How To Remove an AMD CPU Cooler Safely without Ripping the CPU from the Socket
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Here is how to remove your AMD CPU cooler without ripping it from the socket and potentially damaging the pins!!!
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Me: "Ok a little wiggle, slow and steady"
CPU: "YEET!"
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XD
Lmaooo
I can't yeet mine, it takes three screws to open the socket
@@messoremvitae threadripper ?
This video could've been help 3 weeks ago when I pulled my Cpu out and had a heart attack
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Hope it still works
@@gamingtalent2888 it all works, luckily I pulled it straight out and didn't bent any pins
@@heyr3tr044 oh nice, i just got my new pc with the 3400g. I almost put thermal paste into the socket. I felt the same heartache😅
I had tge same experience lucky everything is ok
Such a great idea to warm it up first. I actually pulled my cpu out of its socket once and it gave me a heart attack! Thankfully the CPU had come clean off without damaging pins.
Same bro, my heart sank when I saw my 3700x still attached to the cooler, I drived an hour with my entire pc to the store so the professionals could handle it, turns out they just took a screwdriver and pry it out from the cooler, good thing they didn't charge me tho because the staff was a cool guy, he could've charged me 20 bucks for something he did in 10 seconds
I can't imagine how stressed out you were during that drive. :-)
@@justinz.4069 damn, happy for you bud, you got saved. Lol
@@justinz.4069 Bruh i just did that, cpu stuck on the cooler and the pin actually bend a lil bit. I freak out lmaoo, and then i remember watching linus videos about fixing bent pin and it work after 3 hours trying to fix the pin, after that pc start booting again. Huftt
Same experience here
Literally a 2 second answer to the problem. MAKE SURE THE THERMAL PASTE IS HEATED UP BEFORE YOU TAKE IT OFF
I don’t have all minute to watch a video!
Apologies to Brian Regan
And wiggle the cooler
Didn't work for me. I had to pry my 2700x off the heatsink with a knife. Surprisingly I didn't break it. By next month it'll probably be dead anyway because it's degrading really bad. It won't turbo past 3.8 on water cooling and I had to set a manual frequency and voltage to stop it from crashing.
Αctually 20 mins
Literally only a problem because AMD made a dog shit retention system.
I ripped out my r5 2600
Scared the shit out of me
Thankfully it still works
But wow, didn't know it was this common, at least I know now
I see it far too many times!
1. Turn the PC on.
2. Let the CPU to heat up a bit to soften the paste.
3. Turn off the PC.
And you don't have very much time to put the cooler off.
I ripped out my Ryzen 7 3800x and a pin broke of, so it didn't work, I had bought a new cpu to replace it
The exact same thing happened to me, same exact cpu and everything
Same with the 2600X and wraith prism lmao
I never knew about turning it on to get it warmed up.
Yep! Get the paste as gooey as possible so it doesn’t act like such a glue!
@@PCTechHustle gotcha
Tbh it doesn't make a huge difference. It won't get very warm and you are probably wasting time waiting for it. Just be careful, twist, and lift.
@@criticallycheesycaleb6681 run a CPU stress test then
@@amvymavy no I'm saying heating up the cpu isn't all that necessary to begin with
Between step 1 and 2 I'd recommend powering down and unplugging the pc.
Yeah I figured that much was obvious, even to for an novice.
@@PCTechHustle Humans are retarded, it's not obvious for the newer generations lol.
@@eltigre4419 I must be special then, or maybe it's because i'm 29. Once I hit 30 it's over 😂😂
@@eltigre4419 Jesus lol, It's all very simple stuff that can easily be googled. Are you in the states??
@@eltigre4419 Ahhhh, Germans are typically smart people though!
I’ve never worked with AMD cpus so I was completely unaware that their sockets lacked a method of locking the cpu into place. Good to know
The older versions don’t I think but I know my 5800x has a latch. I think any non am4 sockets don’t have a latch. Or maybe only certain motherboards. I don’t know.
@@sambennett2319 the problem with pga no pressure action, it also means no pressure action, other than the cooler ofc. i almost got a heart attack when I found out my fucking 5950x got stuck to the cooler. fuck me.
@@nothorrendoes ripping out the cpu damage the motherboard?
@@Jake-xx9xq probably, i woulnd't trust my socket anymore, although, CPU is fine
@@sambennett2319 2 years late but AM4 sockets have a latch. They just don't have a retention plate like intel and AM5.
Good form! also, how can we take a moment to appreciate how even the thermal paste application was there!
Hah! Thanks!
Obviously learned it from the Verge
Lol if I practiced what they taught I might have thermal paste in my USB ports!
This is actual gold in the useful computer tips department! This probably would work with older CPUs with pins as well!
I usually just slide the cooler down to the right and lift it up, way safer as there is still a chance your cpu could get stuck to the cooler by pulling it up, especially if the thermal paste is years old
That’ll work!
Just changed mine and the whole CPU came out with the cooler and my heart fucking sank, I genuinely was about to cry but new CPU went in and it’s working good max temps I’ve gotten out of stress test was 174F
Now my GPU is running at 100% usage and the CPU is 22% before they were both max usage
It's in the manual!! Gently push down the cpu cooler and twist it left and right and you're done. Just take a few seconds. But no! People always yeet them manual away
Hah! Yep!
No it’s not all it says for me is how to install it
@@cyphuss1715 maybe he means the online manual
Bold of you to assume I still have my manual
What’s a manual??? 🤪🤪🤪
Very important to let it loosen up on its own. Thermal paste likes to slowly release so just because you can’t feel it moving doesn’t mean it isn’t. Good video!
Here's what I do.
Step One: Turn on PC
Step Two: Open Cinebench
Step Three: Run a couple times and shut PC off during the third test (when its running)
Step Four: Take cooler off and do not touch the metal (or heatpipes if yours has it). The cooler will be pretty toasty but you will definitely not take the cpu out with the cooler.
Yep good tips!
Just unplug the fan and let it sit in the bios for a few minutes. Monitor the temp, and then shut off pc and twist. Only lift when you know it’s loose.
The fact that this deserves a video, even of it is a Shorts video, is terrifying.
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Thats why intel is so good, INTEL FTW!!
@@nolkerss intel fanboy?
@@snick6448 Intel hater?
@@nolkerss hater of fanboys
Nice thermal paste coverage! Every corner without a giant mess👍👍
You are maybe the only person that has said something positive about the thermal paste application lol!
Wish i got this recommended an hour before i bent my pins, not an hour AFTER
On no! Hopefully no permanent damage!
@@PCTechHustle *ordered a new cpu*
I always do a 10 minutes stress test from CPU Z and never had any issue
You lucky bastard!
@@vektor7136 💀
That is if you have the room to twist, my CPU heatsink is pretty much against the VRM heatsink, so no wiggle room
Easier trick:
1. unplug wraith cooler from the motherboard
2.turn on the pc, boot to the windows, processor temp gonna rise up and make thermal paste melted, after that turn off your pc
3.loosen up fan screw, after that shake the fan to left and right slowly, pull out the fan slowly and the cooler fan plugged out
Why we need to slowly plugged out the fan because the fan is sticky to the processor because of the thermal paste, that's why we need to warm up the processor withouts the fan turned on to melt the thermal paste
Using a good thermal paste, never have a problem when removing the cpu. I'm using Kryonaut, 👍.
I never thought of heating it up to take it off I used to just undo the screws and carefully twist and pull. It worked but the cpu always came out and gave me nightmares. Thanks for the tip
Sure thing!
This is pretty helpful as i sometime in the future plan on replacing from my stock cooler!
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful!
For the really dried and stuck on paste, use floss, wedge it between the cold plate and the CPU’s IHS, and then use the back and forth motion to slice away at the paste.
Good idea!
Cool idea, but when paste is dry it will crack and break eventually, just twist that damn cooler by 1 degree in each direction and do not pull until you feel it's starts to move up and down a bit by itself. Sometimes it can take like 2 twists and sometimes even 20. But it will detach eventually.
I just yoinked it out and my cpu was still chilling in there. Didn't know this could even go wrong tbh
Maybe it depends on the type of thermal paste? I use a Be Quiet air cooler with my 3600 which had pre-installed thermal paste. I'm sending my motherboard back for warranty stuff, hence why I'm here lol. I have another tube of paste from a Cryorig cooler I had on my old system so I'll just have to use that when I get a new motherboard.
@@TheProficy it was the preapplied paste. I unscrewed the bottom 2 screws first and basically rotated the cooler a bit and it got unstuck, the the other 2 screws and it was fine
I... thought this was a joke.. Apparently, many struggle with that. I've only had to do this once and didn't have an issue with that gladly.
Good thing this was recommended to me. Thanks for the heads-up! :D
No ones talking about how much thermal paste he put on their
Aww it wasn’t THAT much 🤪🤪🤪
@@PCTechHustle yes it was it was coming off the side
@@PCTechHustle 🤣
I haven't taken off more than 5 coolers but I've never had this problem lol.
It’s common if you aren’t careful
I took off my first one and was scared ash because i couldn’t get it off and the cpu came off with it
@@PCTechHustle Honestly wasn't aware!! Kind of glad a saw this lol.
@@joshuacarli6175 Yeah thats actually pretty sketchy haha. Something I'll definitely be weary of in the future lmao. Definitely won't be ripping coolers off willy nilly anymore lmfao.
I never knew this stuff happens. Like no youtuber/friend of mine told me about this. glad i know now
Now you know 😉😉😉
I would’ve never thought about warming it up first. Thanks for the tip!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
I remember I took apart an old AMD PC, took out the cooler along with the CPU, didn't know that was something that could happen, but good that I found out on an old and broken PC
Well this definitely gonna help me when I get a better cooler for my Ryzen 5
That’s the aim! Thanks for watching!
Nice, youtube recommends me this after i ripped off the stock cooler with the cpu. At least no bend pins lol.
Also i thought running it for 10 minutes while stock temps were over 60 was just fine but apparently not lol
Dang! Well at least there were no bend pins! 😬😬😬
This is informative and I'll be sure to make use of it in the future if I need to, I actually replaced my old AMD stock cooler recently and when I did my CPU came out attached to the cooler. Luckily it wasn't damage but I will say it was a scary experience.
This vid got recommended to me a year ago when I replaced my cpu and was super useful
Glad you found it helpful!
Step 4: wake up from the dream and remember that you have a 6th gen intel processor and ryzen is out of stock
Most are in stock just not so much for Ryzen 9
Me with my athlon 64: *sips tea*
@@supercool_saiyan5670 lmao we need to get the people with the athlon’s and fx series some help. I had a fx 6300 for 3 years. It was pain to game with. I luckily got uograded to a ryzen 7 3700x recently
LMAO
That's why I love LGA
Thanks so much I managed to get the AMD Stock cooler off.
A scary process lol!
Wish i could've seen this before Ripping out my r5 1600 while upgrading to a new cpu a couple weeks ago, bent some pins but i was able to restore them with a plastic card. It's still nice to have a working backup cpu even if ill probably never use it again lol
Glad you were able to repair the damage! Indeed a backup CPU is never a bad thing!
Tip for kids and other people that ripped their poor innocent AMD CPU out of the sockets:
1. Turn the PC on.
2. Let the CPU to heat up a bit to soften the paste.
3. Turn off the PC.
And you don't have very much time to put the cooler off. Twisting it that hard is a very bad idea. Start very slowly and patiently, until you feel it much easier to move around.
I’d add that you should stress the CPU a bit too. Like run prime95 for like 5 - 10 mins. Even just turning it on is sometimes is not enough especially since some pastes need higher temps to really soften.
Your paste like fuckin glue??? I have built a lot of computers for myself and some friends, swapped cpus and coolers and have rarely had one come out of the socket and even if it did i've just picked it off the coldplate... twisting it isnt going to hurt anything, you wont twist the cpu on the socket because they are only bonded by some paste
@@reecesoan8138 it really depends on the thermal paste. But some paste I’ve legit had the PC on for like 10 or so mins and I even twisted and the CPU still came out. So I just resort to being on the safer side and letting a stress test run to make sure it‘a soft.
@@alisso23e ohhh fair enough. I'm actually surprised, ima count myself lucky then because i suppose its pretty nerve racking if it comes of the cooler when your not expecting it
@@reecesoan8138 fun fact: paste dries after some time.
thanks but this video came too late for me - ripped out a 3700x and bent 2 pins when it fell, heart-stopping moment...luckily my mate at the local PC shop got it good as new in about 10 minutes :-)
😅😅😅. I’ve seen it happen all to many times! Glad yours got fixed!
That guy is the 🐐
I remember when my brother snatched my FIRST cpu from my hands and dropped it, I was so sad and mad and disappointed all at the same time. Luckily my dad has steady hands so he was able to bend the three pins back to normal
They can be salvaged if your are careful! I have a video on that actually 😉
@@PCTechHustle Here's a weird example of pins broken - I upgraded to an i7-2600k from i think an i5-2500 on an old system i snagged and managed to drop the CPU on the mobo when I was taking out the old CPU - yes I've done this TWICE now :/) ...anyways there must have been 7 or 8 pins broken on the mobo and so far there have been almost NO issues. My daughter has been gaming fine on it, the only thing is the front panel audio and rear audio ports don't work. I was amazed - totally thought it was bricked. I took it to the same guy that fixed my 3700x and he said i can't help you with this one lol
I plan on replacing my amd fan in 2 days. What a delightfully coincidental video to pop up on recommended 😮
Glad you found it helpful!
There's no need to heat it up first. Just do the twist to break the adhesion and it will come off just fine.
I agree, if you are careful you shouldn’t have to do the heat up step.
Jesus upgrading my cpu 2mrw, thank god I seen this
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So funny if only i had seen this before,.... before i thought i had to let my pc cool down before i worked on it, kinda like a car engine 😂. Its okay tho nothing was damaged but i was sweating bullets
Hah! Right? Glad you had no damage!
My cpu was held in place so you can pull it and not a big deal if its not warm still got it clean and working much better
Thanks! This technique is useful for me when I open the CPU fan later.
I don't know why everyone is so tripped up about taking a cooler off like damn. I just unscrew and boom it's all good; never had a problem as I would just wiggle it a bit before taking it off.
Lots of a first time builders that make the mistake.
What motherboard should I use for i9 with slight overclock
That depends on which i9 you are after 😉
Finally, a channel to watch while waiting Ltt to upload
Thanks for watching!
I’ve actually just got a new cooler that’s arrived and was just about to do this right now for first time thank goodness I’ve found this 😅
Glad I could be of some help!
@@PCTechHustle the pre heat tip worked a charm cooler came straight off without need for wiggles
Me thinking this was gonna be a whole different video instead of being a ed video thought he was gonna rip the thing off lol
Hah!
Good video. I see people daily on Reddit with destroyed cpu because they ripped it clean out
Hah yep! Thanks for watching!
I recommend just stressing out your CPU for a few minutes on all cores until the temperature becomes stable and stops climbing. If you’re really scared you can stop the fan blade with your finger and wait for your CPU to hit 80 - 90C before shutting off your system.
Me without a pc: oh ... ok
Maybe someone already said this, but I didn't see it. Not all stock coolers use the 4 screws. My 2700x has the big one with the clips. Definitely not the kind you want to try removing without laying the case flat, it could start to pull out the cpu on it's own from gravity when upright. I think most of it applies but it might be worth including to mention the differences. Ty for making vids like this to help people!
Yep! Right! Some are a bit more complicated in terms of mounting design. Though with removing any cooler you want to do the same twist and lift motion. Thanks for watching.
I've seen someone rip a 3950xt right out of the socket and bend a few pins in the process. This method saves CPUs people, take heed! Also, slide, then lift.
Yep it’s very easy to damage the cpu if you are not careful!
@@PCTechHustle I'm new to your channel and am also a tech hustler. Do you have a discord for your channel? I am building a system over the next 2 weeks off an Asus Prime x570-p unused openbox I found for $105. Would love to show it off when done. Just hunting for a gpu atm.
No discord yet but I’m working on it! Stay tuned! I’ll likely announce it soon!
@@PCTechHustle Cool beans! I appreciate your responding.
Just in time, I'll be swapping out my 3600's stock cooler. Great content again. Keep at it!
Thanks for watching!
how did it go i got same processor should i change the s tock cooler too or keep it
A fine choice of mobo. Im glad i got the x570 master over the asus and msi offerings. Everyone with a PGA board should know to do this.
Thankyou for this advice, learnt something new
For sure!
I am about to repaste mine so good to know that warming it up helps.
that helps a lot actually, thanks man.
i had yanked mine once and thank the stars the pins neither broke nor bent but SHEEEEEEEESH was it not a good feeling
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
Nice tips bro!
Thanks bro!
I ripped my 1600x like three years ago? I bent some pins but thankfully I managed to fix them and the cpu worked fine
Glad to hear there was no major damage
Lol I’ve done this before cpu was even warmed up it just had a really good seal I guess. Haven’t ever busted one like this but I’m pretty good at straightening pins
this would indeed be useful for me if i had a AMD cpu, good job!
Nice! I never knew Ryan from the office had a RUclips channel!
Lol!
doing my first pc upgrade myself and this was really helpful when I realized it wasnt coming out as easily as it seemed in videos where no one explains any of this. 😅 thank you so much for making it easy for my dumb self.
Yeah, also is much easier to clean the paste when is warm.
I do remember you have to use this method to change og xbox paste bcs it gets so hard and sticky that it is almost imposible to remove the gpu heatsink. Some people even ripped the gpu chip off triying to remove the heatsink.
Another tip, if you cant power on the sistem or board, just use a hair dryer to warm up the heatsink, just... Dont melt anything
Good tip!
Thank God I found this vid.. and thank you for making it!
Absolutely! And thank you for watching!
just what I needed. Ty man
Absolutely! Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for this, I’m updating my motherboard tomorrow 😊
Glad you found it helpful!
@@PCTechHustle subbed ty
Thank for the sub!! 😊
thanks! this wil come in handy as soon as i'm gonna upgrade my cpu
Your welcome! Thanks for watching!
cleanest thermal paste i have ever seen
Can you make part two of cleaning the thermal paste please?
Actually my good TrchTuber buddy has a short on that too!
ruclips.net/video/LZUGhtqaqbY/видео.html
@@PCTechHustle thank you so much , great content btw!
Thanks bro, I didnt know that, I'll do that next time when taking out my cooler
Glad you found it helpful!
Wow I got this recommended just hours before removing mine.
Thanks a lot, I know what to do now :)
Instructions unclear. Lost several fingers trying to remove a spinning cooler.
😂
this was the best time for me to get this recommended because im buying a new cpu cooler to replace my stock cooler. my 3600 runs at temps with the stock which make me uncomfortable
Glad you found it helpful!
I remember a school pc that propbably was 10 years old, and my teacher asked me if i could change thermalpaste on it, so i did. The thermal paste was sooo old that it had become like glue. And it was super hard to get the cooler off. But after a lot of voilent pulling i got the cooler off. And the thermal paste was like sement/concrete. It was sooo hard to remove. But in the end i got it all up and working 👍👍
Always been an Intel guy, me an a friend upgraded at the same time. He put my cpu in for me which really hurt but oh well. He used stock paste and when I found out I took it apart and spend a half hour trying to pry the cpu off the cooler 🥲
Ripped out a r 5 2600x. Pryed it off and it popped out onto the floor… still works!!!
Glad it still works!
very nice that this video is in my recommended after i have already pulled my cpu straight out of the socket ;/
Hopefully no damage! 🙏
@@PCTechHustle haha no thankfully I pulled it out perfect somehow and all pins were straight, had to use a hair dryer for a few second and slowly twist the cpu off the cooler 👍
I kind of expected a twist ala "yeet it away"
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thank's man it helpped me a lot
Glad it helped!
Ripped mine out of socket by accident, almost had a heart attack. Works still but I greatly suggest doing the method above
Glad you didn’t have any damage!
This would have been really helpful like 2 days ago. Bent a whole row of pins upgrading the cooler on my 5600x. Got it back in the socket and it still works tho!
Glad there was no damage!
Now I gotta ask, when putting a new cooler on (one with thermal paste already on it) do you need to clean the existing paste here or can you double layer it? cream sandwich, delicious paste, more cooling?
Just use the pre-applied paste. It performs completely fine as is. I wouldn’t add more either, no need.
For about 3 weeks, I had so much trouble removing the screws. They would not come off. I didn't want to risk breaking anything.
Today, I use a different screwdriver and it comes off easily (flathead screwdriver on phillips screws)
Hey sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do right?
Thank you....maybe in few days or weeks i will use this info
If u want more safety, u can try to Benchmark the cpus first. So when the cpu temp is warm, u can easily remove the cpu from motherboard
Yep! Great tip!
i would recommend running a benchmark to make it extra toasty before removing the cooler if you've left it untouched for a few years. in my experience the stock thermal paste the cooler comes pre-applied with practically cements itself to the cpu after enough time and just leaving the pc on idle was not enough to loosen it up. not fun.
So thing is I was kinda impatient and was wiggling the CPU cooler around as it was on, kinda checking if it was starting to budge a little. It went from totally stuck to the wind could have pushed it of the mount in an instant. Nothing weren’t wrong nothing was broken so tip to all: if it’s stiff and unmoving that doesn’t mean it’s not loosening. Also my screws were already undone so the only thing that was holding it down as the paste
Legit never heard of CPUs getting ripped out of sockets until I saw this video. Coincidentally I replaced the thermal paste on my cpu a couple of days ago
It’s a big time common mistake. Just check the comments here 🤪🤪🤪
I thought i was the only one who experienced this. Gave me a heart attack the first and the only time this happened to me. Great video man!
Man im so happy I watched this video lmao, my latest pc had an intel and I got my first amd cpu with my new pc, next time i'll got to remove it i'll remember this
Bro the wraith prism was a scary mf to remove. The amount of force you have to put down to remove the side latches is insane. Then the thermal paste is like concrete even after warming it up. Glad I moved on from stock cooler and artic thermal paste. I use kingpin KPX now. If you guys are getting into pc building please look into kingpin. Some of the best thermals and remains somewhat viscous for easier removal. Whenever you spread, it doesn’t feel like a thick paste👌🏾
Wow never had this issue with Intel cpus. I always just pull the cooler up… but great video, it’s probably better in general to warm it up and take that off gently. These parts are pretty fragile indeed.
Intel’s mounting system with LGA sockets is better, it actually holds down the entire CPU from the IHS, making it near impossible to rip out.
Am I the only one who’s done the twist pull since I started building PC’s? I do pull kind of angled, not straight up, but I’ve never damaged a CPU
Yeah I’ve always done it this way too, some people are brand new to PC build though and if you don’t use this method it’s especially dangerous with Ryzen CPUs
@@PCTechHustle fair enough, I watched Linus, Bitwit, and JayzTwoCents for years before I ever touched my first motherboard, I think I might have just subconsciously mimicked what they did