thermal compound. Being my first real time working with a cpu, heatsink, and the compound I'm not sure what I should do. I can't re-attached the cpu because I need to pull up the lever on the motherboard and the cpu is stuck on the heatsink, and I'm scared...

CPU Stuck to Heatsink. Ok, I opened up a PC at work and took the heatsink out - the CPU (PIV 2.4) is completely stuck to it using some sort of thermal pad. I can't think of any way of getting it back in without risking damaging all the pins. How the hell...

CPU stuck to heatsink. I'm switching my P4 to a new motherboard. When I tried to remove the heatsink from the old board, the CPU came out with it. Everything seems fine, and none of the CPU's pins are bent, but I can't get the heatsink off. I used the thermal...

NEED HELP!!! CPU stuck to heatsink!. Ok made a post earlier because my new P4 2.4b was gettin very hot and didnt know why. I decided to remove the heatsink from the CPU to make sure there was nothing between them. However when I removed the heatsink the CPU...

that you have a processor that's not stuck to the heatsink. I need to know how to insert the processor with it already on the heatsink. If I insert it properly, will the heatsink still move around a little bit? Or will it be locked in place? Mike, you can't...

8800gt aftermarket heatsink problem. I have installed a Zalman VF900 heatsink/ramsinks on an evga 8800gt and the card is spitting out garbage to the monitor. I cleaned everything with 95% rubbing alcohol and a microfiber cloth, stuck on the heatsinks, applied...

template to apply the thermal paste, it was literally a piece of adhesive cellophane witha hole in the middle that you stuck to the heatsink, applied paste and scraped it witha plastic card and then peeled off the cellophane - so literally 1/4 of a mm thick...

Being stuck to the heatsink in that short of time is not a good sign. Can you carefully pry the cpu away from the heatsink? I'm positive it was fully inserted, it just slid inside without any pressure, it just fit perfectly in the socket, same way with my P4...

or rock before removing (unscrew before twist/rocking). I've only seen this happen once (at least the pins being stuck in the mobo socket) but I have seen cases where the cpu remains stuck to the heatsink, but as long as the pins are still intact, you'll be...