So, I almost killed my processor

[Quiksilver]

So, about 3 hours ago I completely tore apart my pc to clean it from head to toe and put it into a new case (certainly it is an older pc but I am still waiting for intel's next socket before I do any upgrading). During the process of separating my processor from the heatsink I made a rather stupid mistake that could have killed my processor. The logical thing to do would have been to remove the processor and heatsink together from the socket and just twist and turn the processor to get if detached from the heatsink but... Thats was not how I did it, not thinking anything about it I decided to leave the processor in it's socket and locked into place and tried to twist/turn my heatsink off and ending up tearing the processor out of the locked socket. I just sat their for like 30 second's staring blankly at what I just did and realized a better check the pins, luckily only 3 pin's were bent and I was able to use a razor blade and straighten them back out. All is well now and I gotta remember to think next time.

Cliffs:
- Made an error while separating processor from heatsink.
- Bent a few pins.
- Straightened the pins using razor blade.
- All is well.

 

[ch33zw1z]

lucky you 🙂 btw, easiest way to separate a stuck cpu is with a flathead screwdriver, just gently pry one side

 

[Quiksilver]

I actually thought about trying that but I didn't want to slip up and make my problem worse at the time.

 

[driftwood07]

glad it worked out for you. i wonder if you would have got things hot (i.e. ran prime for a while right before shutting down) , if that woulda made the heatsink slide right off instead of sticking, with the cpu still locked down .

 

[ShadowFlareX]

I can't get the picture of how you would release a CPU from its socket while a heatsink is still on top of it. Wouldn't the socket's release catch/lever be covered under the heatsink? My old PCs were AMD athlons back then (Thunderbird -> Palomino -> Thoroughbred -> Barton -> X2) and all of them were using lever to release the CPU. Although my first ever PC was a Pentium III 500MHz, I bought it prebuilt since I didn't have any PC hardware knowledge back then.

Dunno if old Intel sockets are the same with AMD's, but I don't think there's a way to release the lever before you lift the heatsink off the CPU. Nevertheless, good to hear you didn't kill your CPU. 🙂

 

[Quiksilver]

I'm pretty sure I would have had just enough room to release it under my 7700-Cu but I could be wrong. (it's a s939 4000+ btw)

 

[myocardia]

You're actually supposed to push down slightly (a few ounces of pressure is enough), while twisting the heatsink back and forth. After a few twists, the heatsink will no longer be attached to the CPU, and will lift right off.

 

[Cheesetogo]

I misread the title as "So, I almost killed my professor." :laugh:

 

[Zenoth]

It's a known procedure, when a professor is firmly sit on his chair, you need to apply some pressure on their heads and twist them and they should lift right off, if not their legs might be bent a little...

🙂

 

[Fraggable]

hair dryer.

 

[bryanW1995]

I prefer to use lip balm, 3 oz of butylmethylpropylene, a paper clip, two rubber bands, and duct tape. 🙂

I've done that twice but never had any bent pins.

 

[Yanagi]

I usually run prime or any other application that stresses the CPU for a while right before I'm about to remove the heatsink. This usually loosens things up a bit making it easier to remove the heatsink.

 

[ch33zw1z]

It doesn't actually hurt the processor or pins on 478 or 462 sockets when it comes out stuck to the heatsink. This has happened to me just about everytime I pull a cpu and I've yet to have any damage to functionality. Yea if you don't pull it straight out then it might bend a few pins, but easily fixed with a razor blade.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
lucky you 🙂 btw, easiest way to separate a stuck cpu is with a flathead screwdriver, just gently pry one side

actually i think its heating the machine up by letting it load into bio without the cpu fan on. Wait 10 sec. Turn off, then TWIST sink off.


Safest and also by far the easiest.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
lucky you 🙂 btw, easiest way to separate a stuck cpu is with a flathead screwdriver, just gently pry one side

actually i think its heating the machine up by letting it load into bio without the cpu fan on. Wait 10 sec. Turn off, then TWIST sink off.


Safest and also by far the easiest.

Easiest if it's not stuck on already..