TWKR + Gigabyte 790FXT-UD5P Socket Mod

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06-30-2009, 10:47 AM
[XC] gomeler

TWKR + Gigabyte 790FXT-UD5P Socket Mod

In all the hustle and bustle of K|ngp|n and Shamino's Vantage bonanza we nearly forgot about the AMD AM3 parts that were hauled to the event. After a midnight dinner we prepared the Gigabyte 790FXT-UD5P for a quick and dirty run with the last 7 liters of LN2 of the night.

Gautam prepared/battled with the OS that had been on a Classified, Rampage II Extreme, and then the Gigabyte 790FXT-UD5P, I prepared the insulation, and Vapor had the magic touch.

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...06%2033132.jpg

First a little 3D06, it has a bum core holding it back.

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...PUz%206583.bmp

All 4 cores :shrug:

And then the real fun began with commentary as close as possible to what occurred.

Me: Eric, can you hold the board, I need to twist off the pot.
Eric: Pulling the pot off at -192 Celsius?
Me: Yeah, I do it all the time.

*crack*

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...P/IMG_2538.jpg

Shamino is examining the destroyed socket, not sure if he can solder and hot-glue it back together.

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...P/IMG_2536.jpg

Look at that insulation job, zero condensation between the board and the eraser. 3oh6 would be proud :p:

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...P/IMG_2540.jpg

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...P/IMG_2539.jpg

I do believe this is an AMD world record, first motherboard socket ripped in half at -192C.

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...P/IMG_2537.jpg

Turns out I did it 1 too many times :D

Huge props to everyone for everything, was a great weekend :up: Now to see if I can RMA this board :cool:
06-30-2009, 10:52 AM
Oberon

Haha, that last picture looks like one of those "... *sigh*" moments....
06-30-2009, 10:54 AM
FlanK3r

:up:
06-30-2009, 10:57 AM
cdawall

lol superglue the socket back on and see if it will post
06-30-2009, 11:00 AM
YMAA

:rofl:
06-30-2009, 11:03 AM
3oh6

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Look at that insulation job, zero condensation between the board and the eraser. 3oh6 would be proud :p:

haha, very nice. but did you have to go and Hulk'ify the board like that...now you are just showing off :D
06-30-2009, 11:04 AM
Vivi

i also want an evga belt :D

How efficient is that board Gom? Do you think it will compete vs Crosshair iii?
06-30-2009, 11:08 AM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vivi2

i also want an evga belt :D

How efficient is that board Gom? Do you think it will compete vs Crosshair iii?

Tough question. I prefer the Crosshair III due to it having keyboard based Tweak-It, crucial for high CPU clocks through 3D06. The Gigabyte is cheap and stable though, a proven board :yepp:

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3oh6

haha, very nice. but did you have to go and Hulk'ify the board like that...now you are just showing off :D

I ate too much spinach at dinner :shakes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlanK3r

:up:

thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Haha, that last picture looks like one of those "... *sigh*" moments....

I wish we had caught it on video, the looks on our faces when the socket wasn't there as I pulled up the pot was classic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdawall

lol superglue the socket back on and see if it will post

Shamino eyeballed it, he was shaking his head which I think means "not good" :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by YMAA

:rofl:

:up:
06-30-2009, 11:09 AM
Oberon

Wait a sec, are the CPU pins still stuck in the portion of the socket that's attached to the mobo?
06-30-2009, 11:12 AM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Wait a sec, are the CPU pins still stuck in the portion of the socket that's attached to the mobo?

Nope, those are the socket pins that are pushed against the CPU pins when you lock in the little handle on the socket. No CPU pins were damaged.
06-30-2009, 11:12 AM
AndreYang

WOW~~~:eek:
06-30-2009, 11:12 AM
ILikeCosmosS

i just started laughing with the socket ripped in half

and then the last picture with those nitrogen tanks :shocked:

6.5ghz is an awesome clock
06-30-2009, 11:28 AM
Mean Machine

I just shook my head and thought "why the hell did you guys get a TWKR". :D
06-30-2009, 11:28 AM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndreYang

WOW~~~:eek:

Wish you could have been there Andre, hope your son is ok :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikeCosmosS

i just started laughing with the socket ripped in half

and then the last picture with those nitrogen tanks :shocked:

6.5ghz is an awesome clock

Vince did it up big, around 800 liters of LN2 I believe :cool:
06-30-2009, 11:37 AM
AndreYang

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Wish you could have been there Andre, hope your son is ok :(

My child is ok. I just forgot my child made a appointment with their doctor.:)
06-30-2009, 11:59 AM
Solarfall

hehe thats a most dangerous looking socket "mod" i've ever seen :D pretty trippy clocks too, really nice to see amd chips clocking like mofos :toast:
06-30-2009, 12:15 PM
GeorgeStorm

Some nice clocks
But TWKR can do more, have seen it ;P
Also, unlucky about the board, sounds pretty funny though, :D
06-30-2009, 03:47 PM
Vapor

It was a good quick and dirty run with 6l of LN2 so we could go home and get some sleep :p:

Was really trippy to see a socket detroyed like that. When Chris pulled the pot up we all heard the crack and went on alert but it still took us a few silent seconds to figure out just what broke when we first saw it :lol:

Maybe next time we shouldn't use that awesome TIM and Gom should twist the pot a little more before yanking it off :p:

That was just our latest victim though, the day had its share of clumsiness and accidents for sure :)
06-30-2009, 05:03 PM
Gautam

It's been quite a while since something cracked me up this much. (no pun intended) Prior to gomeler's destructive twist and Vapor's touch of death, the UD5P clocked great. It was really fun pushing the AMD chip to such high speeds, and at such low temperatures. EasyTune 6 worked like a charm too, very luckily since we were using a Server 2008 OS that didn't allow AOD to install.

I've got a feeling though that Shamino will have it good as new in no time. :p:
06-30-2009, 05:07 PM
dinos22

thread of the century lol :rofl:
06-30-2009, 05:29 PM
eva2000

LOL crazy.. with the smaller sized versions of that photo, i thought it was an actual AMD cpu that was ripped in half ! So it was only the socket heh
07-01-2009, 01:16 AM
lolhalol

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndreYang

My child is ok. I just forgot my child made a appointment with their doctor.:)

lol. ur crazy man .. lol

back to topic.. haha crazy guys.. crazy.. lol
07-01-2009, 06:33 AM
Jaction

囧 violent

anyway``` good job !!
07-01-2009, 06:39 AM
ILikeCosmosS

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Vince did it up big, around 800 liters of LN2 I believe :cool:

:eek: that's a lot of Ln2, i am wanting to see more of these overclocks

Edit: Where did the cpu go? after the socket being ripped in half i dont see it? :ROTF:
07-01-2009, 09:00 AM
Zeus

http://gomeler.com/pic/HWBOT/kingpin...P/IMG_2537.jpg

The new Nitrogen injected socket-rocket rev1. :D
07-01-2009, 02:55 PM
biglipzit

HAHHAAHA Good job Chris, Keep benching xtreme like that and you may soon rip a hole in the space time continuum!
Hope I don't do that to the one I got from you...
07-02-2009, 03:02 PM
Xoulz

LOL...

iPhone, now that. At least you weren't upset or as surprised. Great pic though.
07-02-2009, 03:23 PM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xoulz

LOL...

iPhone, now that. At least you weren't upset or as surprised. Great pic though.

It's just hardware :shrug: I'm still surprised I'm not super pissed about the iPhone though, I think I'm still in shock.
07-02-2009, 03:57 PM
k|ngp|n

Seen this!! :D
07-02-2009, 05:14 PM
zalbard

Haha! That looks hilarious! :shocked:
Glad the chip is okay, though.
07-02-2009, 05:18 PM
biglipzit

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

It's just hardware :shrug: I'm still surprised I'm not super pissed about the iPhone though, I think I'm still in shock.

Wait what happened to the iPhone?? Fill me in someone!!
07-02-2009, 07:28 PM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by biglipzit

Wait what happened to the iPhone?? Fill me in someone!!

Was benching the w3540 sitting on a bar stool and after a few hours of this the phone wiggled out of my pocket and crashed to the floor.
07-02-2009, 08:58 PM
biglipzit

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Was benching the w3540 sitting on a bar stool and after a few hours of this the phone wiggled out of my pocket and crashed to the floor.

Phone wiggled out... hard to believe lol. My iPhone has taken some brutal falls and hasn't broken yet... Did yours survive?
07-02-2009, 09:26 PM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by biglipzit

Phone wiggled out... hard to believe lol. My iPhone has taken some brutal falls and hasn't broken yet... Did yours survive?

Yup, replacing the screen later next week.
07-02-2009, 09:44 PM
Zeus

Coincicently mine dropped out of pocket wednesday while i was sitting in the garden, straight onto the tiles. :shocked: Only had some very minor scratches though.

Replacing the screen will be a b*tch i think.
07-03-2009, 03:55 AM
Blue Storm

as somebody said AM4 gomeler edition:rofl:it's quite crazy take down pot when it's all still frozen:rolleyes:
07-16-2009, 01:01 AM
v0dka

Apparently the board is not ultra durable at all lol
07-16-2009, 01:08 AM
hikaricloud

This is just one of those "Wha...?" moments. Awesome.
07-18-2009, 09:01 PM
Slovnaft

hey gom.
i have those shorts...
07-18-2009, 09:05 PM
[XC] gomeler

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slovnaft

hey gom.
i have those shorts...

lol, really? Bought them at AE I believe, maybe 5 years ago? The bottoms are all frayed but they are quite comfortable :D
07-18-2009, 09:39 PM
TheGoat Eater

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

lol, really? Bought them at AE I believe, maybe 5 years ago? The bottoms are all frayed but they are quite comfortable :D

so the thread goes from hardware to mens wears ?
07-18-2009, 10:21 PM
hey

Quote:

Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Me: Eric, can you hold the board, I need to twist off the pot.
Eric: Pulling the pot off at -192 Celsius?
Me: Yeah, I do it all the time.

twisting and pulling off is for intel only because of the heatsink shape :) but nice one :D