![Expensive mistake / lesson, due to stock AMD thermal compound - CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory - Linus Tech Tips Expensive mistake / lesson, due to stock AMD thermal compound - CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory - Linus Tech Tips](https://linustechtips.com/uploads/monthly_2019_11/IMG_20191109_221246.jpg.32631bc3937334f944ed94cc994b82d9.jpg)
Expensive mistake / lesson, due to stock AMD thermal compound - CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory - Linus Tech Tips
PCWorld - Oops! If your CPU ever sticks to your cooler, try gently twisting it left and right to break the seal—being careful not to harm the pins. DON'T just pry it
Cooler Master - V8 cooler mod by Hannes. Mod Competition 2012 now has a Cooler Mod category. Paint, twist, and change any Cooler Master CPU Cooler into whatever you want. Hurry! Registration
![Little Devil! After changing my CPU cooler to Dark Rock 4, I sucked and bent one of pins. My RAMs were working as Single Channel mode and stack in 2133 Mhz. Fixing Little Devil! After changing my CPU cooler to Dark Rock 4, I sucked and bent one of pins. My RAMs were working as Single Channel mode and stack in 2133 Mhz. Fixing](https://preview.redd.it/1epzwlsbqi631.jpg?auto=webp&s=3ae35397bb6bdd636494524105b31bfc969f43ff)
Little Devil! After changing my CPU cooler to Dark Rock 4, I sucked and bent one of pins. My RAMs were working as Single Channel mode and stack in 2133 Mhz. Fixing
![AMD got glued to the cooler, twisting doesn't work, alcohol did nothing, and the even heating it with a blow-dryer didn't work, running out of ideas : r/sffpc AMD got glued to the cooler, twisting doesn't work, alcohol did nothing, and the even heating it with a blow-dryer didn't work, running out of ideas : r/sffpc](https://preview.redd.it/6tcnwmfrvb381.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c575d7f090e0d228e04a7c63223a8f21d272b2e9)
AMD got glued to the cooler, twisting doesn't work, alcohol did nothing, and the even heating it with a blow-dryer didn't work, running out of ideas : r/sffpc
![Per AMD : Find someone who can bend the pins back - CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory - Linus Tech Tips Per AMD : Find someone who can bend the pins back - CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory - Linus Tech Tips](https://linustechtips.com/uploads/monthly_2020_09/IMG_3931.jpg.d55592ab99a90ab58981555a8a85e21e.jpg)