- Jul 3, 2005
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So, about 3 hours ago I completely tore apart my pc to clean it from head to toe and put it into a new case (certainly it is an older pc but I am still waiting for intel's next socket before I do any upgrading). During the process of separating my processor from the heatsink I made a rather stupid mistake that could have killed my processor. The logical thing to do would have been to remove the processor and heatsink together from the socket and just twist and turn the processor to get if detached from the heatsink but... Thats was not how I did it, not thinking anything about it I decided to leave the processor in it's socket and locked into place and tried to twist/turn my heatsink off and ending up tearing the processor out of the locked socket. I just sat their for like 30 second's staring blankly at what I just did and realized a better check the pins, luckily only 3 pin's were bent and I was able to use a razor blade and straighten them back out. All is well now and I gotta remember to think next time.
Cliffs:
- Made an error while separating processor from heatsink.
- Bent a few pins.
- Straightened the pins using razor blade.
- All is well.
Cliffs:
- Made an error while separating processor from heatsink.
- Bent a few pins.
- Straightened the pins using razor blade.
- All is well.