Intel Core i7 - DO NOT REMOVE IHS!

[Nikolasz]

i guess sensitive sanding should always work.it seems ihs removal will be needed with pII

I did remove ihs celeron366, was eazy too

[Ashraf]

Thanks boblemagnifique for pictures. I added it to the first post of this thread.

[T_Flight]

it's true , for Help Charles , i have make the test on my 965XE dead

Don't Remove IHS of your Nehalem Chip


http://www.ixtremtek.com/ixtek/Hardw...A447/test1.jpg

http://www.ixtremtek.com/ixtek/Hardw...A447/test2.jpg

Thank for your Information Charles , you can put the pics in the first post

Man, that's a real downer. I wish I could somehow magically undo that.

[GNU]

Many thanks for the Informations.

[Lekko]

Now... I'm no crazy-type that would try this (I just love watching others do it), but I just thought of something.

With the baking method of shoving the chip in an oven, why not just mount the chip upside down in something so that once it gets hot enough gravity will just let the IHS fall off as soon as it hits melting point?

The only way I could see it having issue is air pressure which could easily be resolved with a very very carefully drilled hole thorugh the IHS just enough to let air in.

Although hey, never tried it on my own, but that's what I would try to do.

[luie]

Pretty looking multicolored core.

[Shadowmage]

Looks like a TIM change, its a gold square.

Maybe a blow torch will do the trick, the resistors are completely around the core.

I'm pretty sure that the golden colored CPUs are just for certain... "special" engineering samples.

[2chesapeakes]

Taking the IHS to gain a few degrees C would definately qualify as xtreme to me. I would have never even thought of it let alone try it.

[<<HANNIBAL>>]

it's true , for Help Charles , i have make the test on my 965XE dead

Don't Remove IHS of your Nehalem Chip


http://www.ixtremtek.com/ixtek/Hardw...A447/test1.jpg

http://www.ixtremtek.com/ixtek/Hardw...A447/test2.jpg

Thank for your Information Charles , you can put the pics in the first post

That pics are like from Hitchcoc k film

[mr-rob]

S'pèce de cochon Bob
At least Vances1 won't do that for sure

[cheezeit]

Interesting, first time I have seen them actually solder the IHS on. I wonder if this makes for better core to IHS contact than previous cpus?

[Katzenschleuder]

I don't see any visual difference with the solder and the IHS compared to LGA 775 CPUs and it is no big deal to remove the IHS if done properly there.


boblemagnifique / fugger: Please clarify if you actually noticed any difference.

[jasonelmore]

So what did you do? What did you use to heat the chip up? and did you just place the heat source on top of the IHS?

[generics_user]

So what did you do? What did you use to heat the chip up? and did you just place the heat source on top of the IHS?

afaik you have to cut the glue which sticks the ihs to the package, then you put 1 razor blade in each corner and place the cpu on 4 cups so you can heat up the ihs until the cpu just pops off

[Solid Snake]

Wow

thanks for the info Charles

[roubagalinhas]

Or just take a dremel and pliers to it, it helps speed up the process for sure I did it to my Q6600

http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1211601554
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1211681550
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1211681564
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1211681629
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1211681785
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1212281064

lol @ Q6600 on a chair

for me, "well" soldered cpu with flat IHS > naked cpu

with a huge core size like I7's heat transfer shouldn't be a big issue, despite its high TDP

[JCGhz]

Even if it could be safely removed I dont think you would be able to make proper contact with the core using any cooling method with the way the socket is designed, atleast imo.

[headala]

You have to take the mounting socket off; but your HS will still hold it on.

[s0lid]

Guys damn it...
You really didn't know than you HAVE to HEAT the IHS after cutting that silicon?

Lighter, candle or ever frying pan is good :P
With frying pan you have to put an razor blade to every corner for ihs.
Then just drop the cpu to hot frying pan and wait a sec, the ihs stays on the frying pan but naked cpu will make little jump so try catch whili it's still in mid air
Tested with C2D :p

[itslogz]

Poor lil thing...

Yeah i dont think ill be trying this ever.

[largon]

*facepalm* @ this thread.

It can be done. But not by just simply ripping it off of it, though.

[s0lid]

*facepalm* @ this thread.

It can be done. But not by just simply ripping it off of it, though.

Like i said you need heat for removing the hat :P

[renzokuken]

So sad to see such a tasty CPU dead, even if it died before removing the IHS!

[MaxxxRacer]

Ouch. FWIW, those are not resistors around the die, they are capacitors, just like on virtually every other Intel CPU or northbridge made in the last 10+ years.

[retrogamer1990]

how did you kill the chip in the first place BTW?