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.

Edit: I built this PC from parts, I put the CPU in, so I know I have to remove the cooler and pull the lever up.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    12 days ago

    Could you provide a picture? Something sounds off, like you’re conflating the CPU with something else, or you’ve missed a step such as opening the CPU “cage”.

    AM5 socket is similar to many other sockets, and it basically goes like this:

    1. Remove heatsink
    2. Open the socket with the small lever
    3. Lift open the socket.
    4. Pull the CPU out straight

    Note that if there’s an excessive amount of coolant paste that has dried up, some components might seem stuck.

    • great_7562@ani.socialOPEnglish
      12·
      12 days ago

      So I might be missing something, but it’s not these. I built this PC from parts, so I know all these steps.

      I would post a picture, but honestly, the PC is built and in the case right now. I might want to swap the motherboard soon though (and last time I tried removing the CPU from this motherboard, I faced this issue and gave up), which is why I am asking.

      MSI B650 Gaming Plus WIFI is the motherboard, it sounds weird yes, it sounds like there shouldn’t be something surrounding the CPU, but the CPU literally goes in the “hole” and is surrounded by it.

      • titchpocalypae@lemmy.world
        1·
        12 days ago

        Just gonna throw this idea out there since you’ve addressed all of the potential mistakes. It looks like if you can grab the CPU by the top, then you can pull it out, right? If so, anytime in doing a construction project and need to do this sort of maneuver, I just put something adhesive like tape it got glue on the top of the part I need to extract (the CPU in your case), then that gives me something to grab onto so I can pull the thing out.

        • great_7562@ani.socialOPEnglish
          1·
          12 days ago

          Glue or suction cup might work, yes (though with glue, I’d be scared of damaging something if the glue for example grabs something wrong too).

          Also, someone mentioned about the gaps on the sides of socket for fingers to fit that I did not know, so that might work too.