Originally Posted by mfillpot What do I use to remove the thermal glue to seperate my old P4 1.6 and the heatsink? |
Originally Posted by tom7723 i used isopropyl alcohol to get rid of my old thermal compound...then i added arctic silver 5 and my temp decreased 8 degrees...good stuff i must say |
Originally Posted by shawnmcgrail what you mean? is the HSF glued to the CPU? so you cant upgrade? or you just talking about heatsink compound residue? |
Originally Posted by aznchowboy650 try to pull it off |
Originally Posted by aznchowboy650 try to pull it off |
Originally Posted by Lando95 No, DON'T DO THAT! You run a high risk of damaging the cpu. The fix is simple: hairdryer. Set it to LOW heat, and SLOWLY heat up the heatsink. Since the board is fried, you don't have to worry about that. Just move the hairdryer back and forth slowly, over a period of about 3-4 minutes or so to loosen it up. Then use a very very slight rotating motion to remove it. When I say slight, I mean slight, approximately 1 degree turn each direction. If the heatsink gets too hot to touch, then let it cool off and try again. |