Removing A Heat Sink

Hi,

What is the best way of removing a heat sink? This is a standard AMD
heat sink on a AMD 2800+ CPU. The motherboard is an ASUS A7N8X.
A 1/4" dowel has worked twice before (doesn't gouge the board when it
slips). Now it just slips off.

Thanks,
Gary

On Fri, 11 May 2007 18:52:54 -0400, "Gary Brown"
<garyjbrown.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>What is the best way of removing a heat sink? This is a standard AMD
>heat sink on a AMD 2800+ CPU. The motherboard is an ASUS A7N8X.
>A 1/4" dowel has worked twice before (doesn't gouge the board when it
>slips). Now it just slips off.
>
>Thanks,
>Gary
>
>


I use a regular screwdriver. I also have an older forged
screwdriver opposed to some of the modern cast ones, which
was bent at an angle near the bottom to help get it into
tight spots.

If the tip isn't good try a different screwdriver to lessen
chances of slippage. You can also tape down a piece of
plastic under the area or a few layers of foam tape or
whatever you have handy. A dowel slipping could be as
dangerous as a screwdriver if it hit a surface mount part as
some are fairly brittle.

However, we don't know what heatsink you have, some are a
bit harder than others or might require a different *tool*.
Maybe you can cut the end of the dowel so it's easier to
use. Maybe you have a thick piece of plastic that would
work, or due to the orientation and position of the socket
on that motherboard, it might help to move the power supply
out of the way first if possible. If it's stuck in there
because the heatsink is too close, sometimes you can get
enough clearance by taking out the optical drives and
sliding the PSU forward some. I hate to do all this which
is why I bent up a screwdriver to get into the tight places.