CPU heatsink remove..HOW?

BruceYBruceY S. Jersey
edited August 2005 in Hardware
How do I seperate the heat sink from my cpu when I used the supplied paste from ASUS? Seems my mobo went south so I RMA'd and am now installing the new one. Problem is I cannot properly install the cpu in its socket and lock it down with the heat sink stuck to it. :help: Bruce

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  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Did you pull the heatsink and the cpu out together before the RMA?
    Can you twist them seperatly?

    You will have trouble if you just pull them strait apart (that causes a vacuum), so put a small flat object in between the two and pry from one side. Small flat screwdriver, or thick credit cart, etc....
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited August 2005
    I'd recomend the credit card over the screw driver because the screw drive can scrape the core if you aren't careful.
  • BruceYBruceY S. Jersey
    edited August 2005
    screw driver with tiny bit of force, it came right apart. easier than i thought it would
  • airoh69airoh69
    edited August 2005
    One question. How the F**k did you glue the cpu on the heatsink????
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    BruceY wrote:
    screw driver with tiny bit of force, it came right apart. easier than i thought it would
    :thumbsup:
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