solobaricsrock
Gawd
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- Jul 7, 2006
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Well, I got crazy and went to WalMart and got some sandpaper and decided to lap my Heatsink. Well, i started with 3M Automotive sandpaper (made to sand metal like copper, aluminum, and chrome) 400 grit. Did that for 5 minutes. Then got 800 grit and did that for 5 minutes. Then 1500 for 4 minutes, 2000 for 3 minutes, and back of the 2000 as 2500 grit for 3 more minutes. I applied Denatured Alcohol to the sink, and polished it up a bit. It had a perfect mirrored finish. Well, I got it all back together hoping I did everything right, and...........
Old Temps: 38C Idle, 54C load
New Temps: 37C Idle 46C load!!!!!
Yeah baby!!! All is well in my camp again. CPU is OC'd, Memorey is OC'd, GPU is OC'd, and heatsink is lapped with great success. Well, guess its time to upgrade to conroe
Old Temps: 38C Idle, 54C load
New Temps: 37C Idle 46C load!!!!!
Yeah baby!!! All is well in my camp again. CPU is OC'd, Memorey is OC'd, GPU is OC'd, and heatsink is lapped with great success. Well, guess its time to upgrade to conroe