Hi I recently built my first PC, plenty of problems so far, I haven't had the time to go through "perform these steps" sticky so you might see me back here but for now I'm wondering how you actually go about taking a CPU and it's cooler off.
I've been having problems with no signal going to the monitor and I have this nagging feeling it's because I messed about with the CPU cooler way too much before I figured how to properly install and I fear the thermal paste might have smeared and fried the CPU.
Although I don't even know if that's possible, or if I'm paranoid. Is there a particular way to remove the cooler, and is there something i should be looking for too see if the CPU is damaged or not?
I've been having problems with no signal going to the monitor and I have this nagging feeling it's because I messed about with the CPU cooler way too much before I figured how to properly install and I fear the thermal paste might have smeared and fried the CPU.
Although I don't even know if that's possible, or if I'm paranoid. Is there a particular way to remove the cooler, and is there something i should be looking for too see if the CPU is damaged or not?