Northbridge heatsink

[jurtje]

Hey guys, the other day I wanted to put some artic silver 5 under my passive northbridge heatsink of my asus a7n8x-e.
However, I was unable to get the freaking thing off :oops:

It has two little black pins on both sides with little tiny buttons on them. I tried everything, pushing the buttons then pulling the heatsink etc. However, it would not move.

Now I definitely want to get it off, but does anybody know how?

http://www.asus.it/products/mb/socketa/a7n8x-e-d/a7n8x-e-d_l.jpg

[playafly187]

i decided to do the same thing with my Epox board. check the link below for a detailed description of exactly what i did:

http://www.ocia.net/reviews/8rda%2B/page4.shtml

you are pretty much on the right path, probably will just take some prying to get it to come loose

[jurtje]

So you think eventhough it has these little buttons on top of the pins, I still have to take the whole motherboard out? (Damn, I hoped I didn't have to)

[playafly187]

yea, more than likely you will have to remove the motherboard to get the the pins on the bottom...

[striker777]

Playafly187 is correct, you must push the pins out from underneath the motherboard so you can pull the pins out from the other side. Then a pair of pliers should be used to squeze the remainding plastic pins underneath the motherboard and once removed the heatsink should be able to be pulled off pretty easily.

[mtfresh]

Yes I'd recommend anyone who is overclocking to take off there northbridge and re-apply some artic silver 5 or change it like I did and put a Vantec Iceberq copper on there and push for those high fsb's. 8)