I build computers for people and use the retail AMD processors, sometimes I leave the thermal pad on, sometimes I wipe that off and use Arctic Silver 5, Arctic Ceramique, Arctic Alumina, whatever I feel like at the moment.
I'm finding that I'm having a very difficult time removing the stock hsf after some time. Whether I stay with the thermal pad or use thermal paste, I cannot pull the hsf off of the cpu, and I've yanked the cpus right out of the sockets even though the lever is down. Once then I even had to use a screwdriver like a chisel to break the cpu away from the thermal pad! And don't even get me started on the feeling I got when I had to bend 10 or so pins back straight in a brand new X2 4400+...
Could I doing something wrong? I can't imagine, there's not much in the way of sitting the hsf on the cpu and engaging the clips. Anyone else have difficulties with this?
I'm finding that I'm having a very difficult time removing the stock hsf after some time. Whether I stay with the thermal pad or use thermal paste, I cannot pull the hsf off of the cpu, and I've yanked the cpus right out of the sockets even though the lever is down. Once then I even had to use a screwdriver like a chisel to break the cpu away from the thermal pad! And don't even get me started on the feeling I got when I had to bend 10 or so pins back straight in a brand new X2 4400+...
Could I doing something wrong? I can't imagine, there's not much in the way of sitting the hsf on the cpu and engaging the clips. Anyone else have difficulties with this?