Removing heatsink from A64

[Cal Vanize]

I had to remove the AMD heatsink from an Ath64 in the past as part of an
RMD on a motherboard only to have the chip stuck firmly to the heatsink.
This resulted in pulling the chip out of the socket under force. I
was lucky that the CPU still worked after than kind of stress.

I'd rather not repeat that exercise.

I have an A8V Deluxe with an Ath64 3000 Venice that I'd like to upgrade
to an Ath64 3700 San Diego. The processor and heatsink have been
together for almost a year. I don't want to break the Venice or damage
the motherboard when I remove the heatsink and CPU.

Any recommendations?

 

[CoCo]

Cal Vanize skrev:

I had to remove the AMD heatsink from an Ath64 in the past as part of an
RMD on a motherboard only to have the chip stuck firmly to the heatsink.
This resulted in pulling the chip out of the socket under force. I was
lucky that the CPU still worked after than kind of stress.

I'd rather not repeat that exercise.

I have an A8V Deluxe with an Ath64 3000 Venice that I'd like to upgrade
to an Ath64 3700 San Diego. The processor and heatsink have been
together for almost a year. I don't want to break the Venice or damage
the motherboard when I remove the heatsink and CPU.

Any recommendations?

hi

hehe...i had to pull mine straight up! the cpu REALLY bonded with the hs! after 30minutes in
the oven i managed to twist it loose! (third attempt, hs was hot!)

never gonna use any preapplied tim/stuff, ever!

recommend a hairdrier...

coco

 

[Conor]

I had to remove the AMD heatsink from an Ath64 in the past as part of an
RMD on a motherboard only to have the chip stuck firmly to the heatsink.
This resulted in pulling the chip out of the socket under force. I
was lucky that the CPU still worked after than kind of stress.

I'd rather not repeat that exercise.

I have an A8V Deluxe with an Ath64 3000 Venice that I'd like to upgrade
to an Ath64 3700 San Diego. The processor and heatsink have been
together for almost a year. I don't want to break the Venice or damage
the motherboard when I remove the heatsink and CPU.

Any recommendations?

Yup. If possible, give the heatsink a twist to the left and right to
break the seal before pulling it off.

 

[eventerke]

Heat up the CPU with a long Prime95 run, or if that's not enough heat
up the heatsink with a hairdryer as well (with the system off, of
course).

HTH,
Kendt

 

[Mikey S.]

Just unhook and give the heatsink a L-R (or R - L if prefered!)) twist 1st.
Nothing else to it.