Intel IHS Removal

[iamagloworm]

I always enjoy reviving dead threads, so I was after some advice. I got the IHS off easily with razor blades and a butane torch. But my core is covered in solder and i'm not sure of the best way to get it off now that it's hardened... seems like a stupid question, but i don't want to heat the core directly.

it's flat, but not smoothe a lot of biggish ridges in the solder...

Any great ideas to remove the solder? next time I will try to use a razor on the core when it's hot, but i don't have a clamp so a little tricky.

thanks!

[Boogerlad]

You can get the solder of by picking it off with your pinkie nail or just use 2000 grit sandpaper to sand off the solder. also lapp it gently and don't lap to far.

[[XC] gomeler]

We just used a credit card, just scrap that crap off.

[MaSell]

My es

[Solarfall]

@MaSell does your cpu still work

[MaSell]

@MaSell does your cpu still work

why not?

[Solarfall]

why not?

just curious.. cos lot of people that has tried to remove the ihs from there conroes have managed to kill there chips by doing so ..

so it works after the ihs removal ???

[MaSell]

They killed conroes because chips are getting too hot.

Hair dryer + razorblade + 10min = working cpu and nice ihs . This is no way to overheat it. Of course if you don't broke smd/core/pcb with razorblade

[Nanok]

My X3210 extreem lapped

[kinghong1970]

OMG, did you lapped the friggin IHS off your CPU?

[LinusTech]

My X3210 extreem lapped

That's insane.... I've done the "cooking" method on a quad core, but there's no way I'd attempt what you did there...

[95blackz26]

My X3210 extreem lapped

how long did that take you and what grit paper did you use to get it down.. certainly better thn torching it to get the thing off.

id rather do this than take a torch to my chip.

[Extera]

OMG, and now? It's a keychain?

[celemine1Gig]

@Nanok:
I bet this wasn't done by hand, but with a CNC-mill. Right?

[[XC] gomeler]

Had to be milled.. using sandpaper would take a LONG time to sand through the IHS. Atleast now he has a built-in CPU shim. Actually think that looks rather cool, maybe Intel should release chips like that

[celemine1Gig]

No, with the two cores present, the chance of cracking one mechanically is much less present. So, they should release them completely without any kind of IHS or shim.

[Nanok]

It`s still working, i use`t a little air dreven hand mill to get the center of the IHS of and the lapèd the edges down so they are the same hight as the cores. :-)

[Solarfall]

wow brotha now thats extreme cool i must try that

[Nanok]

And you need to modyfi your cooler to fit if you do !

[victor89]

excellent! You made natural shim for your CPU
I love that!
I always think that this is the best way to protect core from damage.
But if intel would change ihs to shim, must change box coolers too...

[95blackz26]

did you have to shave the cpu cooler down too

how did it affect your temps. did you see a decrease.

[Nanok]

The core temp. has always bin high, its about the same.
And the two core sems not to be level

[Pete]

Did it today on an dead X6800 i have. Used Crazys manner to it and only had a heat gun.

OMG it does go pop, it really springs off.

Defo need a way to surport the CPU for then IHS pop off. Anyway it took 5 maybe 8 seconds with the heat gun and off it came, core intacted and perfect.

Idealy i'd like to clean it all just for a keep sake, what the best way to remove the left over solder on the core and the RTV silicon that sealed the IHS off.

Oh and i also was able too see how and why it died!

I also too some time to look at the IHS, really really thick. Lapping will only make it so thin but has anyone though about machining it down a little?

[[XC] gomeler]

I used a credit card to scrape off the solder that remains on the core. Just scrape it off, took me about 5 minutes to get the most of it off. The sealant itself might come undone with a strong solvent. You could machine down the IHS but I personally would rather pop the lid and seal it up with tape if I'm going to do that much work.

[Pete]

I'll have a play with it today and clean it all up. I've seen how on the dual core/single die you could bodge the IHS into a really nice water block base! I'm gonne have a look at that some more as well. Told the old owner of it how he killed it and he was most shocked, eheheh