Yeah probably someday I will do that too. Thanks for the advice.

More problems.........sitting there @ 4GHz typing and the system froze up and would not reboot. The light on the mobo says cpu is not initializing because it never gets past that light which is the first to light up.

I removed and inspected everything to find the paper towel gasket slightly moist, but nothing else wet at all. I thought maybe "cold-bug" but after warming up and reinstalling the block(which I did not turn on), I get the same result. I reset cmos, removed battery and unplugged for awhile.

Seems that my cpu just quit. :blink:

I may look for a cheap 555BE or something to see if it's actually the cpu. Anyone got an AM3 cpu for sale?

Might be condesation issues. I'd dry it out and test the chip again.

I greased the socket with dielectric grease. I thought that was to make it so I didn't have condensation issues with the cpu.

If I pop the cpu out it will be greasy and so will the socket....I am not seeing how anything will dry out.

I'll try doing that, but I think I'm in the market for a cheap 555 or 720BE unfortunately.

Maybe running it at 4.5Ghz with 1.6v earlier killed it? Couldn't be. One time I set it to 1.63v long enough to get a validation awhile ago, but it lived through that.

dielectric grease...why? lol

clean it up, dry it out and hope she comes back to life which I'm sure it will.

:ohcrap:What do you mean why....and how do I clean it out?

Wow...I found out how to clean it out, but is that really the issue here? Don't people use the stuff all the time for that?

Here is what the socket looks like.......I guess I'll clean it out with WD-40, some rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush. The pins weren't even all that greasy it seemed, but I filled the socket and spread it in all the holes. I'll have to re-skin it too I suppose.

Should I just try sealing up the socket and leave out the grease? It's not that hard to remove the block/cpu and air out the socket daily.

How am I supposed to seal up the socket that must move to latch the cpu in place?:blink:EDIT: electrical tape?

Well....cleaning the cpu was easy obviously, but with limited supplies on hand here is what I did.

I tipped the board so the alcohol would run right off the end and scrubbed the socket with a toothbrush. Then to get the grease out I used, of all things, my mouth to blow compressed air through the socket and I repeated the procedure several times.

Now in the picture I am blow drying the socket with the Vantec Tornado.

Until the next episode...............

Cleaning and drying did not help, using just rubbing alcohol, a toothbrush and blowing the stuff out of the socket with my mouth. I went and bought QD electronics cleaner and a can of spray air. If it won't work after this cleaning I am buying a 965BE from the egg and try to RMA this 1055T. I'm sick of the stupid locked multiplier anyways. And if it's not the chip I guess it must be the board :Dizzy: What a mess.

Bummerz bro, casualty of war. Good luck on the next chip ;)