Opteron 185 IHS Removal! + pics :) :)

[frankenchrist]

I am back !!

On My Sripped CPU!

I Booted!!

Plus the best part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*NO LIE!!!!**

Anyone who is frequent to this forum knows I bitch constantly about the temps on this power hungry CPU.

In orthos 15 mins in (Where my temps hit max)...


*No Lie* I went from 58 under Full load load 15 mins stable both cores

TO> 42c (Temps stablise after 15 on my system)

No lie! I worship whoever posted this thread

Allthough I am very tired from the 4 hours it took and 3 bent pins I had to fix......

 

[DaMulta]

Any pics?

 

[t_ski]

I'd have to try it on a few cheap/dead CPU's before I trusted myself to pop the top off my Opteron 170.

 

[mandelore]

I am back !!

On My Sripped CPU!

I Booted!!

Plus the best part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*NO LIE!!!!**

Anyone who is frequent to this forum knows I bitch constantly about the temps on this power hungry CPU.

In orthos 15 mins in (Where my temps hit max)...


*No Lie* I went from 58 under Full load load 15 mins stable both cores

TO> 42c (Temps stablise after 15 on my system)

No lie! I worship whoever posted this thread

Allthough I am very tired from the 4 hours it took and 3 bent pins I had to fix......

hehehe great to hear it. p.s no need to worship, just be happy in your success

 

[frankenchrist]

It was late and I had trouble staying awake.

No pics as of now but I can take some if/when I decide to change the thermal compound on my chip.

I am unsure of how effective the compound I used was but could not find my Arctic silver and wanted to see her boot and bench.

I ended up using the white compound that came with my new waterblock but it seemed very thin with a consistancy of hand lotion. (Ceramic?)

The results were impressive anyways but I am very confident in my Arctic Silver.

 

[t_ski]

Ceramique is pretty thick. It was probably just generic silicone paste.

 

[sneekypeet]

Hey t ski there is still that sempy on my desk ...no loss to either of us if u screw up...lol!

 

[bigboi86]

Why the heck did it take 4 hours??

I just stuck my pins in the black foam square thing to keep those from being bent, stuck a razorblade in a corner, and literally popped a top in like 5minutes.

 

[DOM]

Why the heck did it take 4 hours??

I just stuck my pins in the black foam square thing to keep those from being bent, stuck a razorblade in a corner, and literally popped a top in like 5minutes.

I think you'll know why after reading this

OK!! My drunk dumb arse suceeded in getting the lid off my 4200!

Now it is time for the live or "DIE" *Get it hehe* Ok bad joke!

Wish me all the luck!

 

[Glitched System]

Will this work with celerons?

 

[bigboi86]

Will this work with celerons?

Sometimes Intel epoxies their IHS to their cpu's. People have done it before though.

 

[Glitched System]

Interesting, might have to try it.

 

[t_ski]

Hey t ski there is still that sempy on my desk ...no loss to either of us if u screw up...lol!

Actually I still have the POS CPU from ebay. I got a refund and the guy never asked for it back. Heck, the dang thing may actually work, but I won't be able to find out untill I can get a new mobo for it.

 

[frankenchrist]

I have some sweet pics!!

Ill have them on the site in a few. I swapped my freebie Koolance thermal grease for some actic silver and actually went up from 42c after 3 hours in orthos to 46c in orthos *under full OC* I must say I will give arctic silver two days to set in and if it does'nt drop I will go back to the white paste Koolance gave me that was 4c lower without being burned in.

This was the best thing I could've done to keep my system stable and I reccomend it to anyone who has the hairies to do it!

The depth you need to slice is a very thin 1/8 inch on my dual core very similar to the Opty be very careful there is very little room for mistake!

Dismantle A shaver like in the guide listed on page one it is very hard to get any blade thicker than a shaver in the crease.

Good luck all It is well worth it if you are willing to risk it!

 

[frankenchrist]

Here is your Dual core setup.

 

[mandelore]

overclock/burn in update

Hi all. Well im grinning from ear-to-ear

managed to get Vcore down from 1.25 to 1.2 and i have broken 3GHZ

cores under load have raised by just 1C (well 2C on core1), but its all good!

 

[frankenchrist]

Hi all. Well im grinning from ear-to-ear

managed to get Vcore down from 1.25 to 1.2 and i have broken 3GHZ

cores under load have raised by just 1C (well 2C on core1), but its all good!

Grats!

 

[frankenchrist]

I may sound like a newb!
I just got 2827mhz @ 1.625 v-core *Too Hot 56c loaded under orthos 1 hour* but have never needed to take a screenshot what keys do I push?

AMD 4200+ (Stock 2.2mhz)
Running cool and stable at 2712 after IHS removal under 45c *8 hours Orthos*
10.5x258.3
DDR333
1033 htt
4xmulti
1.6 v core
2.7 mem
1.7 nf4

IHS removal has lowered my temps and allowed me to bring V-core up .5
apprx 90 mhz inc. stable and cool-------- 200mhz inc. *HOT* around 55-57c

*over previous pre IHS removal OC.*

 

[mandelore]

press print screen on keyboard, go into paint, press paste and then crop appropriatly

 

[oily_17]

Hi guy's did any of you have to alter your CPU holder on the mobo.

I have the top of my Opty 175,as my temps are all over the place,and I thought I would give this a go.
But my water block,Swiftech Apogee GT,extends over the holder and I am worried it might not make proper contact with naked CPU.It seems to be touching the raised part on the right of the holder.

My mobo is still in the case so maybe I should take it out to get a better look.

 

[mandelore]

Hi guy's did any of you have to alter your CPU holder on the mobo.

I have the top of my Opty 175,as my temps are all over the place,and I thought I would give this a go.
But my water block,Swiftech Apogee GT,extends over the holder and I am worried it might not make proper contact with naked CPU.It seems to be touching the raised part on the right of the holder.

My mobo is still in the case so maybe I should take it out to get a better look.

if you check out one of the links i posted on the first page. Basically, if the waterblock extends over the inner plastic shim thingy, you will need to either cut that off, or shave 3mm worth from the base of the bracket, or shave the inner plastic to allow ur waterblock to fit through. But it has to be 3mm coz thats the thickness of the IHS on the chip

Personally, i had to cut away a portion of that platic ledge on both sides, but if you can and no components on the way you can just shave the legs of the bracket, but probs easier to just remove a small amount of that inner plastic to allow ur waterblock to fit through. Mind you, i DID order a replacement bracket just incase i messed up, so keep that in mind

 

[oily_17]

Thanks,checked the link out,but I am not using the retention bracket.
Swiftech uses two small spacer tubes that fit over the holes for the screws in the mobo.

I have shaved 3mm of these,but it is the actual holder that locks your CPU down that I was worried about,not sure the die clears the raised part of it.

Will have to get a closer look maybe.

 

[mandelore]

Thanks,checked the link out,but I am not using the retention bracket.
Swiftech uses two small spacer tubes that fit over the holes for the screws in the mobo.

I have shaved 3mm of these,but it is the actual holder that locks your CPU down that I was worried about,not sure the die clears the raised part of it.

Will have to get a closer look maybe.

yeah i had to remove 3mm from those white spacer tubes on my swifty pelt block, and then narrow down my original mobo retention brackets inner ledges to it could fit through

 

[oily_17]

Taken from your link here

A bolt down heatsink or waterblock should work without modification unless the surface of the sink/block extends over the cam block (where it says "Socket 939") and then you will have to see if the cpu core is at a higher point than the cam block. If it is then the sink/block can lie flat on the core and you have no problem, if the cpu core is lower than the cam block then you will have to sand down the cam block enough so that it is lower than the surface of the cpu core.

So maybe I will have to sand it down a little.

 

[mandelore]

yeah thats quite a possibility, but please make sure you can get a replacement if something goes horribly wrong. Id hate to think youd be left with no way to use ur pc