just yesterday, i figured that if i'm not going to buy a new hsf i can at least waste a bit of time and lap this one and put in bird crap thermal compound instead of the pad, like i should've done last time. well, i've never taken a heatsink OFF before, but i don't think it should be this difficult. is there something i'm missing? after slipping w/ the screwdriver 50 times, i finally was able to depress the clip to where i could see it moving downwards vertically from the socket lug. only thing is, there was NO horizontal give. i could get it down all the way vertically, but i wasn't even able to pry it away from the side so that it would come off. is there something blatantly obvious that i'm missing or are these clips just a *****? either way, is there any advice you guys could give to a newbie at heatsink-taking-offing? thanks a lot in advance.
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