thank god amds are built tuff

[Spawn-Inc]

i almost f**ked up my bros amd 64 x2 3800+... me being me i had to check out his computer while he wasn't here. so i decided to see what kind of thermal paste/pad he has if any, he got it prebuilt. i'm trying to pull it off but it wouldn't move. so with a bit more force it pulled up a bit and it sounded like sticky tape or something so i proceed to completely pull it off and OMFG!!! there is no dam cpu when i lifted it there... ************ufckufkc... i look at the back of the heat sink and its there... i ripped it right out of the dam socket! so got a screw driver and poped off the cpu and it was fine i reinstalled and booted it up and its fine... jesus christ i will never do that again LESSON LEARNED! if one of the pins were to break would it boot?

[simon275]

If a single pin broke it would be dead. Even if a pin got bent it may not work. You got lucky.

[xRyokenx]

Yeah... that would have royally sucked if it had died. Lesson learned, eh? That's the thing most people don't do (and I don't think anybody here is among those that are less intelligent), they ignore the lesson, and do it again. Hmm... I wonder what happens when I stick a fork in the power outlet... Ow! Crap! That hurt... *two days (or minutes, whichever you prefer) later* I wonder if it still does that when I stick a fork in the power outlet. You can guess what happens.

[Crimson Sky]

You should have ran the comp for 20 mins to warm up the thermal pad nothing scarier than seeing those little gold pins sticking out the bottom of a heatsink. You can always straighten out the pins using a credit card or equivalent plastic.

[Mitternacht]

I've actually done that plenty of times, with the same processor. Yes, thank god AMD's are built tough.

[GT40_GearHead]

yeah, it happened to me also, only i have a socket 478 P4, when i first dismantled the computer to clean it, after 3 or 4 months, i tried every trick I knew, hair drier, rotating the heatsink a bit, nothing worked, basically there was no way i could get it off except puling the whole thing out

the thing i noticed is that the socket ,at least the type i have, does not develop a lot of grip, it didn't take much force to pull it straight off !

[Spawn-Inc]

the thing i noticed is that the socket ,at least the type i have, does not develop a lot of grip, it didn't take much force to pull it straight off !

ya on my brothers it didn't seem to have much bite, at least not what i would expect.

[GT40_GearHead]

man i know what was in your head that second... ! lol

i can still remember the cold sweat on my back

[progbuddy]

I believe the same thing happened to Dave.

[Drew]

You're a seriously lucky sonofabitch!

Fair play, like GT40 said, I know exactly what went through your body (not just your head) at that instant!