How to take the P3 casing off?

[m_kelder]

To replace the retail hsf, how do you take it all of the slot 1 pentium 3?

[NeoMoses]

I'm interested in this also, I have a slot 1 PII. sorry I can't help you, though.

[FrankMasterFlash]

The Tech Zone has a great article on taking it off. Click here. (http://www.thetechzone.com/articles/p3_heatsink_remove.htm)

[m_kelder]

great, thx

[frantadr]

Hi,
I have replaced the cooler from my boxed P3 CPU in this way:
1. I removed cover containing fan by pressing the cover on the both ends. It is fastened
behind the sides of aluminium cooler.
2. To remove the aluminium cooler was worse.
It is fixed in four places by plastic thorns.
They are not accessible, and I two of them broken. Aluminium part and the thorns I removed. "Solder side" part of the plastic cover is the only part which I used, when I attached Alpha PAL3125.

[Blue Jester_2112]

The most effective way I know of (the way I removed mine) Is to first remove the fan from the HS. Then take a case screw and place on a hard surface (table) with the threaded end pointing up. Line the screw up with one of the hole in the front of the cartrige where the clips that fasten the HS poke through. Press the cartrige down onto the screw with gentle even pressure until the clip pops out. Do this for all for holes and it should come off no problem. BE VERY CAREFUL! I haven't heard of anyone damaging their cpu this way but it can happen. Also, it takes a pretty fair amount of force for this to work and it makes a very lound and nerve racking sound when the screw pops the clips out. Once you have it off inspect the core to make sure it hasn't been damaged.
Again be very careful and remember that the possibility of damaging the core, while somewhat unlikley, doer exist.
Good luck =]

[zoopa_man]

Dremel Tool Pwhohahahha
Seriously though, be carefull when doing it, I watched my friend do it and thought he broke his chip. And do it on a static free surface, don't accidently put it on the table with out some kind of static protection under it.

Static is bad, I don't like static. *ZAP* Eehhhh

[vimal]

ninga (Jul 10, 2001 03:26 p.m.):
I'm interested in this also, I have a slot 1 PII. sorry I can't help you, though.

The Slot 1 PII's are slightly different (and much easier) to take off.
http://www.1coolpc.com/install/p2.htm

I followed these directions to the letter for both a retail PII-400 and PII-266. I haven't tested the 266, but for the 400, simply replacing Intel's thermal pad with cheap silicon grease brought me up from 496 to 533. Intel's heatsink is not very good at removing heat though.