[Gllug] CPU heatsink question.

[Vincent AE Scott]

Jackson, Harry(HJackson at colt-telecom.com)@Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 03:53:27PM -0000:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vincent AE Scott [mailto:gllug at codex.net]
> > 
> > 
> > Just noticed that one of my CPU fan's is no longer turning, a 
> > few prods
> > and it'll manage a brief limp upto the heady RPM's of about 1000.
> > Doesnt seem to be a big problem, as it's still working, but 
> > what i want
> > to know, is how difficult is it to remove the heatsink?  im thinking
> > about all that thermal bonding material between it and the CPU.
> > 
> > having never removed one after installation, what does it 
> > look like down
> > there, and will i need a scalpel to surgically remove it?
> 
> No they come off easily and it should just look like a white mess "down
> there". I would take off any excess and put more thermal bond down but be
> careful how you remove it from the chip. Most chips are very thick skinned
> and would take a lot of scraping but I am unsure how deep the skin on a
> processor is. It is probably very thin in order to get the heat away from it
> as soon as possible and from the Die's I have seen it looks very very thin. 

cheers for that harry, 
are there any chemicals that can be applied to the compound to get it
off easily?

with my klutz like hands i'm bound to start etching stick men into that
PIII core...


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