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Is there any hope trying to fixing this cooler? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Long story short; I bought a pc from a second hand market. It got completely destroyed during shipping. It got covered so no worries there, but im still left with some broken parts I'd like to fix. Among them is this Noctua cooler. This has been heavily bent, is it safe to bend it back again or is it going to require a lot of heat?

Thanks for any suggestions!

UPDATE :

Getting close! Surprisingly easy to vend back fix sone very slowly. Hoping to test it soon.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

No expert on CPUs and coolers, but

begin by checking levelness of the plate and functionality of the mounting mechanism. I suspect that if they got badly warped, all work could be futile.
when trying to bend things back, apply some external heat to them first (duh) [edit: dubious, see another user's comment below] and pay care not to impair the levelness of the plate (duh)
personally I would only try it on a CPU and motherboard that are old and cheap enough for me to be okay with them breaking. If you don't have them, perhaps there's some PC re-use initiative in your vicinity which would either accept and try your cooler, or give out corresponding components to you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

This an assembly specifically designed to spread out heat, applying heat to the pipes will just make the whole thing hot. If you did take a giant blowtorch to it and got it hot enough to soften the pipes, you'd probably dry out the pipes (potentially explosively).

Heat pipes are cold worked in the factory. The metals chosen are ductile. Adding lots of heat will only add to the problems.