Removal of Retail Athlon Heatsink

JMan · Post by **JMan** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 9:42 pm

I need to ship a motherboard back for an RMA but I cannot for the life of me get the heatsink off the Thunderbird on it. The motherboard is an ECS K7S5A, if it matters. I've done this before, but for some reason it just won't budge this time. I've tried using all combinations of fingers and screwdrivers, applying leverage horizontally to the heatsink while pushing down on the notch, and whatever else I can think of but all I have to show for it is a bunch of worn down fingers and 2 bent screwdrivers.
Please help.
Thanks,

JMan

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 9:55 pm

i used a popsicle stick between the heatsink and the clamp and twist it as i apply pressure on the clip from the top with a screwdriver

JMan · Post by **JMan** » Tue Mar 19, 2002 12:14 am

I tried a popsicle stick but that was too wide, so I then tried a nail scissor instead and that worked. Thanks so much for the idea

JMan