Nightmare!!! I pull the P4 CPU from motherboard with the socket locking

[ChinaSwatchBoy]

This morning,I want to change my CPU heatsink and the nightmare came.
After the heatsink block loosen, I tried to take it down, but the CPU also taken down,just sticking on the heatsink. yet,the CPU socket is still locking.
-_-

The "Zero Force" socket is not so powerful,so try to use lower power when take the heatsink down.

fortunately,nothing was damaged.

 

[JohnAn2112]

That seems to happen to a lot of people. I assume you were just using the stock Intel heatsink and fan? The thermal pad that comes with the heatsink tendds to stick onto the CPU.

 

[Duvie]

Actually this can happen to aftermarket hsf as well. Even AMD64 systems!!!. Some of these bolt on hsf coupled with the peanut butter known as AS5 and you get quite a bound...Shoule be fine just unlock the socket and slowing slide the chip to an edge to get it to break the seal. The scary part is if you wouldn't have noticed and set it down and bent some of the oins..Oh yes it has happened....

 

[Shenkoa]

Sometimes AS5 sticks to my P4, and I literally have to pull the HSF with the CPU attached straight out of the socket (POP) but it does not seem to hurt the CPU, as long as you do it straight up.

Does anyone know if this is actually bad for ther CPU?

 

[Burner27]

I always run my pc for 30 mins at load so as to heat up the thermal compound before I make any changes with my HSF. I have made many HSF changes by the way. Before I remove the HSF, I give the HS a little "twist" before I pull up. Never had a problem.

Good Luck, hope this helps.

 

[PsharkJF]

Shenkoa - I'd doubt it - I read somewhere that ZIF sockets are that way just for convenience - nothing really changes in the socket when you lock it, other than it's a tighter fit. As long as you don't pull at an angle or pull a corner out first, I'd think you should be fine.

 

[Zebo]

Always twist HS laterally before removing!!! A simple 3-5 degree twist will break these sometimes very stubborn bonds.

 

[sbuckler]

I use nanotherm pcm+. Equals artic 5 for cooling, but is much easier to work with, and you don't get this problem. If you buy some just make sure you get the newer variant of the stuff with the corrosion inhibiter in.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I don't give a shat if they reformulated or not, I don't trust or use nanotherm products because leting that crap hit the streets was inexcusable

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Always twist HS laterally before removing!!! A simple 3-5 degree twist will break these sometimes very stubborn bonds.

I agree with this poster, but cpus sticking onto heatsinks also means your are using waaay too much thermal paste than necessary - this is especially true with AS5.

 

[jose]

Dapunisher,

I use the original Artic Silver w/ several Zalman 7000AlCu heatsinks. Is this the same as the nanotherm product ? If so , then should I switch to AS5 ?

Thanks for the info.

Regards,
Jose