I've pulled the cooler with the cpu attached and bent pins before. Not fun at all. I wish I had seen this video before that happened. I'm going to send this video to a friend who's replacing thermal paste soon. Thank you for the helpful video!
Me and both brother first time with my swap from the stock amd cooler to a water cooler with a radiator and did the same as it was my first pc build and bout another 3600 cpu.
I'm not lying, I ripped a CPU out of its socket 30 min after I built it because I didn't feel confident on the thermal paste I layed. Cooler attached. I freaked out. No bent pins. CPU holder was confirmed down, Idk how nothing shattered. Anyways I took alcohol to the edges with q tips and a small screw driver to pry. 3 years later still good. What An ordeal though.
Building my first PC and never having experience with AIOs this helped a lot, as the idiot I am I spilled t. paste on the motherboard (not pins, AM4 CPU was in) and got impatient to clean it and put the AIO on anyway, then I had regrets, found this video, and safely removed the cooler to clean it. Thanks a lot! Saved time and stress. I'll put an edit if the system boots tonight. Edit: IT WORKS!!!! Everything is fine on it, everything up to date now and drivers done. Thanks again!
If you ripped out an Intel CPU then either the CPU or the socket are destroyed, seeing how it is firmly held in place by the cover. You could have gone into the detail on how to neatly clean the paste, which necessarily follows h/s removal.
As far as I know I didn't bend anything in hindsight, hopefully. Should've looked for this video before I started. To make matters worse, I applied the new paste, put the heatsink down, take it off again and put it back down for some reason. But I think the thermal paste was still evenly applied. Just hoping no air bubbles.
So my cpu cooler has screws that only the head comes off and the rest of it stays on the mobo. Also two screws aren’t coming off(the head) and I keep loosening it and it just doesn’t loosen or even seem to be close to come off.
Excellent video Alaina. This information will hemp many people trying to upgrade their CPU. In support of your viewers fully understanding the issue, a few months back I was upgrading one of my PC's from a 3900X AMD CPU to a 5900X. I removed the AIO pump improperly and I wound up pulling my CPU right out of the socket. Fortunately, I had bent just a few pins along the edge that were fairly easy to straighten, however it could have been a disaster :( Thanks again, and you got my 'Like' of course :)
Thank you for your video! I've had a CPU rip out of the AMD socket before. It turned out to be fine, but it was scary. Really don't recommend MX5 paste because of this.
That damn cooler, i swear I wasted like 10 minutes after the screws came off lmao but turns out it was thermal paste. Also, thanks for the tip on the pins
At 1:46, you say dramatically and emphatically "do not, DO NOT, pull up on it at all". If I don't pull up at all, how do I ever get the cooler off even when the thermal paste is soft?
Is it safe to say that with AM4 socket, as long as I apply some gentle but firm downward pressure, I could just slowly push it sideways off of the die on hot thermal grease? I have yanked one out of the socket before, a ryzen 5 2600, it bent a couple pins and i sold it on ebay. It was fixable but I didn't want to try. I was using kryonaut thermal grizzly paste. I am currently using Thermaltake TG-50 with a deepcool tower/heatpipe/aluminum fin cooler with a noctua 120mm fan. It was difficult to remove last time. As long as the CPU stays firmly in its socket, is it possible to bend the pins in this manner? I'm gonna keep a slight bit of pressure down and try to twist it until it's free. What if you can unlatch the cpu, and just remove the heatsink itself with the CPU attached and then use a plastic knife or something to get the processor off. Just keep it over a pillow or something.
this morning my cooler master start doing some loud noise , checked CPUID and my cpu temp was 100%, i immediately shut it down , got a new cooler got stuck with this, but thank god i looked it up before damaging the cpu
I've done the cold one bent a corner of 3 pins used a small needle bent it back then benchmarked it for 30 mins straight and nothing wrong has happend soooo its good as new
When I run the PC should I have the cooler plugged in? I turned my PC on with it plugged in for 15 minutes and I couldn’t even slightly move the cooler, it was unscrewed obv
ok this doesnt explain how to remove the aio cooler at all cuz its screwed in can i just unscrew it from the front or do i need to unscrew it from behind the motherboard
AMD needs to do something better than the plastic cover. Paste replacement always meant cpu replacement, too. Sometimes even mobo and cpu replacement lol
it happened to me 1 time I pulled a cpu out and I am a good builder sometimes it just happen and there is nothing you can do about it especially on very old pc nothings was broken but still sometimes it sucks
Doesn't the thermal paste reach ambient temperatures within minutes after shutting down anyway? If the paste stays warm for a long time the cooler isn't working as it should basically.
Could have used a shot of putting the socket cover in case of Intel. I personally forgot to do it correctly and messed up my pins on (luckily) old B75 board.
more irony, i did use the correct cover and it still fucked up the pins, take note exactly how the cover goes on an how you removed it, i thought it went underneath the plate latch at 1st, but it clips on top, livin an learnin, btw good tools for bent pins, an automotive pick set or the pick tools for dentists, u wont get any better than those 2 types of tools, go ahead an tell me something that works better. you cant. whoop whoop
@@qwertymeinfuhrer Magically? No! I just removed it the they way I installed it from my first ever build. Nothing rocket science. People rely on youtube so much...
@@AnkitSaiyan Well people are investing huge chunk of money on the CPU. Nothing wrong with learning how to properly dismount the cooler. There's also the risk that one may bend the pins if they wiggle it hard.
thanks Alaina, you rock... now, i will try this on my surface pro...
Thank god, I was using a hammer.
BRUHHH WTFFF XD
😂
Claw, ball-peen or sledge? Never use a jackhammer, don't ask me how I know
you just thought this video was gonna be about safetywear 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've pulled the cooler with the cpu attached and bent pins before. Not fun at all. I wish I had seen this video before that happened. I'm going to send this video to a friend who's replacing thermal paste soon. Thank you for the helpful video!
Me and both brother first time with my swap from the stock amd cooler to a water cooler with a radiator and did the same as it was my first pc build and bout another 3600 cpu.
thank you for understanding the worries of people who dont do this at all/often!
Run stress test on CPU-Z for 2 minutes. That will make your CPU hot enough.
I'm not lying, I ripped a CPU out of its socket 30 min after I built it because I didn't feel confident on the thermal paste I layed. Cooler attached. I freaked out. No bent pins. CPU holder was confirmed down, Idk how nothing shattered. Anyways I took alcohol to the edges with q tips and a small screw driver to pry. 3 years later still good. What An ordeal though.
Building my first PC and never having experience with AIOs this helped a lot, as the idiot I am I spilled t. paste on the motherboard (not pins, AM4 CPU was in) and got impatient to clean it and put the AIO on anyway, then I had regrets, found this video, and safely removed the cooler to clean it. Thanks a lot! Saved time and stress. I'll put an edit if the system boots tonight.
Edit: IT WORKS!!!! Everything is fine on it, everything up to date now and drivers done. Thanks again!
If you ripped out an Intel CPU then either the CPU or the socket are destroyed, seeing how it is firmly held in place by the cover. You could have gone into the detail on how to neatly clean the paste, which necessarily follows h/s removal.
I wish I saw this last week when I ripped my ryzen 9 out of its socket 💀💀💀💀 thank God it was okay
so we're just gonna skip the cables, the radiator, fans, and more? sick
Pretty self explanatory ecspecially if you’ve built your pc
As far as I know I didn't bend anything in hindsight, hopefully. Should've looked for this video before I started. To make matters worse, I applied the new paste, put the heatsink down, take it off again and put it back down for some reason. But I think the thermal paste was still evenly applied. Just hoping no air bubbles.
socket covers snap onto the outside top of the CPU latching mechanism, not on the inside.
Ironically, this just makes me more scared to build PCs 😅
So my cpu cooler has screws that only the head comes off and the rest of it stays on the mobo. Also two screws aren’t coming off(the head) and I keep loosening it and it just doesn’t loosen or even seem to be close to come off.
pull that sumbeech straight up with no wiggling and let fate decide
Excellent video Alaina. This information will hemp many people trying to upgrade their CPU. In support of your viewers fully understanding the issue, a few months back I was upgrading one of my PC's from a 3900X AMD CPU to a 5900X. I removed the AIO pump improperly and I wound up pulling my CPU right out of the socket. Fortunately, I had bent just a few pins along the edge that were fairly easy to straighten, however it could have been a disaster :( Thanks again, and you got my 'Like' of course :)
@Samurai Shampoo Yes, it was, but I somehow fixed it. I made a video about it on my Channel.
I did the exact same thing luckily, none of my pins were bent.
@@Enmanuel248 You lucked out.
Thank you for your video! I've had a CPU rip out of the AMD socket before. It turned out to be fine, but it was scary. Really don't recommend MX5 paste because of this.
Me: "ok, wiggling it very minimally to free it, go no more than 1mn back and forth until it gets loose."
CPU: "YEET!"
That damn cooler, i swear I wasted like 10 minutes after the screws came off lmao but turns out it was thermal paste. Also, thanks for the tip on the pins
Can I heat mine up with a heat gun somehow? My computer won’t turn on.
At 1:46, you say dramatically and emphatically "do not, DO NOT, pull up on it at all". If I don't pull up at all, how do I ever get the cooler off even when the thermal paste is soft?
you slide it off, obviously
Is it safe to say that with AM4 socket, as long as I apply some gentle but firm downward pressure, I could just slowly push it sideways off of the die on hot thermal grease? I have yanked one out of the socket before, a ryzen 5 2600, it bent a couple pins and i sold it on ebay. It was fixable but I didn't want to try.
I was using kryonaut thermal grizzly paste.
I am currently using Thermaltake TG-50 with a deepcool tower/heatpipe/aluminum fin cooler with a noctua 120mm fan. It was difficult to remove last time. As long as the CPU stays firmly in its socket, is it possible to bend the pins in this manner? I'm gonna keep a slight bit of pressure down and try to twist it until it's free.
What if you can unlatch the cpu, and just remove the heatsink itself with the CPU attached and then use a plastic knife or something to get the processor off. Just keep it over a pillow or something.
What if your system won't boot? It can turn on, but since it won't boot to OS or even BIOS, can the CPU get hot enough to soften the thermal paste?
@@pcworld FYI, it did work, on a large Threadripper Pro CPU! Thanks!!
this morning my cooler master start doing some loud noise , checked CPUID and
my cpu temp was 100%, i immediately shut it down , got a new cooler
got stuck with this, but thank god i looked it up before damaging the cpu
Thankyou for making video on this topic i almost ruined my cpu
When i removed cooler the cpu was stuck like a glue and came out with cooler
If I can't run my pc because the mobo fried. Can I use a hair drier or heat gun to warm up my amd cpu?
I've done the cold one bent a corner of 3 pins used a small needle bent it back then benchmarked it for 30 mins straight and nothing wrong has happend soooo its good as new
Wait so what happens if I take off my cpu cooler and reapply it without cleaning and reading thermal paste
@@pcworld 😐 my dad said it would get so hot it would burn my house down…
Installing a new cooler…. I’m not excited
When I run the PC should I have the cooler plugged in? I turned my PC on with it plugged in for 15 minutes and I couldn’t even slightly move the cooler, it was unscrewed obv
Can you make a video on how to remove the radiator? I dont know how to get it out and i it really needs to be cleaned
ok this doesnt explain how to remove the aio cooler at all cuz its screwed in can i just unscrew it from the front or do i need to unscrew it from behind the motherboard
bruhhh i removed it cold. it was stuck but I gave it a wiggle and it came lose. am I okay?
Do I need to unplug the cooler first?
How do I replace the fan? Because I can’t get off the nzxt cover thingy.
AMD needs to do something better than the plastic cover. Paste replacement always meant cpu replacement, too. Sometimes even mobo and cpu replacement lol
Is it easy to pull it out and put the new one or do I have to download sum drivers
Hi ,how can I remove the bracket pins and the bracket ?I would like to reinstal to other motherboard
so simple and such an important video, thank you. My problem is the lapt keeps shutting down. Out with some kind of heat gun I guess.
It’s simple if you can’t build a system you can’t disassemble it
(Some cases not)
I bent my Ryzen pins pulling the cooler, now I just wiggle it ever so softly.
it happened to me 1 time I pulled a cpu out and I am a good builder sometimes it just happen and there is nothing you can do about it especially on very old pc nothings was broken but still sometimes it sucks
I didn't use any force it just came off. Maybe it's because my pc had heating problems and was at 96 Celcius the other day
Doesn't the thermal paste reach ambient temperatures within minutes after shutting down anyway? If the paste stays warm for a long time the cooler isn't working as it should basically.
question what is RMA ??
Did a CPU upgrade recently, going to be a nightmare to remove the new air cooler i put over things if i ever need to...
Mam plz next video making used to Hindi & English plz
"accidently bend a cpu pin"
my lga cpu: bruh
Imao 😂
Thanks Alaina! Very helpful!
Very helpful, thank you for this.
Could have used a shot of putting the socket cover in case of Intel. I personally forgot to do it correctly and messed up my pins on (luckily) old B75 board.
Thank you, you’re amazing!
Great advice, thank you.
I need to get screws off.
Like a band aid, just rip it out in one pull. No?
Modern CPUs still have pins?
No, they use Bluetooth
@@unjuked lmao
Bruh what
Mersi din România 👍🏻🙂
Thank god I saw this before I tried to remove the fan. I was wondering what the hell was keeping the fan intact still😭😭😭
intel sockets make me tense lol
more irony, i did use the correct cover and it still fucked up the pins, take note exactly how the cover goes on an how you removed it, i thought it went underneath the plate latch at 1st, but it clips on top, livin an learnin, btw good tools for bent pins, an automotive pick set or the pick tools for dentists, u wont get any better than those 2 types of tools, go ahead an tell me something that works better. you cant. whoop whoop
Hell yeah. Thank u
good video,
Not me having a pc from 2008 😃
Thanks dishwasher
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I have a 20 year old pc
It uses screws
How long should I let it heat up if I’m around 100°c after just a few mint
Summary: detach the cooler
Well crap
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If people need a youtube tutorial on removing a cooler then, seriously, they shouldn't be building a PC by themselves at all.
Why? Do you somehow magically learn this?
@@qwertymeinfuhrer Magically? No! I just removed it the they way I installed it from my first ever build. Nothing rocket science. People rely on youtube so much...
@@AnkitSaiyan Well people are investing huge chunk of money on the CPU. Nothing wrong with learning how to properly dismount the cooler. There's also the risk that one may bend the pins if they wiggle it hard.
@@AnkitSaiyan What if they didn't build it and they're just trying to replace their cooler because it died on them???
@@qwertymeinfuhrer yeah you’re smart being careful with this stuff is good practice. Don’t listen to that other guy he’s probably a poor old-head