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- Jul 20, 2005
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- Chicago, IL
ok so i just posted a previous thread aobut a 3.0ghz processor. Now I have another problem. I have an intel 865perl mobo and a 478pin with an xp-90 w/artic silver 5. I took the heatsink off the board and when I did the cpu was actually torn out of the motherboard! I guess that artic silver 5 is more sticky than the other stuff that I use. now I checked the cpu and a few of the pins are bent. Not to mention the retention lever on the mobo is stilll in the locked position. As if things couldn't get worse, i got some thermal compound on the pins!!!!!! what a nighmare. So do you guys think im looking at a ruined mobo, cpu, or both? if the cpu is fixable how should I go about getting the compound off the cpu? should I attempt to bend the pins back into place? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!