Hello I am currently about to replace my northbridge heatsink with another one when I've discovered that the heatsink seems to be "glued" on. Here is the information on the board I am working with: Here Is there any way to easily remove the heatsink? I've heard of freezing it or heating it with a heat gun but I'm not sure. Since this is the board my computer is running on, , I want to make sure there is a safe way to remove with it. Thank you.
hmm... use a sharp knife maby, and slide it back and forth between the chipset and the cooler. eventually there will be enough room for you to just pry it of or you chould keep going until it falls of on it's own. edit: when i say sharp knife.... i mean something with a thin blade... like a razor blade or a telescopic stanley knife.
lol but seriously, it wouldnt you need to be able to make a small space between the chip and the cooler if you try to pry it away without it you risk crushing the edges of the chip.
I would try sticking the board in the freezer for about an hour and then go at it, it always seems to work for me. It weakins the adhesive and in a way makes it brittle.
I've also removed numerous heatsinks from NB's and GPU's. Just carefully twist the heatsink first, see if it gives in. Then try to lift it a little up on one side then use a thin blade to pry it off. Perhaps you could stress the PC for a couple of hours, maybe that will 'loosen' up the heatsink a little, just a theory.
oh yea as he said above stressing the pc will cause the NB chip to heat up and may melt the adhesive causing it to weakin making it easier to remove.
Thank you everyone for the aid. I'll go ahead and try to remove it this afternoon; if you don't hear from me in a couple of days then you can assume the worst. The new heatsink I am going to be attaching on my northbridge will be the Iceberg Pro 4 since it is too large for my Geforce 4 mx440se. Pics once done!
Thanks for the goodluck; it worked! Here are the pics I've promised: I don't have a hairdryer and I'm too lazy so I'll just use my trusty 30W soldering iron for the job. After heating the heatsink up for about 5-10 minutes, I start turning it slowly. If it becomes harder to turn then I reheat the heatsink for 5-10 minutes again. Finally got the heatsink off; looks like it is thermal adhesive tape. Thank goodness it was not something like artic silver adhesive. I attached the new heatsink with hot glue since I don't want to go to the hassle of doing this again. Makes fan cleaning easier too! Everyone's favorite... nightime shot. My case is going to be a combination of blue, red, with lots of messy wires. Thank you all for helping me.
Did you think I glued the heatsink onto the Northbridge chip itself? No, I used Artic Silver 5 for the contact between the heatsink and the core. The hot glue was put on the holes of the heatsink that the push pins are suppose to go through. The heatsink is really hot glued to the motherboard itself; if I want to remove it, I just melt the glue. You didn't really believe I hot glued the heatsink onto the Northbridge, did you?
ROFL ROFL OMG you had me going for a second there when you said you used hot glue to re-attach the new NB cooler. Well very happy it worked out for you, and I am sure glad that you didn't actually use hot glue between the chip and the cooler. LOL damn! You scarred me.
