Quote Originally Posted by mhlyons View Post
How do you break down the Pentium 3 It has the black alum fin on top and haven't figured out how to remove it. ?
Were you trying to break it away from the heatsink, or remove it from the board ? Looks like here a picture might have been worth a thousand words. Getting it off the board you need to release the spring leafs holding the heatsink in place(usually they just press down somehow to release the catches from the sides of it). Then unsnap the latch holding it to the motherboard. Then it should lift right out. Then, if you still need to separate the heatsink and CPU, see comments 1-11 lol