Seen & read that thread before doing it, I think there's one i7 in there that's IHS has been removed & is alive.

I've removed heaps of soldered IHS's & never had a problem with a broken/cracked core so I just want to know if it was just bad luck or common for the i7 hence the question.

BTW If i can find enough people to chip into this thread & my dead chip is put down to bad luck I'll try again on another chip.
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