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Uninstalling Thermalright XP-120/XP-90

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HKSEvo8

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Ok, so I'm thinking of picking up either a Thermalright XP-120 or XP-90. The installation looks relatively simple but the thing I'm worried about is uninstalling the thing. I plan on upgrading from my AMD 64 3200+ to a AMD 64 X2 3800+ on my Asus A8N SLI Deluxe later on. Since the heatsinks are hooked onto the bracket that Thermalright supplies, how would I go about uninstalling one of these heatsinks without damaging the CPU and motherboard?
 
Just the opposite of installing one!!
Shouldn`t be too difficult!!

Unclip the heatsink.....
I doubt you would have to take the heatsink bracket off.
But if you did that also should not be an issue unles you had to take the mobo out to install your heatsink..

Good Luck!! 🙂
 
I hope it's that easy. I'm coming from a Zalman CNPS7000B-CU which has the nicest and easiest install/uninstall I've ever seen.........
 
Its not as easy as the Zalman, but it is rather simple. The retention clips on the xp120 are quite strong so it just takes a little more pressure than I was use to, to get it off. You just push the exposed clips downward w/ screwdriver and turn it outward to clear the latches. Once you have one side unlatched, you lift that side upward (rock it) and the other 2 clips come right out. You do it once & its cake every other time.
 
Use a flathead screwdriver to push the retention clips downward. Just be very careful you don't slip and scratch/or break your motherboard. 🙂
 
My problem taking off my XP-120 was pushing down two of the retention clips pushed them right into the heatpipes. Instead I wedged a knife in between the clip and the bracket and wedged it out that way. No harm, no foul.

🙂
 
Everyone's perceptions are close to mine. The retention mechanism on the ThermalRight XP's is pretty solid in its simplicity. I used to have enough trouble removing the clips from a ThermalTake Spark or PIPE101.

In my case, I find it convenient to make someone a Xmas present of my (slightly used) motherboard, processor and XP120 as I replace with the same mobo, a different processor and the SI-120. So I'll just remove the entire ensemble of heatpipe-processor-mobo and swap in a slightly improved combination. Switching the memory modules is a bit easier . . . and it's not so much "lack of ease" that we shirk from, but the risk or probability of an accident.

I come close to having a heart-attack when a screwdriver slips against my motherboard, or certainly against any other components.
 
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