cpu heatsink

**MIG-31** · Aug 10, 2003, 09:28 PM

just would like to know how do you take the heatsink of the motherboard socket 478.

never had to do this myself but can't clearly see how to do it.

just worried about pulling at it to hard and damaging the cpu or mobo.

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 07:05 AM

hey guys it's just a simple questain?

~~craig588~~ · Aug 11, 2003, 07:16 AM

I can be complicated, is it bolted on or clipped on?

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 07:28 AM

loos to me that its clipped that is partly the reason i'm not sure on how to remove it,i say cilpped on due to it looks like 2 silver retaining clips one on either side of it.

~~craig588~~ · Aug 11, 2003, 07:34 AM

OK, its pretty easy, you just push down on one side (usually the side thats higher) untill that side comes off the notch. Then it will just pop off on the other side. Its hard to mess it up due to the P4s heat spreader. You need to be more careful on AXP cpus.

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 07:40 AM

thanx m8,that were sort of what i were thinking how it came of but as i quote just being a little cautious as never done before to a p4 rig,allways had socket a previously.

JavaFox · Aug 11, 2003, 01:44 PM

Johny, don't worry -- you aren't going to be able to hurt a P4. They're rugged.

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 01:49 PM

thanx the advice is taken well but there is nothing wrong with a little caution due to the price it can cost if things doe happen to go wrong.

Aug 10, 2003, 09:28 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	cpu heatsink just would like to know how do you take the heatsink of the motherboard socket 478. never had to do this myself but can't clearly see how to do it. just worried about pulling at it to hard and damaging the cpu or mobo. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 07:05 AM	Thread Starter #2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	hey guys it's just a simple questain? __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 07:28 AM	Thread Starter #4
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	loos to me that its clipped that is partly the reason i'm not sure on how to remove it,i say cilpped on due to it looks like 2 silver retaining clips one on either side of it. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 07:40 AM	Thread Starter #6
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	thanx m8,that were sort of what i were thinking how it came of but as i quote just being a little cautious as never done before to a p4 rig,allways had socket a previously. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 01:49 PM	Thread Starter #8
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	thanx the advice is taken well but there is nothing wrong with a little caution due to the price it can cost if things doe happen to go wrong. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 07:16 AM	#3
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	I can be complicated, is it bolted on or clipped on?

Aug 11, 2003, 07:34 AM	#5
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	OK, its pretty easy, you just push down on one side (usually the side thats higher) untill that side comes off the notch. Then it will just pop off on the other side. Its hard to mess it up due to the P4s heat spreader. You need to be more careful on AXP cpus.

Aug 11, 2003, 01:44 PM	#7
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Johny, don't worry -- you aren't going to be able to hurt a P4. They're rugged.