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Well I'm still waiting to hear from jian57.
It happens more than you might think,
https://www.google.com/search?q=cpu+...ient=firefox-a
Main way to prevent it from happening is to make sure that the computer has been running before removing the heatsink, that way the thermal paste/pad is warm and more pliable.
That's happened to me, AMD AM3 socket. An old Dell. I was trying to flip the heat shroud back. The heat sink with the CPU stuck to it went with it. I had to straighten out a few pins along one edge of the CPU but I got it all working again. The old thermal past was like glue. I had to use a small screw driver to separate the CPU from the heat sink.