thanks.
i didn't said it was in between, but on the side ;)
where is the probe located then?
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thanks.
i didn't said it was in between, but on the side ;)
where is the probe located then?
you can put it wherever you want. i touch many different spots and they all get the same readings. ive had the same temps on 4 different asus boards, so im not worried. my temps are fine and accurate. infared heat gun FTW! (i borrowed it from my dads work)Quote:
Originally Posted by Byron
nicepun, very nice lapping job you did on your IHS, definite props from me on the finish :)
-JR
Sneaky, one more question, did you use ordinary emery paper to do your lapping jobs? your preskott seems very VERY shinny and flat. You used any sort of polishing? I have also noticed in one of your pics (the one with the cam shot) that the surface has 0 "scratches" from the lapping procedure!!! how did you manage to do that?
i'm really impressed!
there's a few very fine scratch marks on the top, just most of the pics you can't see them because of the lighting
i use silicon carbide paper 220 > 400 > 600 > 800 > 1000 > 1200 > 1500 > 2000 > 2500 > printer paper (~15,000) > bare glass sheet w/ 50,000grit equivilant micro gel polish
Thanks for sharing the info :up:
silicone carbide and smooth glass surface must be the trick for zero scartch marks then :toast:
cause i'm using classic emery papers and the 1500/2500 grid ones leave loads of tiny scratches even if they give a mirror surface finish (if you look the surface from the side though it looks like a true mirror finish without scratches! :confused: ). The glass i'm working on is not as fine as yours so wanted to compare the differences these two things would make on the final result.
The 930 I just bought the other day has a concaved heatspreader on it too.
What a pain in the ass!
Temps with stock heatsink @ stock was 44 idle, and 62 load.
So I put the BigTyphoon that I bought on it. Temps were 43-44 idle, and 64 load! WTF. So I tried putting the BigTyphoon on several different ways, and nothing helped.
Looking at the BigTyphoon I discovered the base was concaved. So I lapped it. Put it back on and temps didn`t change much.
Took the heatsink off again and saw the artic silver was all at the edges, and when I wiped it off, there were grooves from the 4 sides of the CPU carved into my fresh lapped heatsink!
So basically I just voided the hell out of my warrenty and lapped the CPU as well.
results: 35c idle and 50c load @ 4.0 ghz.....:banana: :woot:
IMO worth it
heres some pics:
BigTyphoon during lapping
http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/9...forelap8lz.jpg
BigTyphoon after coming off an un-lapped 930
http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/2...thpaste6ac.jpg
Grooves in BigTyphoon
http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/5...grooves0ka.jpg