Some results from my problem child, Farm-09.... I did two test runs per Tasty's request. (BTW, I have 5 squares to test with. There were six donors but only 5 print sides.)

Farm-09 thermals are in post # 202. It is a Q6600 running on an IP35 Pro, with a stock TRUE. It is currently stock clocked, but will go up tonight. I was waiting to do this test.

Here's the pic.



Pretty self evident that this CPU has a serious hill in the middle. One would think that should be good since it's right over the die, but I don't know. The tests are fairly consistent with each other, with some minor variances. I tried to put the screws in the same way, in the same order both times.

I take this to mean that the TRUE could stand to have more pressure, or the geometry of the CPU hill is preventing this. It makes me wonder how my Zalman 9700, Farm-07 test will come out.....That is even whimpier at pressure than this.

For the three samples I have left, I plan the following. (Tasty, let me know if you want different.) I'll burn two samples on Farm-07 with its 9700. The last sample I will lap Farm-09, then pressure test, and do a final thermal test to see the lapped results. I think that would be interesting.

On a side note, I've taken to DDT's scheme on machines. Here is Farm-09 on a rack mount tray. MUCH easier to work on this way. I doubt I'll be using rack cases anymore. I may as well "go industrial"...



Thx Victor!

Regards,
Bob