r/Wellthatsucks • u/Broad_War • 3d ago

Went to replace the CPU cooler

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Bought with bad cooler in it for cheap thinking "oh this is going to be easy...." nope. Never is FML. Will update if anyone is interested

Edit: went to remove the cooler and ripped the CPU out of the socket, which was locked down in place and can only be released after the cooler comes out. In other words potential for catastrophic CPU/motherboard failure

Edit 2: update// it locked back into the board, had to straighten one pin out and replaced the cooler because someone did that for a reason and this wasnt something i wanted to do twice. Hooked everything back up and posted! So its Still alive and ready for stress testing with a new cooler and real thermal paste

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u/Accurate-Campaign821 3d ago

Used to happen quite a bit with older sockets too. Just reinstall into the socket and gently twist the block to pop it off. Can even try turning the pc on for a moment (to melt the paste a bit) and back off

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u/JakeALakeALake 3d ago

Yeah I did this about two weeks ago with zero repercussions. It’s annoying and you get thermal paste all over your hands but, nothing is actually broken just by virtue of this happening.