a proccesor question

Hello group , Please tell me this : How do I release the clamps that
hold the processor AND Fan to the mother board ? , an ASUS A7 board with a
AMD athlon processor , I will be putting a FASTER one in the system .
Thanks , Phil

Joe User...

I can't believe that people are giving you trouble over this.

Use a hammer and chisel. Do not be afraid to really lay into the
processor to remove it. They can be difficult to remove. They are
typically removed in pieces. Sandblast to remove the smaller pieces.

CWatters...

Seriously though. On my AMD machine you put medium size screwdriver
vertically in a sort of slot in the clip. Press down reasonably firmly and
lean the screwdriver towards the processor slightly. The clip comes off with
the heatsink. Examine the new one before you start to get the general idea.

Take care not to slip or you dig a hole in the PCB with the driver

Charlie Hoffpauir...

Surely off-topic, but IIRC, it's just the reverse of the instructions
that came with your new processor on how to install it. A "medium"
size flat-blade screwdriver usually works... There's an indention or
notch that you can apply pressure to, and release first one side, then
the other.
Charlie Hoffpauir

melsonr...

Although a recent malefactor, myself -- editor wars -- I think it's safe to
say that the group's primary focus is the application of computers to
genealogy. That would include topics such as genealogy applications available
in the various computing environments (Mac, M$oft, unix/linux), peripheral
devices such as scanners, databases, spreadsheets, and so on. Specific
hardware questions, such as yours, would seem to be outside the group's scope.

Keep in mind, please, that mine is not the definitive answer here, tho' I'm
pretty sure it comes close.

Dr. Brian Leverich...

Hi Bob -

You're prolly 98% right, though in practice over the years the
group has really been genealogists discussing things computerish.
This would even shade into things like how you swap out a CPU.

I'm the listowner of GENCMP-L (the mailing list gatewayed to
soc.genealogy.computing), and one of the original advocates for
the soc.roots split into the current soc.genealogy.* hierarchy.

It seems reasonable to be pretty mellow about topicality, so
long as things don't drift to quilting or skijoring or any
such.

Steve Hayes...

Indeed -- it's not as if we are overwhelmed, or likely to be, with discussion
of hardware problems, but if as genealogists we can help each other with such
thigns when they occur, none of us will be any the poorer for it.

Cheers, B.

Bob Melson

joe2phil...

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