Removing the IHS

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W6FO

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I've seen a few peeps on here but mostly on xtremesystems removing their IHS. What exactly is this buying them? Another couple degree temp drop because of more direct contact with the HSF?

Also, what are the dangers in doing this? Is it worth doing vs. lapping the IHS and HSF?

Thanks
 
people do it to be xtreme or [H]ard

The dangers is turning your cpu into a paper weight, and the benefits are like you said, a few degrees in temperatures.

If you have to ask then you probably shouldn't do this mod. Just buy a lapping kit from easypckits and lap your cpu.
 
I've got some $30 2.66 Celeron D's I can practice with. :) I've tried giving these CPUs away with no luck, might as well take the chance and practice with these before doing a C2D.

Edit: Ahh, scratch that idea. Intel IHS are soldered, fux that. Lemme go get some sandpaper. :D
 
W6FO said:
I've got some $30 2.66 Celeron D's I can practice with. :) I've tried giving these CPUs away with no luck, might as well take the chance and practice with these before doing a C2D.

Edit: Ahh, scratch that idea. Intel IHS are soldered, fux that. Lemme go get some sandpaper. :D
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Theres a way to break the soder, basically cut thru the stuff sealing the IHS to the substrate, then put a razor blade at each of the corners, basically putting force on the IHS. Then take something hot (blow torch), and carefully heat up the center of the IHS, if and when the soder gets hot enough, the ihs will break free. Its still a 1 in 4 chance that it works, toms hardware did it to a C2D, the soder came off cleanly, but the chip didn't work.
 
Yeah, I just finished reading a long thread over at XS about Intel IHS removal. Too much work with too high of a risk involved for me. I don't like 1 in 4 odds. If it was as easy as AMD removal, I'd try it.
 
It depends on what CPU you're talking about. E4300's for example can have their IHS easily removed, but most/all E6xxx series C2D chips are pretty much affixed permanently.
 
hmm techically.. on the conroes anyways. they are soldered. you have to heat it up (Safely) that is, and use razor

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With the E6300 and up yes...but the E4300 (and I think E4400) aren't soldered, and the IHS pop's off just as easy as it did with many s939 chips...with just the razor blade.
 
if youve never done it before on a core2, theres around an 80% chance it will never boot up again (you have a 1 in 5 chance of it working). you can decide if its worth the risk ;)
 
ghost6303 said:
if youve never done it before on a core2, theres around an 80% chance it will never boot up again (you have a 1 in 5 chance of it working). you can decide if its worth the risk ;)
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Again, true for 6000 series Conroe's...but E4300's are not soldered, nothing more then a razor blade needed to pop the top of E4300's...same as many/most s939 chips.

Only issue I can see is that the socket protector won't hold the CPU in place properly with the IHS gone, so I'll probably just lap the IHS to keep things a bit more secure.
 
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