De-lidded 3770k!!

Sorry to hear about this, I was following with big interest, (got a 3770K), I am absolutely sure the way forward is directly fitting the cooler on the cpu-chip, a
very carefull procedure getting there, controlling pressure mounting the cooler
might be a stony road for sure, good luck getting on with the project, and tell
what went wrong please
 
@BrainB

Unlucky man its a damn shame you nicked the pcb, I know that itchy feeling of pushing for more performance but nevertheless try to see if it cannot be fixed?

The only CPU I have ever had die on me was a de-lidded old skool AMD Barton running on my old cather storm block WC setup. The IHS was removed but along the way the stanley knife cut of a few small resistors around the core, when the IHS popped off i realised to my horror the damage I had done, at first the machine refused to boot and I sat there with my hands on my head thinking "well that was expensive mistake". :mad:

However many hours later I did a CMOS reset and machine booted fine, even with the missing resistors on the cpu, placed a had a nice shim protecting the cpu core slapped cathers block and the temps were awesome - but around a good 8-9 months down the line the cpu died... My first and only CPU lose RIP Barton :(

Thank god the 2500K has its IHS soldered on, not sure I could hold back de-lidding it if it wasn't even if its as 4.8ghz lol

**Edit CPU was Opteron 146 CAB2E socket 939, not the barton/athlon axia's

Kamz
 
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Hmmmmm now that you mention it I do remember having a mobile Barton, but i cant for the life of my remember what AMD cpu it was that i de-lidded and died, unfortunately i cant even check my order history because CpuCity no longer exist ><

***Edit looking through some old emails the last AMD CPU i had was the Opteron 146 CAB2E socket 939, im 99% sure thats the one I de-lidded I cant even remember why I bought the Opteron
 
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Nickolp1974 said:
Just caught up on this thread, @BrianB, dam thats awful news, have you inspected mobo cpu pins there so easy to bend, do ya have a magnifying glass so you can have a closer look. Again sorry to hear about your loss :(


Is that the nick to the top right corner?? Is there a break in the pcb track??! I had a mobo with a broken track and managed to repair it.

Do NOT put nail polish on until you have checked the nick(golden bit is the track, there like very thin copper ribbon which can be easily broken) and check them pins!
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I actually went to the shop and there was nail polish for like £4 or electrical tape for £1.50 so I cheaped out and got the tape. I will try get something to have a closer look at my cpu pcb and the motherboard pins. Thanks for the advice..:) Is there anything I can do about the damaged tracks if I have them?

*Rich* said:
Dead cpu, i think that just put me off attempting this on my chip at any point ever now.

Sorry to hear of your dead cpu though. :(

As above though, keep trying any possible means of repair.
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Thank you. I will keep trying for the sake of £180 lol.


HHM said:
Sorry to hear about this, I was following with big interest, (got a 3770K), I am absolutely sure the way forward is directly fitting the cooler on the cpu-chip, a
very carefull procedure getting there, controlling pressure mounting the cooler
might be a stony road for sure, good luck getting on with the project, and tell
what went wrong please
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Just to make sure you know I'm not the OP. I just tried very carefully to delid mine and cut the PCB, I'm suspecting it was because I used a blade instead of a knife and it flexed. I do however think it is very risky to do this mod to your chip, should have used the golden rule lol - If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Monkeyspaz5000 said:
Did you use a Stanley to de-lid or something else?
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I used a safety razor blade at first, but after I thought the Stanley would have been a better choice, even though I was so delicate with it, the safety razor blade cut through the sealant like butter, but needed a Stanley for the cornered edge and it was just as easy with a gentle wriggle technique.
 
Lol, you could probably find something like that tbh, but I'm guessing it would be oil based and be hard to clean off. Going to go have a look at these pins now. :)

The actual PCB part of the 3570K feels like the cheapest part. The IHS is heavy in comparison feels good, hard to clean the black sealant off though.
 
All I did was place the chip ontop, how can I straighten those 2 pins? Tweezers? :D I might have moved the IHS slightly while ontop but never really put any pressure on it to do something like that..
 
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