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You sacrifice your thumb. Seriously, that's how I used to get them. Put plenty of central thumb pressure on the edge and push down. You might want to go so far as to stick either some cardboard or thin foam rubber right next to the socket, underneath the lever.
 
Small needle nose plyers work best for those type. You hold them vertical, get a grip on the side with the latch and two open rectangle holes. Then push down slowly and watch until the latch has cleared the hook. Then pry it outward gently until its fully released. Let go, and its free from being latched on. =)
 
Use a small flatblade screwdriver with a V knotch cut in it. Rest the "V" on the metal part of the spring retention mechanism and apply downward pressure. Never had a problem with the older heatsinks, never damaged any components doing so...


Good Luck!
 
I broke my old 2500+ barton because of this retarded heatsink i have in my old pc.

I always used a screw driver to to get the heatsink off but for some reason when I was putting it back on I heard something funny.. low and behold after like 2+hrs of taking my PC apart and cleaning everything, the CPU was done.

so becareful with those older ones..it really sucks losing a CPU due to their old shitty heatsinks.
 
I've never ruined a motherboard because of a Socket A heatsink... I find them actually quite easy to remove and replace.
 
Smoove910 said:
Use a small flatblade screwdriver with a V knotch cut in it. Rest the "V" on the metal part of the spring retention mechanism and apply downward pressure. Never had a problem with the older heatsinks, never damaged any components doing so...


Good Luck!
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thats exactly how they were designed to operate. I have removed many a socket7 back in the day like this.
 
Smoove910 said:
Use a small flatblade screwdriver with a V knotch cut in it. Rest the "V" on the metal part of the spring retention mechanism and apply downward pressure. Never had a problem with the older heatsinks, never damaged any components doing so...


Good Luck!
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I have done this and it worked really well for me.
 
I've got a few socket A setups around still. Would someone care to explain in detail or spend 20 seconds in mspaint drawing how it's supposed to fit onto the heatsink clip?
 
evilmonkey said:
I've got a few socket A setups around still. Would someone care to explain in detail or spend 20 seconds in mspaint drawing how it's supposed to fit onto the heatsink clip?
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Seconded.
 
Zero82z said:
Seconded.
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Thought I would help out :)

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