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FireFox · Jun 22, 2016

cadaveca · Jun 22, 2016

Jetster · Jun 22, 2016

Now that's sexy. 6950X?

cadaveca · Jun 22, 2016

Jetster said:
Now that's sexy. 6950X?

Yessir! The "X" got an "X" of paste.

RealNeil · Jun 22, 2016

How many of you know what this little tool is? (and no, it's not a Bonsai Rake)

Random Murderer · Jun 22, 2016

RealNeil said:
How many of you know what this little tool is? (and no, it's not a Bonsai Rake)

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Looks like an ice scraper, but my gut tells me this is wrong.

cadaveca · Jun 22, 2016

RealNeil said:
How many of you know what this little tool is? (and no, it's not a Bonsai Rake)

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I know exactly what it is but won't ruin it for others. I can say that Intel still makes such devices...

Random Murderer · Jun 22, 2016

cadaveca said:
I know exactly what it is but won't ruin it for others. I can say that Intel still makes such devices...

Ah, I found it. I thought I had seen one before back in the P1 days.

RealNeil · Jun 22, 2016

So this is an Intel CPU Extraction Tool.
The fingers were placed between the pinned CPU and its socket.
Then the tool was bent forwards to gently pry the CPU away from the mainboard.
Used on all four sides, it made the job much easier than other methods.

khemist · Jun 22, 2016

Ha!, that was annoying me trying to figure it out.

cadaveca · Jun 22, 2016

khemist said:
Ha!, that was annoying me trying to figure it out.

The newer ones for high volumes look like one of those date-stamps thingies. The low volume one is just a plastic clip that grabs either side of the chip. Working in PC stores introduced me to these devices... good stores have them.

RealNeil · Jun 22, 2016

I used this one for years.
But not recently.

GC_PaNzerFIN · Jun 22, 2016

Funny, I never needed a tool to extract PGA CPUs from sockets. All you need to do is pull the cooler upwards and magic happens, regardless of locking pin position the CPU & cooler combo comes off together from the socket. :roll:

cadaveca · Jun 22, 2016

GC_PaNzerFIN said:
Funny, I never needed a tool to extract PGA CPUs from sockets. All you need to do is pull the cooler upwards and magic happens, regardless of locking pin position the CPU & cooler combo comes off together from the socket.

When you do 300 in a week, under deadlines, a tool becomes immensely useful, whether for install or removal. Skylake is really hard to remove because the PCB is so thin.

ASUS had the foresight to include an install tool with some of their motherboards, even.

jboydgolfer · Jun 23, 2016

thats my old Intel back scratcher from when i was still @ Intel's marketing division

CPU removal tool + masking tape + yard stick = back scratcher

RealNeil · Jun 23, 2016

GC_PaNzerFIN said:
Funny, I never needed a tool to extract PGA CPUs from sockets. All you need to do is pull the cooler upwards and magic happens, regardless of locking pin position the CPU & cooler combo comes off together from the socket.

No, this was long before locking pins on CPU sockets.

This was for 8088, 286, 386, and some 486 CPUs.

But I know what you mean by yanking on the coolers. That worked sometimes when all you wanted was the cooler.

GC_PaNzerFIN · Jun 23, 2016

cadaveca said:
When you do 300 in a week, under deadlines, a tool becomes immensely useful, whether for install or removal. Skylake is really hard to remove because the PCB is so thin.

ASUS had the foresight to include an install tool with some of their motherboards, even.

This is very much true. HP servers have guiding plastics around CPU, which slide to the socket locking plate from side. It is spring loaded so the cpu pops up to like 60 degree angle from socket when you release lock pin. Amazing, wondering why that is not used on consumer gear. Maybe HP has patent?

Jetster · Jun 23, 2016

RealNeil said:
How many of you know what this little tool is? (and no, it's not a Bonsai Rake)

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Never seen one. I use my fingernail, and yes I have damaged a CPU dropping it on the socket

TheHunter · Jun 23, 2016

khemist said:
Ha!, that was annoying me trying to figure it out.

I thought for a sec its some sort thermal paste spreader

JalleR · Jun 23, 2016

Me2 and I have one

Recon-UK · Jun 23, 2016

More AMD AM3 love.

I will never part with this hardware, this motherboard is now 6 years old, it has a broken PCI-E latch which holds a GPU into the slot though that's not an issue, it's had a AIO cooler burst all over it (CoolIt ECO ALC) and it's survived two GPU's dying on it (Radeon 7770 & GeForce GTX 480) It's some serious bit of hardware and will clock any Phenom II to it's peak without a sweat, awesome board the MSI 790FX-GD70.

khemist · Jun 24, 2016

Having a play about with pump setups, going to be very hard to fit in the new caselabs case, with a res on it at least.

khemist · Jun 24, 2016

XSPC ion ,may still be too tall.

khemist · Jun 25, 2016

It is too tall to go vertical, i can maybe do it like this, i thought this thing was tiny tbh, it is not.

Recon-UK · Jun 25, 2016

Very sexy indeed @khemist

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