get plate off back of amd64 mobo plz help

[Dan04]

hi everyone

i bought a zalman heatsink/fan and i need to put on its baseplate that goes on the back of hte mobo and i was wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to take the default one off that u use with the stock fan as its held on by real strong sticky and i cant use a screw driver coz id damage the circuitry under it...

any ideas given is appreciated!!!

 

[Electronic Punk]

As daft as it sounds, use a hairdryer.
that will loosen up the thermal compound.
Would definatly look for a guide to doing it tho, but a hair drier is the popular choice!

 

[Petros]

A razor is always better for prying than a screwdriver if it comes to it. Definitely try the hair dryer.

 

[Dan04]

thanks the hair drier worked n loosened it up, i wouldnt recommend a razor due to the fact that you could cut up all the connections on the back of the board 😛

 

[GoNz0]

the reccomended way is to twist and pray 😀

 

[Electronic Punk]

Not with a £200 athlon processor it ain't
lol

 

[Dan04]

twist n pray umm no lol spose you can do that if you want to stuff the whole lot up lol

 

[GoNz0]

😀 back in ye good old pentium 1 days.

 

[Geffy]

apparently freezing is sometimes done as well

 

[Dan04]

hehe they dont make computers like they used to, could do soo much with my old pentium 1 now these new ones ar soo fussy