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[JunkBear]

Like mine à Dell Inspiron 640m

i see a lot of older laptops, dell core 2 duos and such... and most of them have small panels to give direct access to the heatsink and socketed CPU's.

I miss those generations, upgraded tons of C2D laptops to higher clocked models for basically zero cash and sold them as media PC's

 

[silentbogo]

Not sure if I posted this yet, but here we go.

That's on topic of people with questionable intelligence baking shit on every imaginable occasion. Poor GTX660 only had a malfunctioning PWM controller, before it was put in the torture oven.


If someone is offended by my post and wants to mention some examples of successful "baking", please move on. I am short-tempered.

 

[peche]

nice but i never use that just bought paint brush and i use that for cleaning from motherboard, keyboard, monitor and so far it works pretty good

agreed, just look for the plastic ones! i have lost the middle of of a kit i have purchased several years ago, replaced with a plastic handle regular paint brush ...

 

[witkazy]

Front panel on hinges,fantastic idea

 

[dr emulator (madmax)]

I went through some boxes and found this.

It is beyond me why I put it away in that state. I cleaned off the TIM and everything, but left that. Yay me!

careful you don't get legionnaires disease from that

my local store has an air-conditioner in the ceiling that has dust on the outlets like that, maybe it's time to call environmental health services

 

[Athlonite]

careful you don't get legionnaires disease from that View attachment 83141

my local store has an air-conditioner in the ceiling that has dust on the outlets like that, maybe it's time to call environmental health services

this partly why I turn the fans over on stock HSF's so the air gets sucked through the heatsink and you don't get carpet growing on the top temp difference is marginal at best +/- 2~3 degrees

 

[silentbogo]

There is a category of people I call Dumb Fucks. These shouldn't be anywhere near computers and they should be banished far-far away from civilized society.... preferably somewhere in Antarctica.

Just received a return on motherboard purchase. Not sure if you can see it, but there is one 5.6K SMD resistor missing near the mosfet (I've also marked the ones that are in place).
Most likely knocked off during installation.



The guy claimed that he is a super-experienced IT tech, and worked with computers for decades, and I am a scammer, who sells non-working boards (even though I gave him a full refund before even inspecting the MoBo for signs of damage).
So much for being a nice guy.

 

[Toothless]

Sooo he ignored the damage on the board and decided to be a bigoted dunce? He sounds like an ass.

EDIT: I see two damaged and one missing in the middle-left.

 

[dorsetknob]

The guy claimed that he is a super-experienced IT tech,

And Normally works on V-Tech Equipment ?????
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/Vtech-shop.htm

 

[silentbogo]

And Normally works on V-Tech Equipment ?????
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/Vtech-shop.htm

Probably fixes Leapfrog laptops with kitchen oven reflow method.

I know, it's only one resistor fixable in 2-3minutes, but I was really motivated to send him a greeting e-mail from a Nigerian prince Thomas Kalabunga the Third with an invitation to receive an inheritance of $2,500,000.

 

[dorsetknob]

" What Your Going to SPOOF/use one of my spam email Accounts"

but I was really motivated to send him a greeting e-mail from a Nigerian prince Thomas Kalabunga the Third with an invitation to receive an inheritance of $2,500,000.

 

[silentbogo]

The board is alive. Just booted up with my Celeron G1840 into Ubuntu.
Though, those 0402 resistors are pain in the ass to work with....
I really need a new set of tweezers

 

[Athlonite]

There is a category of people I call Dumb Fucks. These shouldn't be anywhere near computers and they should be banished far-far away from civilized society.... preferably somewhere in Antarctica.

Just received a return on motherboard purchase. Not sure if you can see it, but there is one 5.6K SMD resistor missing near the mosfet (I've also marked the ones that are in place).
Most likely knocked off during installation.

View attachment 83904

The guy claimed that he is a super-experienced IT tech, and worked with computers for decades, and I am a scammer, who sells non-working boards (even though I gave him a full refund before even inspecting the MoBo for signs of damage).
So much for being a nice guy.

You sure he's not the scammer pulling the old switcher roo by buying a dunger Mobo and a good one and sending the dunger back to you for the refund

 

[silentbogo]

You sure he's not the scammer pulling the old switcher roo by buying a dunger Mobo and a good one and sending the dunger back to you for the refund

I'd notice, cause I keep track of my stuff by S/N. Even keep repair logs for myself, just as a habit (not really working for anyone ATM).
It's the same board, just a bad buyer with bad hands and loose brain gears.

 

[silentbogo]

You can never have too much butter


Even had some inside the socket, which means now I have to give it a bath...

 

[Toothless]

"I wonder why it hit 112c."

 

[EntropyZ]

I wanted to change the stock AMD heatsink on an FX-8350. The old thermal paste was... uncooperative. Not even heat could make it loosen, so I had to brute force the heatsink off and it came off w/ the CPU still stuck to it out of the socket while the retention arm was unreachable. Luckily I didn't bend any of the pins because I pulled upwards while trying to move it sideways slightly. The damn thing is still too hot even with a Zalman CNPS11x Extreme.

Most office computers I open have thermal paste that is rock-solid. I never had the pleasure of delidding an Intel CPU, so I don't know how bad the TIM they use really is.

I once tried to pry off a small heatsink off of a Pentium MMX 200Mhz CPU. Had to use a knife to get job done. I just wanted to see the shiny surface that they have. Alas some of the rocky TIM was still on it, so I continued to use the knife until there was little left, then used some perfume to ghetto clean off what was left. Now the CPU sits with other several pre-core series CPU's. I even found a Cyrix MII recently that was in an unfamiliar ceramic CPU package.

Edit: I forgot I was boiling eggs, TPU makes me lose track of time sometimes.

 

[Mussels]

I wanted to change the stock AMD heatsink on an FX-8350. The old thermal paste was... uncooperative. Not even heat could make it loosen, so I had to brute force the heatsink off and it came off w/ the CPU still stuck to it out of the socket while the retention arm was unreachable. Luckily I didn't bend any of the pins because I pulled upwards while trying to move it sideways slightly. The damn thing is still too hot even with a Zalman CNPS11x Extreme.

Most office computers I open have thermal paste that is rock-solid. I never had the pleasure of delidding an Intel CPU, so I don't know how bad the TIM they use really is.

I once tried to pry off a small heatsink off of a Pentium MMX 200Mhz CPU. Had to use a knife to get job done. I just wanted to see the shiny surface that they have. Alas some of the rocky TIM was still on it, so I continued to use the knife until there was little left, then used some perfume to ghetto clean off what was left. Now the CPU sits with other several pre-core series CPU's. I even found a Cyrix MII recently that was in an unfamiliar ceramic CPU package.

stock heatsinks can 'slide' in one direction, next time gently tap the HSF with a small hammer in the direction it can slide to break the seal and leave the CPU in the socket


or use a mallet and fuck that shit up

 

[EntropyZ]

stock heatsinks can 'slide' in one direction, next time gently tap the HSF with a small hammer in the direction it can slide to break the seal and leave the CPU in the socket
or use a mallet and fuck that shit up

Good to know I could have done that without going postal on stuck heatsinks. I kept thinking the hammer blow would be enough to bend the pins while the CPU is still in the socket. I did have a wooden hammer around at some point which would be best but I kind of lost it.

 

[Mussels]

i just whack mine with the handle of my screwdriver to break the seal, but its a heavy old one with a rubber grip. i just want to see some violence.

 

[peche]

i really hate when your client comes with a decent laptop, with dedicated GPU... and you might have to spend like 2 hours just taking TIM from GPU and CPU....

Regards,

 

[silentbogo]

Today I've received an ASUS K53 from my "favorite" customer.
I'm surprised this machine is still alive, after being painted with a permanent marker, having cookies and bread stuffed into its cooling vents, surviving 3 liquid spills (one of which was hot chocolate) and being smashed by a giant speaker.
It already underwent a complete replacement of almost everything, except motherboard. Last time (only 3 months ago) I spent 6 hours reviving the charging and CPU power circuitry. Installed a new HDD and a brand-spanking-new-and-shiny keyboard.
Now look at it:

 

[peche]

@silentbogo quite great job!

 

[Ferrum Master]

Today I've received an ASUS K53 from my "favorite" customer.
I'm surprised this machine is still alive, after being painted with a permanent marker, having cookies and bread stuffed into its cooling vents, surviving 3 liquid spills (one of which was hot chocolate) and being smashed by a giant speaker.
It already underwent a complete replacement of almost everything, except motherboard. Last time (only 3 months ago) I spent 6 hours reviving the charging and CPU power circuitry. Installed a new HDD and a brand-spanking-new-and-shiny keyboard.
Now look at it:
View attachment 84138

You simply charge way too low for your work!!

 

[silentbogo]

@silentbogo quite great job!

Nah... I restored it completely 3+ months ago. Just wanted to show what's left of that new keyboard.
Poor laptop. It needs a hug...