Okay so here we go..


Couple of side views for ivanlabrie and for reference/proof

Finally! This was so hard/scary to do!
Note: The paper really helped as it was starting to hurt/cut my hand without it.


Notice the copper centre? Kind of like Intels CPU coolers with the copper core..
Also as a note I couldn't remove the paste as it was rock hard, I managed to chip a small bit off with my nail but it doesn't matter anyway as I was just doing this for the proof of the concept (and to see if I could successfully do it)

Cleaned with my finger nails.. I actually broke one in the process

I used MX-2 on the core AND on the cooler side.
Also note that the IHS was really hard to remove AND it DID require a small twist to the blade to get the last bit off as the paste was rock hard underneath, also note that metho didn't remove the dried up thermal paste at all.
Another thing to note is I can't test temperatures as the board won't display anything other then the BIOS on my TV.. I Have no idea why, but the first board was dead (the one that I pulled the CPU from) - I tested the second with the other CPU in there and it was fine and did a post beep code twice (two quick ones if anyone wants to help me with that?) The De-Lidded CPU could enter the BIOS exactly the same as the other non de-lidded one so I'd say that is a success.
Matt - 3Intel - 0Edited by Matt-Matt - 11/10/12 at 3:29am