removing original heatsinks

orev · 02-23-2002, 02:08 PM

I'm planning on using a water block for my northbridge chipset, which runs quite hot, but on most of the boards the chip has a heat spreader or full-fledged heatsink. Anyone have any tips on reomving the original heatsink? Thye look like they might be thermal epoxied to the chip.

Brad · 02-23-2002, 07:19 PM

On my VP6, I just pulled, pushed and rotated the heatsink very slowly and carefully, it came off after about a minute. I'd try that first, if that refuses to work, you can try freezing the board, to snap the heatsink off, or heating it slightly to make the tape become slightly running

02-23-2002, 02:08 PM	#1
orev Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 35	removing original heatsinks I'm planning on using a water block for my northbridge chipset, which runs quite hot, but on most of the boards the chip has a heat spreader or full-fledged heatsink. Anyone have any tips on reomving the original heatsink? Thye look like they might be thermal epoxied to the chip.

02-23-2002, 07:19 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	On my VP6, I just pulled, pushed and rotated the heatsink very slowly and carefully, it came off after about a minute. I'd try that first, if that refuses to work, you can try freezing the board, to snap the heatsink off, or heating it slightly to make the tape become slightly running __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

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