Ashes to ashes, IHS to dust

[Aerou]

I think this one is a true combination of Xtreme and Photography.

Hope you like it and of course critique is always more than welcome

[Ashraf]

Wow! I love it!

Fantastic job!

[Metric]

Great shot, very sharp and clean

What method did you use to remove the IHS? Sandpaper?

[MomijiTMO]

Wow this is a slow sand job right? Amazing!

[ILikeCosmosS]

beautiful

[Aerou]

Thanks
Yes, hand-sanded - slow and after some time also painful process.
This photo is a courtesy of a lens I simply love - the Tamron 24-75 2.8. It allows a lot of room for creativity.

[Movieman]

Thanks
Yes, hand-sanded - slow and after some time also painful process.
This photo is a courtesy of a lens I simply love - the Tamron 24-75 2.8. It allows a lot of room for creativity.

WOW!
And people ask me why I use Tamron lenses in my video surveylance installs..

[PC_User]

Excellent work!

[Boogerlad]

what grit sandpaper? How long?

[tool_462]

Awesome! Do you have any "almost done" shots?

I'd like to see what it starts to look like when you break through the IHS to just the solder

[Marin]

Thanks
Yes, hand-sanded - slow and after some time also painful process.
This photo is a courtesy of a lens I simply love - the Tamron 24-75 2.8. It allows a lot of room for creativity.

Gotta love Tammy's.

70-200mm f/2.8 I rented was just as sharp as Canons. If only they used a sonic motor...

[Aerou]

what grit sandpaper? How long?

To get the IHS off you need some rough paper. In the end 80 grit seemed pretty good ( Of course near the core I switched to 320 for safety, then 600 smoothening and the finish is using 1500 grit) . My mistake was starting with 220, then 100 and only after that realizing I needed even lower grit paper.

Long. Summing it up would give several, more than ten hours of sanding.

Awesome! Do you have any "almost done" shots?

I'd like to see what it starts to look like when you break through the IHS to just the solder

Of course
I have a thread (log) about the process, progress, etc.
Here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=223542
Will post remaining info with shots in an hour or so

[Xphobe]

To get the IHS off you need some rough paper. In the end 80 grit seemed pretty good ( Of course near the core I switched to 320 for safety, then 600 smoothening and the finish is using 1500 grit) . My mistake was starting with 220, then 100 and only after that realizing I needed even lower grit paper.

Long. Summing it up would give several, more than ten hours of sanding.



Of course
I have a thread (log) about the process, progress, etc.
Here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=223542
Will post remaining info with shots in an hour or so

Wouldn't it just be faster to use a belt sander for the majority of the sanding until you get close to the actual chip? If I had to guess, it would take about 5-10min max to eat threw the IHS with a 150 grit belt.

[Gamekiller]

Wouldn't it just be faster to use a belt sander for the majority of the sanding until you get close to the actual chip? If I had to guess, it would take about 5-10min max to eat threw the IHS with a 150 grit belt.

Yeah because a belt sander would be safe for the user and the cpu right?

[bentleya]

WOW great photos and great work

[silverphoenix]

Wouldn't it just be faster to use a belt sander for the majority of the sanding until you get close to the actual chip? If I had to guess, it would take about 5-10min max to eat threw the IHS with a 150 grit belt.

Yeah because a belt sander would be safe for the user and the cpu right?

yep lol unless you come up with some really secure rigging your either gonna screw up your fingers or either way prolly screw up your cpu.

-question when you sand that far down does it affect contact with your waterblock or hsf due to the height in the retention system?

[Okda]

what about temp difference ???

[Aerou]

Wouldn't it just be faster to use a belt sander for the majority of the sanding until you get close to the actual chip? If I had to guess, it would take about 5-10min max to eat threw the IHS with a 150 grit belt.

Yeah because a belt sander would be safe for the user and the cpu right?

Exactly. Aside from me not having such a machine (but a friend has one), this seems to risky towards a fragile i7 to me

WOW great photos and great work

thanks

what about temp difference ???

My busy self is still about to post the results, but in short, temps improved slightly by sanding and IHS to half-height and evening it by 2-3 °C and after sanding it completely by 0-1 °C, but remember this is using a Scythe Mugen 2 AIR cooler

I would welcome if stuff related to the procedure went to it's thread, thx
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=223542

[shazza]

Great photo ... and a scary subject Will check out your thread on the results.

[Boogerlad]

Just a question. Are cpu's affected by magnets when not in use? It would be pretty funny using a magnet to attach the cpu and start sanding like a madman.

[StickyRICE]

Damn, I don't wanna even guess how long that took you. Good job and sick pic, you got a high res one?

[Kibbler]

That is a FANTASTIC photo, love it

[diredesire]

Thanks
Yes, hand-sanded - slow and after some time also painful process.
This photo is a courtesy of a lens I simply love - the Tamron 24-75 2.8. It allows a lot of room for creativity.

Do you mean the 28-75? I googled the lens, and it looks like it may have existed at some point? (No really, i'm curious).

[std]

Nice work!