AMD x2 64bit 3800+ proc in an Asus A8n 32 SLI deluxe edition. I was playing around overclocking it the other day, and I had a hard reset (think temps went up to around 80 degrees), realising my thermal compound must be off, I got some more today (now running around 45 degrees, my case has terrible cooling so this is fine). However when i put the new grease on I found I couldn't remove the CPU. It sounds impossible that I melted it to the mainboard, but I don't want to take any chances in breaking either thing (CPU or MB) by forcing it loose, so any suggestions regarding - Should I attempt to release it (not wanting to upgrade at the moment, but I may soon, all warranties are voided by this point in time) How should I go about releasing it? Thanks! James
Yeah, that's pretty common with the Socket 939's. They typically stick for me too. The thermal paste is a bit of a toughie sometimes. What you can do is let it run for a little bit, shut it off then remove the heatsink immediately. Try to twist the heatsink (yeah, I know it's kinda tough to do this with some heatsinks) to dislodge it.
there is a substance you can use to take it off with, some scientific chemical name. Anyway, set that to work and it will liquidise the paste, jus make sure it doesn't drip onto any sensitive parts, e.g. motherboard PCB
