wow, ive just had my first major f*ck up with a pc. just took out my cpu to apply a little more thermal paste. when i pulled the h/s out it had the cpu on it! argh!!! i thought so i tried to prise it off the bottom and ping down it went right on the side of my pc case. bending about 12 pins in the damn thing. i tried to bend them back and its back in now and seems to be working ok. all this and im trying to give UP smoking lol!! just glad its working again, is there any chance of something going wfong from now? or is it a case of its ok now its ok for good? how delicate are the pins on the bottom of cpus? i just want to be sure i havnt damaged anything permanently thats all.
this has happen to me it was a in the ass to get the h/s of,ended up bending 4pins but i bent it back and its working now I had to use a screwdriver to take the heatsink of
its a pretty bad design in my opinion, ive only ever managed to get the h/s off safely once, the rest of the time its just been pulled out of the socket. but im just worried now that the pins are weaker and thus if it got pulled out again it might snap some of them off? does the socket 'grip' the pins once the lock is put down? or is it just making a slight connection in the socket? im really worried about it failing now come back socket A, all is forgiven!! lol
Meh you just have to be careful. If you pull the HS off very very slowly (I find levering the HSF to one side rather then pulling straight up works best - heh its the only way to take off my XP-120 anyway...), then it breaks the suction between the HS and the CPU and you won't pull your cpu out. So far i haven't bent any pins on A64s... yet
If possible turn on the comp and put the cpu under heavy load for a while. The heat will sofen the thermal compound and let it come off easier. Just remember to take out the power in your haste.
heh, cheers guys. ive actually tried that method and it didnt make much difference, it must just be me being too fast with it or something. so you guys reckon that the cpu is going to make it then? its working fine now or it seems to be, just worried about it going kapput.
It should be fine. I've had an idiot pick up an XP 1800+ (top of the range at the time) and bend about 6 pins. I straightened them out with a pair of tweezers and it's been working for about 3 years since. Don't worry too much about it, but be wary in future - those tiny things are obviously susceptible to metal fatigue, so they will break slightly more easily than before. The socket does grip the pins once the lock is engaged, but since it's a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket, removing it takes practically no force at all. As long as you're careful removing the HSF in future, you shouldn't have any problems. I've always removed heatsinks with a twisting motion, it seems to break the seal quite well to stop the CPU getting lifted with it.
cheers for that hitman, settled my mind a bit atleast. its pretty hard to get any movement on these heatsinks though as theres very little clearance around the cpu to twist it off, but i will try my best not to pull the cpu out again. i would imagine that the other pins on the chip may help give it a little strength if it was pulled out anyways, but its deffo not something i want to do again in a hurry.
I have pulled my 3500 off several times without any problems. After the second time, I assumed thats just how it was going to be, so now I try gently removing the heatsink for a short moment, then when it doesn't work (got to at least give it a shot) I just yank it straight up. Once out, I carefully rotate the processor and it just pops right off. I have done this probably 6 times without bending a pin yet, and it still works just fine.
Invest in a fivers worth of AS5, it's not sticky like a lot of cheaper alternatives so should stop it getting ripped off.
ive just ordered some of that stuff mate, it was i was using though first time i pulled out a athlon64, and it still had the suction with it.
At least the bent pins arent as bad as the time a brand new 3200+ for socket 754 fell out of the little package it came in (wasnt sealed properly when it arrived) onto the desk, pins first. There were about 20 pins that I had to re-allign. Man, I felt like I was going to have a heart attack Fortunately, said Athlon 64 works great
i know how you would have felt roto. my heart was in my mouth when i saw it, i thought theyve got to be really weak and flip off when i try to bend them back.
