with fan. I touched the heatpipe and burnt my figure which is always a good sign of how hot something is.