Ahh jeez. Not good.

[Mrvile]

When I ordered my motherboard/CPU combo from Monarchcomputer I made sure that it said OEM with no hsf. All of a sudden it arrives today with a damn hsf on it. I went to my email to check the invoice and...

800025 Combo AMD Athlon 64 ( 939 ) Tested and Setup 1 $0.00 $0.00

110228 MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Socket 939 for AMD® Athlon 64FX/64 processor Supports 3500+, 3800+ Athlon 64FX 53, or higher CPU 1 $136.00 $136.00

120423 AMD Athlon 64 3500 90nm 939 Pin ADA3500DIK4BI 1 $252.00 $252.00

800056 MB-CPU COMBO 90 day WARRANTY FREE 1 $0.00 $0.00

270846 FAR CRY ( FULL VERSION ON DVD ) ATHLON 64 PROMO 1 $0.00 $0.00

270136 NAPSTER MUSIC DOWN LOAD FREE 4 MONTHS. $50.00 VALUE. 1 $0.00 $0.00

Nothing!!! Now I have this goddamn free hsf on my CPU that I don't need, I've never removed an hsf from a CPU before, so I don't wanna break anything. Any tips on how to remove it? I've got an XP-90 and a Panaflo for it on the way...

 

[Sideswipe001]

Removing a HSF is nothing. It takes like 2 minutes. Unscrew it (if it's a screw down type) or unclip it if it's not. If you have installed HSFs before, you can remove them too.

 

[Matthias99]

Damn them! How dare they give you a free HSF?!

Unlatch/screw/clip/whatever it, then just pull the heatsink off the CPU (gently!), then clean the CPU with rubbing alcohol. If they used a thermal pad, you may need to twist a bit to get it to come off. Heating it up by turning on the computer may help loosen it a bit.

 

[Rike]

Agreed. The key is to move slowly and triple check everything. When in doubt apply any needed force carefully.

 

[Mrvile]

Hmm so easy? Haha thanks guys!

 

[BW86]

lol

dont complain...they gave you a free hsf

 

[Mrvile]

True

 

[dethman]

wtf what a weird complaint thread.

 

[Mrvile]

Actually I was asking for help. Never removed a heat sink before, so I wanted to be sure on how to do it.

 

[Kishan]

use a flat head screwdriver-a phillips WILL NOT WORK!!!! Thanks to Matthias for telling me that the other day

 

[Viper96720]

You didn't run it and see how it does? Got a pic of the heatsink? Wanted to see what one they gave you. If it's the cooljag one that one is pretty good for the price
http://www.3dchips.net/content....php?id=70&page=10