to remove, the twisting motion is your best bet to remove the heatsink, make sure the clamping mechanism is unhooked from both ends, a worst case senario would be to remove the screws from the clamping base allowing more twisting motion, just be careful of...

Athlon64 with AMD stock cooler/heatsink. Is there any way to remove this without ruining the thermal material? If not, how do I remove the heatsink without damaging the processor? This seems very vague in the descriptions. THANKS!!. I need to return...

Removal of heatsink. I'll start off by saying that I must be an idiot. I could use some help/direction on removing the heatsink/fan from my Intel 3.2 Every other computer I've worked with, flip the two little bar things, unscrew a fan- pull off. No problem....

Removing the heatsink from a PII. What is the technique for removing the large aluminum heat sink from a PII and installing it on another? I tried an Allen key on the four silver heads; but they wouldn't budge. Are they screws? Or, are they rivets? Cowboy....

how do i remove the heatsink off of my 6200. i have a gefoce 6200 and i noticed that it was over heating it has a heatsink on it but i have gotten a better one and i want to take mine off this is how it looks: ...

removing heatsink with Arctic Silver Ceramique...?. Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips () when assembling my system i used a thermaltake cooler with arctic silver ceramique. if i want to try out a new heatsink...

Remove CPU from mobo and inspect area. Clean the heatsink and cpu off, remove all traces of the compound. The compound is one use only, do not try to reseat the heatsink with it. Cleaning is usually best achieved with a finger-nail initially, to remove the...

Who is silly enough to remove the heatsink and fan. Not me! When all else fails, throw your computer out the window!!!. Not me! When all else fails, throw your computer out the window!!! What silly is, is what silly does. Who would be silly enough...

PIII Heatsink removal. I have just recieved a PIII (SECC2) with a heatsink attached. I want to remove this heatsink and replace it with a heatsink/fan. The posts holding the heatsink are plastic. Do I just have to pull these out? The replacement has metal...

Removal of Heatsink on a retail P3 S.E.C.C.2. I am wondering exactly how hard it is to remove the heatsink on a retail P3 S.E.C.C.2 is? I remember that it was quite involved for the old P2 S.E.C.C. I would like too know this before I actually purchase one....