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OOPS! Uh oh...

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whrswoldo

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So I was dusting out my case, and came to the heatsink (zalman cnps7000a) on my 2.4c, but when I tried to pull it off, the processor came off with it. (I had used Arctic Silver 3 thermal compund btw). It made a crinkling sound, kinda like squishing aluminum foil. The arm on the socket that is supposed to hold it down, so I thought, was still down. Oh crap, wtf!?

Is this normal?

I reinstalled proc/heatsink and turned on the computer but it would not even post, tried clearing cmos etc but no luck. So I decided to take the heatsink off again, this time VERY CAREFULLY by wiggling it and trying to slide it off. *crackle* Processor came off with it again. Ok this thermal compound is like superglue. I put everything back in again and for no reason I can discern everything works fine, just as before I touched anything. :confused: :confused:

Is it "bad" to pull the processor out with the socket arm still down? Btw my mobo is an abit IS7. Is this my mobo's fault? I'm having enough annoyance with its pos northbridge cooler as is. (If you have one you either know what I'm talking about or will know in a few months when the damn thing breaks and starts screaming like a hairdryer:mad: ) Bah! Damn you abit/arctic silver/zalman/intel!!
 
Please look at the processor very carefully. You probably have bent pins, and if you put it back in, you probably bent the pens even more, possibly beyond normal repair.

You can contact homie, at motherboardrepair.com; he can usually fix those.

BTW, I only had this happen ONCE, and that was when the CPU was improperly inserted in the first place (new cpu insertion, wasn't all the way down completely, didn't POST; removed HS and CPU came with it, 2 pins bent but repairable with a thin mini-screwdriver. This has never happened again).
 
Did you have to force it back into the socket? Did you check the underside the 2nd time you pulled it out to make sure no pins were bent? If no to (1) and yes to (2) then just run Prime95 torture test for a few hours. If it runs OK, I wouldn't worry about it.

Dario
 
whrswoldo said:
So I was dusting out my case, and came to the heatsink (zalman cnps7000a) on my 2.4c, but when I tried to pull it off, the processor came off with it. (I had used Arctic Silver 3 thermal compund btw). It made a crinkling sound, kinda like squishing aluminum foil. The arm on the socket that is supposed to hold it down, so I thought, was still down. Oh crap, wtf!?

Is this normal?

I reinstalled proc/heatsink and turned on the computer but it would not even post, tried clearing cmos etc but no luck. So I decided to take the heatsink off again, this time VERY CAREFULLY by wiggling it and trying to slide it off. *crackle* Processor came off with it again. Ok this thermal compound is like superglue. I put everything back in again and for no reason I can discern everything works fine, just as before I touched anything. :confused: :confused:

Is it "bad" to pull the processor out with the socket arm still down? Btw my mobo is an abit IS7. Is this my mobo's fault? I'm having enough annoyance with its pos northbridge cooler as is. (If you have one you either know what I'm talking about or will know in a few months when the damn thing breaks and starts screaming like a hairdryer:mad: ) Bah! Damn you abit/arctic silver/zalman/intel!!
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Why would you take the HSF off to clean it? Either use canned air to blow the dust out or use a mini vacuum. The only time you should replace the HSF is when you install a new processor. It looks to me like you will be doing this now. For future reference, if you ever want to take a HSF off of your processor, you should let your machine run for an hour or so to heat the thermal paste up so that it won't act like super glue.
 
On a LanParty 478B rev B
I had this happen the other day when pulling the DangerDen TDX waterblock off of my chip. I usually twist the HSK to help shear the HSK from the chip surface before removal, but the way the TDX works you have to tug normal to the chip. :: plunk – sound effect ::

When this happened on an older chip I spent about an hour straightening my pins.

If you gently place your chip over the socket it should fall into place. If it doesn’t fall in, inspect the chip for slightly bent pins. It’s fairly easy to fix, but I wouldn’t want it to happen more than once eek!
 
Pentium 4's and Celeron's in the FC-PGA 478 package often do this. The heatspreader and thermal paste or TIM if you've got that often get stuck to the heatsink. It's not uncommon at all. So far I've been lucky and I've never broken any pins when it's happend.

I've even seen it happen with Athlon 64's (with too much compound applied).

The socket is too shallow and the pins are too short. Theres not much for the socket to grab onto. That's why when Intel designed LGA775 they added that cover that pushes down on the edges of the chip keeping this type of thing from happening.
 
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