Help - CPU stuck to socket.

[VanQuiShEr]

My PII X3 720 cpu won't come off. The heatsink is off, the latch bar is up. I haven't overclocked anything and the temps never reached higher than 38 degrees Celsius. I've tried using a small screw driver, tried wiggling it lightly, all to no success.

 

[Jospeh]

Try wiggling the latch bar and moving it up and down? It should pop right out with the latch bar all the way back...at least that's how I remember it...

 

[VanQuiShEr]

Try wiggling the latch bar and moving it up and down? It should pop right out with the latch bar all the way back...at least that's how I remember it...

I've tried pushing the the loose part of the socket back and forth mimicking the Latch Bar with no luck I even removed the backplate and heatsink holder.

 

[obobski]

what did you use for TIM? is it covered in TIM?

just for my clarification (excuse the age):

this is a Phenom II X3, or a Pentium 3 720Mhz?

 

[BinarySynapse]

what did you use for TIM? is it covered in TIM?

just for my clarification (excuse the age):

this is a Phenom II X3, or a Pentium 3 720Mhz?

Seeing that were was no 720MHz P3, I'm sure it's the Phenom II.

OP, gonna have to pry it a bit at a time around it's edges, very very very gently. I've bot a 939 here that's was a pain to get out a while back and that's how I did it.

 

[obobski]

Seeing that were was no 720MHz P3, I'm sure it's the Phenom II.

OP, gonna have to pry it a bit at a time around it's edges, very very very gently. I've bot a 939 here that's was a pain to get out a while back and that's how I did it.

733 is close enough so wtvr, after 15 years its started to blur together


maybe try wiggling it a bit in socket, with the latch open (Side to side, gently), perhaps one/a few of the pins is just at a bad angle

honestly I've yet to see a CPU stuck in socket, although I have seen CPUs ripped out of the socket attached to their HSFs

 

[VanQuiShEr]

what did you use for TIM? is it covered in TIM?

just for my clarification (excuse the age):

this is a Phenom II X3, or a Pentium 3 720Mhz?

It's a Phenom II X3 720 (2.8Ghz) chip... excuse my terminology as well but I'm not familiar with TIM.

 

[obobski]

It's a Phenom II X3 720 (2.8Ghz) chip... excuse my terminology as well but I'm not familiar with TIM.

thermal interface material, or thermal paste/grease

has a nasty habit (depending on type) of sticking things together, either because the paste itself is tacky/sticky, or with suction

 

[VanQuiShEr]

honestly I've yet to see a CPU stuck in socket, although I have seen CPUs ripped out of the socket attached to their HSFs

That's some scary stuff. The things that makes your eyes roll to your hair and your hair to the ceiling. I'll give it a pry and more wiggles.

 

[VanQuiShEr]

Oh. that's easy.
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound Paste

 

[obobski]

another thing you *might* try, is putting the whole mess in the freezer, it'll cause any glue/adheesive/TIM to contract, and may let the chip come out, HOWEVER, if you do this, the mobo and CPU get to sit in a room temperature environment to dry out and ensure moisture isn't a problem

I'd only bother with that if you can't get it apart with wiggles/prying/inventive language

 

[VanQuiShEr]

Curry Schnitzel!
Thank you oboski.
It worked, i pulled the latched bar way back, >90 degrees. Soon as i heard a slight click. I went to pry the cpu chip a bit harder(back and forth) but with a very very gentle touch. It came loose and quickly removed it.