Weird thing happened when pulling out my cpu fan.....

[bkspitfire]

Hey everyone, so i'm taking apart my computer to transport all the pieces, and when i'm trying to take the the stock 939 cooler off of the cpu, it won't come, its stuck together. After tugging a bit it pops off, but it takes the cpu out with it!!!! The lock bar was down, and it still managed to take out the cpu.

I looked at the pins and the cpu in general and it looks ok, nothing bent. I'm worried that maybe i may have stripped something out in the motherboard i should be worried about?

It seems to enter back in fine, but as i'm going to be traveling i don't really have time to put the comp back together to find out if something is damaged. Advice?

Thanks.

 

[Biggerhammer]

If there is no visible damage and everything works after this, I would suggest raising the lock bar and taking the CPU+HSF unit out as one piece from now on. It sounds like your thermal compound turned into glue.

 

[bkspitfire]

Originally posted by: Biggerhammer
If there is no visible damage and everything works after this, I would suggest raising the lock bar and taking the CPU+HSF unit out as one piece from now on. It sounds like your thermal compound turned into glue.

Thanks for the response, the thing is that with the stock cooler you can't raise the lockbar, its hidden underneath. You don't think there could have been damage to the motherboard? i'm not sure how the socketing works on the motherboard side, as I see when you push the lockbar down the cpu moves a bit. is that tightening something or? Thanks again, any other advice is welcome.

 

[Markbnj]

I'm sure you're fine. The sockets don't place that much force on the pins. They're just there to make sure all the pins stay connected, and the chips themselves ar every light and don't require large amounts of mechanical restriction.

Next time try getting the CPU nice and hot, and then twist the HSF, don't pull it straight up.

 

[bkspitfire]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
I'm sure you're fine. The sockets don't place that much force on the pins. They're just there to make sure all the pins stay connected, and the chips themselves ar every light and don't require large amounts of mechanical restriction.

Next time try getting the CPU nice and hot, and then twist the HSF, don't pull it straight up.

woohoo thank goodness for the net /relaxes

 

[bigpow]

that happens to me all the times
no matter how I spread the AS5, all over or just a blob, it always end up glue-ing the CPU into the HSF

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, The lock bar is not a retainer, but causes the socket to grip the pins for good electrical contact. Some times you can gently twist the HS to break the seal. Some of the fancy heat sink compounds act more like glue and you have to pry the HS off the Processor after it gets pulled out accidently and hopefully no pin get bent. I don't use the "Glue" types for this reason. Luck, Jim