Processors

[Nivistigridis]

AMD AM4 Ryzen CPU with the box cooler. See the pictures.

Unscrew the cooler, backplate fall out.
Still locked like it was still screw.
Twist nothing
Pull a bit more... pictures

And the end results

Just making sure I'm not alone in this situation 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[johnnyenglish]

Have you stressed tested the CPU during some good half an hour to make it easier to come out?

30min OCCT at 80C and the Wraith Prism came off easy.

[Nivistigridis]

No, just normal use and shut it down.

Never had thermal paste act like glue before.

If I knew I would have tried it

[Nivistigridis]

It's too late anyway as seen with the last pictures.

[johnnyenglish]

The stock heatsink comes preapplied with a thermal pad, its a lot more sticky than regular thermal paste...

Sorry for your CPU

With a blade and very gentle moves, they can return back to full glory. A bit difficult of course and you can break them for good if not carefull enough.

[Nivistigridis]

Issue is since it's been removed incorrectly... broken pins occurred... all power ones.

RMA has been issued and we'll see ...

Sticker is not the word... it's more a adhesive then thermal paste and about 3-4 times too much 

[irononpatches]

very helpful information

[Angeluk]

to be honest, paste looks just fine to me.... But this is why pins are gone! I believe they are gone for good