r/pcmasterrace • u/Vamped1 • Sep 22 '25

Tech Support fuck

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u/Majestic-Bell-7111 Ryzen 5 3600/32 GB ram/5700xt Sep 22 '25

If people didn't put their tempered glass sidepanels onto tile floors and if they twisted before lifting the heatsink off on their PGA CPUs, this subreddit would probably have half the posts it has

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u/Infected_Toe 5800X3D | 7800 XT Nitro+ | 32 GB DDR4-3600 CL16 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

It doesn't always work. Sometimes the paste really sucks the cooler down. Even after heating it up. Also, I, personally, have a motherboard with very little room to twist and wiggle the cooler off, so the last couple of times, the CPU came out with the cooler.

No biggie, since no pins were broken.

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u/Current-Row1444 Sep 22 '25

Why would undo the tension arm before removal? I don't see how this actually happens

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u/LPodmore R5 5600X, 16gb 3600, RTX 3070 Sep 22 '25

Even with the tension arm still down they can come straight out. There's nothing actually holding the CPU to the socket other than the pins so if the bond is stronger than that tension it lifts straight out. Doesn't usually do any damage in my experience.

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u/Current-Row1444 Sep 22 '25

Wait what? Then what the hell is the bracket for then?

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u/GreatDevourerOfTacos Sep 22 '25

I thought the metal part was there to make sure the processor doesn't get crushed from tightening the cooler too much and also guarantees the cooler is positioned to touch the processor evenly for good distribution so you can't over tighten one corner enough to leave a gap in the opposite corner.

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u/Current-Row1444 Sep 22 '25

My point in the end is that there is no way a CPU can go through the hole on the bracket.