O.K., so I figured I'd clean the guts of my comp for the 1st
time in 3 years, needless to say; VERY DIRTY, specially
inbetween fan and heat sink, conveniently stopping
airflow. So i pop the fan off the heatsink, and give a tug
on the heatsink, comes off easy, attached to the processor
which i found out about 10 minutes later that the only
way to get the chip into the socket, is when it's NOT
attached. i cant get them apart, or onto motherboard.
gayness has ensued. what do i do?

J Dogg

Please first learn that "gay" is not an appropriate derogatory adjective.....

Windows Xp Pro X64
AMD Sempron 64 3000+
768mb Ram Pc 2700
Radeon X300
Nforce 4 Motherboard
Realtek AC97 Sound

I retract my politically incorrect statement, that was quick
response i might add. "Blind Rage Has Ensued"

J Dogg

I agree with doug_brit about your choice of adjective...you should have used "ignorance" or "stupidity"

It appears that the thermal material has "fused" the heatsink to the CPU. The heatsink should have been gently twisted side to side to get it to release from the CPU...my guess is you just gave it a yank? You're gonna have to somehow hold the CPU, being very careful not to bend the pins, then twist the heatsink to get the bond to break. Then thoroughly clean off the old thermal material & apply a fresh layer of thermal paste. Follow these instructions:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions_big2.htm

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

No I didn't use any force on it because I'd be rather irked
if I busted it. I twisted it, but only very gently, obviously
not enough. Thank you, much appreciation. where would
they sell the paste? Any tech place?

J Dogg

They should sell arctic silver paste (or something similar) at any good PC shop or numerous places online. It's usually called thermal transfer paste or grease.

Kudos to jam and doug_brit for upholding some language standards...

Matt

www.bbcomputing.co.uk

matt@bbcomputing.co.uk

OH NO!! THE "PC" COPS ARE HERE - WHO THE HELL CARES IF HE SAYS "GAYNESS"?? USE A DICTIONARY SOMETIME.

Anyway "popping" off the processor with the heatsink is bad, hope you didn't damage the CPU or the socket. Very carefully use a razor blade to seperate the CPU from the heatsink, the clean them both with alky-hol. Apply good thermal compound and reinstall.

As for you politically correct ppl out there - I'm having a gay old time.......<heh>

Rule #1: Good Computers don't go down.
Rule #2: There is no such thing as a good computer.

"I'm having a gay old time"

not that there's anything wrong with that

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

Yes and that was a misdemeanor felony.....lol

Come on now, Simply put that comment could offend someone, and we allready forget our manners enough in life.

Incidentally that was positively queer that you felt the need to use all caps in part of your reply Rick McNabb.

I just wonder how the processor came out with the heatsink? My AMD chip is locked into place with a lever, and I'm not firmiliar with installing intel chips, so there goes that bit of info lol. I think following the others instructions should well take you to home base though, best of luck.

Doug

Windows Xp Home
Celeron 2.8 Ghz
768mb Ram
Geforce 5700LE PCI Card 128MB 128 bit

doug_brit - CHILL OUT!

Here's what you said:
"Please first learn that "gay" is not an appropriate derogatory adjective.....'

Here's what J-Roam-E said:
"...gayness has ensued"

Here's what I said:
"USE A DICTIONARY SOMETIME."

doug_brit, your ignorance is outstanding - "gayness" is not a derogatory term. It seems you were offended more than anyone - chill.

Rule #1: Good Computers don't go down.
Rule #2: There is no such thing as a good computer.