Those Dell heatsinks are very difficult to remove. I've removed the heatsink from a 700Mhz Slot 1 Cumine that was a Dell OEM CPU. I used a pair of snips to "chop up" the plastic clip right close to ...

So, I know this has probably been covered before, but my ars forum search-fu is failing me ... <BR><BR>I have to RMA my motherboard, but when I went to wiggle the retail HSF off the CPU, I guess I ...

As I dismantled the build to deep-clean the cooler radiator and fans, I thought it wouldn't hurt to replace the thermal paste, too. After all, I had already removed the radiator, so removing the pump ...