Hello guys,
3 days ago I wanted to clean my PC and change the thermal paste. The tower was bought from a copmany (everything set up).
Mother baord: MSI X570-A PRO.
I pulled the CPU out with the cooler. And I couldn't get it off. I went trough the forums and tried all the tipps I found.
- I bought a hair dryer to warm it up, didn't work, no matter how long I heated it up.
- I used as much force as i could without breaking the pins (and I used a lot of force), wiggling, pulling, nothing worked
- I bought a liter of high % ispropanol and and soked the entire thing for over 6 minutes, then tried dental floss, I tried a thin blade to get inbetween and
tried pulling and wiggling again. Still nothing.
I can't get it of and there isn't even a mm of space inbetween the cooler and CPU. It's sompletely fused. It sticks to it like super glue was used.
Is there anything else I can try?It basically broke my cooler and CPU. Can I get reimbursed for that? The CPU is just about 2 years old.
I have never ever had this happen to me. I am out of options. What can I do?
Thank you and regards
Julian