7700K delid fail?

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Bravo25

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Not sure what I did wrong. I delided my 7700K and when I went to boot back up I get a solid ornge or yellow led and nothing no the monitor. It does not shut off either and no indication it is doing anything. I tried clearing bios and it does that, but still no post or anything on the monitor.
 
That is what happens with a bad delid but doesn't mean it is instant game over. The liquid metal might have made contact with the 4 gold little dots. You'll just need to clean that off. However I do have some questions.

1) What method or tool are you using?
2) What liquid metal or TIM are you using?
3) What adhesive are you using?

Something I do noticed is if you are using some gasket maker like red or black Permatex and not letting it fully cure. The IHS will move slightly upward because of the motherboard socket bracket nudges it upward when pulling down the lever.

You could just applied some counter-pressure to stop the IHS from moving while mounting the CPU. That is what cause my first delid to not boot up since I only waited about 30 minutes on the gasket to cure instead of 24 hours.
 
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1) Razor blade
2) Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste Compound Grease CPU Processor Heatsink
3) I am not using any adhesive

Could the CPU's heatsink be making contact with something on the cpu because I am not using an adhesive?
 
Bravo25 said:
1) Razor blade
2) Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste Compound Grease CPU Processor Heatsink
3) I am not using any adhesive

Could the CPU's heatsink be making contact with something on the cpu because I am not using an adhesive?
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The IHS can make contact with the PCB without an issue (as long as it’s in the right spot). You should check that you didn’t get any Liquid Ultra on an unexpected part of the CPU. Also check to see if you bent any pins in the socket.
 
I wouldn't think the IHS is making contact with the only potential issue on the 7700k (those gold dots). I think that is the only area of concern, but correct me if I am wrong. I haven't delid the 7th gen yet.

But yea, it is possible the IHS moved around while the CPU was being mounted and spread the liquid metal just like what I described earlier. It would be more easier to slide around since there isn't any adhesive.
 
There was some liquid metal on the green pcb. but not the gold contacts.
 
I would give it another try and hope for the best. Is there any evidence that your liquid metal is actually touching the IHS at least?

I do have rockit delid & relid kit for socket 1155 and 1150/1151. I could work something out with you and send it to you with a refundable deposit fee. But of course you'll be out of a computer for a couple days til it arrives.
 
DTN107 said:
I would give it another try and hope for the best. Is there any evidence that your liquid metal is actually touching the IHS at least?

I do have rockit delid & relid kit for socket 1155 and 1150/1151. I could work something out with you and send it to you with a refundable deposit fee. But of course you'll be out of a computer for a couple days til it arrives.
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He’s already out a computer :p
 
When I take it off there is liquid metal on it. No need for that. I'll be making a trip to micro center later this week to replace the 7700k. It is just odd my motherboard is giving me the ram error code.
 
Bravo25 said:
When I take it off there is liquid metal on it. No need for that. I'll be making a trip to micro center later this week to replace the 7700k. It is just odd my motherboard is giving me the ram error code.
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The memory controller is part of the CPU so a dead CPU can cause RAM errors.
 
Looking at it I think I may have bowed the cpu. Did not think that would be possible just holding the thing between my fingers while using the other hand to work the razor blade.
 
Which is better for vr? 7700k or 8600K? I was thinking of going with z370 board and the i5 8600k.
 
Bravo25 said:
Looking at it I think I may have bowed the cpu. Did not think that would be possible just holding the thing between my fingers while using the other hand to work the razor blade.
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Yeah you gotta be really careful doing the razor blade method. I scratched the PCB a little bit but it didn't hard the CPU. Was much better the second go-round.
 
Furious_Styles said:
Yeah you gotta be really careful doing the razor blade method. I scratched the PCB a little bit but it didn't hard the CPU. Was much better the second go-round.
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I've only done 1 delid and it was with a razor blade on an old Opteron 165, I nicked the pcb a touch but worked fine. These days I have no need to delid but if I felt like it I would surely use one of the nice kits available
 
Vise only method. 4770k, 3770, 5775c, and 8700k. All survived and took seconds each. Cooling great as ever.

The 8700k pcb is so thin...
 
WOW, you guys sure for some guts to lift those CPU's! I would be too nervous to do that myself!
 
Sorry about that. Yeah you have to buy the kits.I got the Rockit.88 kit. I left the CPU inside of the cutout half to support the CPU while I used a plastic razor blade to pull off the old adhesive. This keeps it from bending or breaking it while you're cleaning it off prepping for relid. I know techically you don't have to use adhesive to relid, but especially when using liquid metal I would recommend it becuase if you don't you risk the die moving around when you clamp it down in the mobo and that could short something out etc.

The kits are only 40 bucks and save you all this trouble. I'd never delid without one!
 
Bravo25 said:
Looking at it I think I may have bowed the cpu. Did not think that would be possible just holding the thing between my fingers while using the other hand to work the razor blade.
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These new Intel CPU's have extremely thin PCB's. I was kind of surprised to see how much thinner my brother's 7700k was to my 4930k.
 
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