Hi John,

In most of the recent fans I've worked with, you keep swinging/pulling the
levers after they release, and they push the fan off the chip. Once the
levers release, there should be some slop, allowing you to twist a little
bit. I know that wax stuff they pass off as a thermal pad can solidify a
bit, so you may have to work it some.

If all else fails, you may have to break down and completely remove the
board from the case to work it out. Sometimes VERY CAREFULLY prying the fan
with a thick plastic paint scraper can get it up. Watch out for an
capacitors or transistors on the board. You don't want to bend/break any of
these off.

Whenever I get a new fan and CPU, I always scrape off the crap that comes on
the fan using a razor blade and then coat both the CPU and the fan with
Arctic Silver. Others will have their favorite substances I'm sure, but that
one has always worked great for me.

Good luck!

Kyle Elmblade
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:44 PM, John Freibergs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an Intel D865GBF motherboard with a Prescott 2.8G CPU and anything
> that requires more than minimal processor use causes the temp to jump up
> into the low to mid 70 degree celsius range.  I know Prescotts run hot but
> if I boot, it overheats, if I run a virus or adware scan, it overheats, and
> if I try to play non-video-intensive games it overheats.  The box is clean
> and I have 8 fans set up to either blow in or out.  The CPU fan works.  But
> it was part of the Intel package and instead of paste came with a stick on
> pad for thermal conduction.  I've tried to remove it, but when I release the
> levers, it doesn't move and I can see the board flexing beneath it so I'm
> scared of doing damage.
> 1)  Is there a trick to getting the heatsink assembly off of the CPU?
> 2)  Is overheating strictly an issue with the CPU or could there be
> something
> on the motherboard affecting things?
> 3)  I'd build a new machine, but right now I'm unemployed so that's out.  I
> can replace the CPU with a new one from Newegg if that's the problem.  But
> I'd need to be able to remove the heatsink first.  Or I can get a OEM in the
> box mobo off eBay and add in a new CPU.  But my OS is an OEM XP SP2 copy and
> I'm wondering if I replace the mobo and CPU if Microsoft would accept that
> the next time I reinstalled my OS.
>
> Any help you folks can provide would really be appreciated.
>
> John
>
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