Conroe ihs removal
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why would the average clocker want to remove it since there is a very real possibility of destroying the chip. I have read a few articles of people ripping off the cores, you only gain a couple of hundred mhz :s its hardly worth the effort
Just lap it until you see copper
but if you really want to remove it there is a guy called freecableguy on XS forums who mastered the "art" and is offering his services for a very reasonable fee.
Just lap it until you see copper
but if you really want to remove it there is a guy called freecableguy on XS forums who mastered the "art" and is offering his services for a very reasonable fee.
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Some people have found that the thermal material begins to change phase at ~90C, the processor is damaged at ~130C. That is quite a comfortable window.
A small lower temperature blow torch or heat gun is suitable, the IHS has a large thermal mass and getting the IHS into that window without overshooting would not be difficult.
The best way to remove the IHS would be to "slide" it off once the temperature is reached, the still viscous nature of the thermal material could cause the die to pull strongly on the package if removed vertically.
These people didn't do it properly, it's been done many times before sucessfully by people including freecableguy. The temperature gains increase at high processor power output and large temperature delta's.
A small lower temperature blow torch or heat gun is suitable, the IHS has a large thermal mass and getting the IHS into that window without overshooting would not be difficult.
The best way to remove the IHS would be to "slide" it off once the temperature is reached, the still viscous nature of the thermal material could cause the die to pull strongly on the package if removed vertically.
These people didn't do it properly, it's been done many times before sucessfully by people including freecableguy. The temperature gains increase at high processor power output and large temperature delta's.
deadkomodo said:I'd assume also that it would very much destroy resale value
Probably less than it did to amd cpu's as anyone could do that, whereas i reckon on mm people would pay just to have a pre de-lidded one that still works - no risk of them destroying them.
I lapped mine and got 8 degree temp drop but still not that chuffed with temp diff between idle and load and 1.55v (20 degrees for custom h2o)