De-lidders?
 

Any one taking tops off of their cpu's lately??

Any i7 users doing this?

i7 is kinda hard cuz there is a layer of solder between the IHS and the die it self, you have to heat that sucker up to the milting temp of the solder they used, i have never tried it on the newer i7s and also if i remember correctly i think when you take that off you'll run into prob like when you are docking the pot on it you may crack the die, or the die is too low and the bracket is too tall and you have to take the bracket off which it's not a huge deal cuz all 1155, 1156, 1366 and 2011 so far have removable brackets, but just not the best idea if you do something to the chip while it's running it may jack up your board... then it's 2 weeks of no bench time yeah i been there IT SUCKED!

but when i did my old chip i kinda just took a really sharp knife i got from my mom's lab (the knife they cut body tissues with) and kinda just cut the seal around the cpu and just leave the knife in there (each side) and leave it in the oven having the IHS facing down on like a pan of some kind and once it's at the milting temp it'll just pop off

some people use those crack razer blades those are super cheap and easy to get

ummm... did you mother know you were using here knifes like that young man? :rofl:

Yeah lol she got me a pack of those and it lasted me a few years now lmao

:laughing:

KikiCoco, I'd like to turn you onto a link here.. http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...d.php?t=332705

Pretty familiar with de-lidding Cpu's, just wondering if any one here has every got'er done!

Some day, I hope to de-lid an i7, and be a little more successful with AMD FX and 6 cores. I've un-topped 5 cpu's so far, the FX-4100 my ONLY fail so far. Go figure I killed the New cpu....

I have however taken the top off of a already dead Q6600. That was just about the same as most of the cpu's I've done.

That's a pretty cool guide dude! I think all my 939 and 754 chips' IHS has been removed expt one

NOOOO!!!!!! seeing a dead Q6600 is like seeing a seeing a gorgeous redhead died it makes me sad :s

I don't have the money to do it atm, but I monna try be getting a FX-81xx chip sometime and clock it to 8GHz cuz i am not so young anymore, and I may die anytime need to get things done right soon

I purchased the chip for like 100$. It somehow went through the wash and dryer. It had some chips missing off the bottom so I just de-lidded it and it sits at work on the bench for a reminder to empty my pockets.

I did try to get into some Intel OC'in. Every time I try, discouragement takes over for some reason.

LMAO! Wow some of you guys ARE worst then me! I have found lots of cash in my washer and dryer, pen, screwdriver and screws but never washed a cpu before lol

I think most of us here is Intel based (I know I am) so feel free come by drop some questions :)

Once again, I am no expert, so I can't really say for sure, but when I overclock I do it by feeling, it's one of those things where you and the chip you are clocking are attached and you feel when will it be needing more voltage and why is it crashing and all that good stuff lol

Well, I have one question.

Can I de-lid some one's i7 HAHAHA!!! Just kidding, unless some one wants to get serious about it.

1090T
 

Here's some pictures. 1090T de-lidded and working. :good:

Nice

did temps get any better ?

I delidded my dead 980x ES just to go through the process.

I slipped a couple razerblades under the heatsink lip on both sides and suspended it from them. Torched the heatsink until the chip fell away.

Yes. The Cpu and core temps are within 5-6c vs 10+c offset temps. Idles around 19c loads are under 50c. Temps before where 10c hotter on average.

This cpu is a POS for over clocking as well. 2.9ghz with any stability and 4ghz is useless for the most part.

Love to see a picture (I may have already..) Would you give it a go on a working cpu?

The Thuban and FX cpu's are glued onto the little chips around the core. The FX cpu I tried to de-lid was held on by this glue. The solder melts and the IHS plate doesn't move. Learning this the hard way on a FX, I tried a more fastened approach so I could pull the IHS plate off safely. That thing gets pretty hot quick.

I think they are. 130w cpu's usually are.

i could be wrong but i think all 1366 based are

but i do know the x5647s are soldered on

Are there any soldered de-lidded Intel Cpu's out there?? Or here??

edit: Ahem I mean working de-lidded intel Cpu's...

I have delidded all my socket 478 P4s The 533 bus northwoods are only held on with TIM all the rest are soldered.

Its pretty easy to do just cut around the edge with a single sided razor blade then insert 2 blades on opposite sides. I use a hot air rework station to heat them up.
Then I pare the excess solder off the top of the die with the blade I usually rub the blade (just a couple of strokes) with a worn out piece of 1500 that I have used for lapping to ensure there is no burrs on the edge. You can see spots where the solder hasnt actually stuck to the top of the die on some of them one had about a third of the die that wasnt properly adhered to the solder .Then I just give the die a couple of strokes with the worn out paper.

You know me Shrimp I delidded my I7 3770 before I even ran it But its only held on by TIM , Bugger the warranty :laughing:
When I get a cheap 2600K to bench I will delid that without any quarms.

Its good to know that with the FX the glue is actually between the resistors that would make it a bit more tricky.
Here is a couple of pics of my P4s

Edit: The pics are not that good the tops of the dies looks a lot better in real life

http://www.overclockaholics.com/foru...1&d=1363084314

http://www.overclockaholics.com/foru...1&d=1363084314

FX-6100 De-lid
 

This is not quite as impressive as your pile Mac, but hopefully this FX-6100 eye candy pictures does it for you any ways :cool3:

More about it here including working after Cpu-z. http://classicplatforms.com/forum/vi...103732#p103732