Alright, so I was being stupid thinking that I'm skilled enough to replace my own CPU, and broke the freaking pins (3 out of 4) that were being used to fix the heatsink to the motherboard. Now I get idle temps of 60 ° C (around 134 °F) - probably even higher, didn't want to wait and check. So obviously there's no real contact between the CPU and the heatsink and the heat has nowhere to dissipate.
Now I found a guy that sells replacement pins, but there's only one problem - I have no idea how to remove them whatsoever. Here's an image of my heatsink to give you an idea of what's going on:
I looked up a few YouTube vids and all they seem to do is just pull the pin up a bit more and they slide off. It isn't happening in my case. I'm using all the (reasonable) amount of force I can without breaking the whole damn thing apart, I've already caused enough damage. Any idea what's going on and how I can remove them? Thanks!
Now I found a guy that sells replacement pins, but there's only one problem - I have no idea how to remove them whatsoever. Here's an image of my heatsink to give you an idea of what's going on:
I looked up a few YouTube vids and all they seem to do is just pull the pin up a bit more and they slide off. It isn't happening in my case. I'm using all the (reasonable) amount of force I can without breaking the whole damn thing apart, I've already caused enough damage. Any idea what's going on and how I can remove them? Thanks!
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