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Accidentally removed heatsink, reapply thermal paste?

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  • Heatsinks
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  • CPUs
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October 31, 2013 9:18:23 PM

Hey guys,

My heatsink fell off of my cpu, do I need to reapply thermal paste?

Thanks

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a b à CPUs
October 31, 2013 9:25:06 PM

um...
How does your heatsink fall off your CPU?

But yes, you'll need to reapply thermal paste, otherwise you'll end up with tons of air bubbles.
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October 31, 2013 9:49:32 PM

Well, I was an idiot and picked it up by its heatsink... *facepalm*
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October 31, 2013 9:55:44 PM

Yeah, definitely re-apply the paste.
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a b à CPUs
October 31, 2013 10:00:38 PM

Aren't most CPU coolers either screwed it in, or secured through plastic rivets?
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a b à CPUs
October 31, 2013 11:36:35 PM

Don't know about AMD, but Intel coolers use a crummy push pins setup. I hate it with all my heart.

Very easy to unseat cooler if you mess around with it.
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