I had exactly the same problem a few years back, I had built the PC,
and used the cooler supplied in the box with the AMD CPU, after a few
years the pad of thermal compound was hard like glue. The CPU came out
when I tried to remove the heatsink to replace the fan. :(
I soaked the heatsink off the CPU with acetone. I kept the join between
the heatsink and the CPU flooded for a while until it started to move
with a little sideways pressure. Using ths method will require
precautions, e.g. well ventilated space etc.,
...And (as has been said before) be very careful not to disturb the
pins. :)
good luck!
davidt
On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 04:41:11PM +0100, Mike Bloor wrote:
> I have an old Dell PC which is kept for one application only as hat
> program refuses to run on anything but Windows Vista. The PC's fan
> stopped running and to remove and replace it I needed to remove the
> CPU heatsink. Unfortunately, the heatsink had glued itself to the CPU
> and in removing the heatsink I also pulled the CPU out of its socket.
> There's no way that I can guide the CPU back into the socket with the
> heatsink still attached, but it really is firmly attached. Does
> anyone have any ideas on loosening it from the heatsink?
>
> Mike
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