This kinda sounds stupid, but everyone I’ve looked up say “grab CPU by the sides and take out”. Thing is, the CPU is in the socket, the sides are surrounded by the socket “walls”, I can’t exactly grab the sides.
I mean, kinda same thing for putting CPU in, but for putting it in, I can just let go a bit above, and have it fall down into the socket.
Maybe this motherboard is like that, and other motherboard are different, but I don’t know.
The only thing I can grab is the heatsink (which you apply thermal paste to) on the top, but I can’t get a good grip on it.
I can keep grabbing and pull the CPU to the side on top, but I might bend a few pins doing that.
This is AM5 socket btw.
A couple of questions.
What CPU do you have?
Have you taken the cooler off yet? It sounds like you haven’t, and that’s a pretty important first step. I recommend running the computer for a little bit to get the cpu up to temperature to soften the thermal paste before trying to remove it. Most CPU coolers are either screwed or latched in place.
Once the cooler is off what exactly you’re looking at will vary slightly between which CPU socket you have. Most have a little round rod/lever that runs along the side of the socket that will need to be lifted before the cpu can be removed. It should come out easily
Well, I kinda am not trying to take the CPU out right now, but last time I tried I faced this issue (as well as when trying to put in, I just had to sorta drop it from a bit above), and I might want to take it out again soon.
The cooler/heatsink is removed in this case, by heatsink in the OP I mean, the like metal thing on top of CPU, the thing you put thermal paste on, not the actual heatsink you put on the CPU, but the shield thingy attached to the CPU.