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GA-K8VM800M Athlon64
Does anyone know how to safely take the CPU retention backplate off ?
It is made by ThermalTake, has standard 2 screws, but the backplate itself, is double sided taped to the back of the motherboard. And GOOD quality double sided tape - so far. |
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dental floss/tape - use in a saw-like action - often works for removing
stubborn heat-sinks... You can but try (can't guarantee tough)... Often running the system for a bit will 'warm' it up, making a bit easy too (obviously disconnect all power before removal). "Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message ... Does anyone know how to safely take the CPU retention backplate off ? It is made by ThermalTake, has standard 2 screws, but the backplate itself, is double sided taped to the back of the motherboard. And GOOD quality double sided tape - so far. |
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I knew what you meant, just thought the same technique might have worked...
"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message ... Not the heatsink, from CPU. The Backplate of an A64 retention bracket. The piece that is attached to the BACK of the motherboard. Usually, it is just screwed to the bracket, to help hold the heatsink, but Gigabyte decided to tape it in place also. I ended up just going with an all copper TT Silent Boost K8 - it used the stock CPU bracket. I was going to use one of my Zalman 700a AlCu (but it uses it's own retention bracked system - needing to remove the stock one) "no_name" wrote in message ... dental floss/tape - use in a saw-like action - often works for removing stubborn heat-sinks... You can but try (can't guarantee tough)... Often running the system for a bit will 'warm' it up, making a bit easy too (obviously disconnect all power before removal). "Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message ... Does anyone know how to safely take the CPU retention backplate off ? It is made by ThermalTake, has standard 2 screws, but the backplate itself, is double sided taped to the back of the motherboard. And GOOD quality double sided tape - so far. |
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Not the heatsink, from CPU. The Backplate of an A64 retention bracket. The
piece that is attached to the BACK of the motherboard. Usually, it is just screwed to the bracket, to help hold the heatsink, but Gigabyte decided to tape it in place also. I ended up just going with an all copper TT Silent Boost K8 - it used the stock CPU bracket. I was going to use one of my Zalman 700a AlCu (but it uses it's own retention bracked system - needing to remove the stock one) "no_name" wrote in message ... dental floss/tape - use in a saw-like action - often works for removing stubborn heat-sinks... You can but try (can't guarantee tough)... Often running the system for a bit will 'warm' it up, making a bit easy too (obviously disconnect all power before removal). "Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message ... Does anyone know how to safely take the CPU retention backplate off ? It is made by ThermalTake, has standard 2 screws, but the backplate itself, is double sided taped to the back of the motherboard. And GOOD quality double sided tape - so far. |
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