n00b going cold
 

Could not find rubber eraser anywhere else and I figured two squares was not enough. So in a last ditch effort I asked the guy at home depot if Monkey shit would be okay. (from my days in the Navy). He laughed and new exactly what I was talking about. Said its called elephant shit around here or more properly Duct sealer.

Non hardening, pliable putty that electricians use to seal up wires going into a house :) Sweet. IT's really called Duct sealer $2 bucks for a big ole block of it.

29# of Dice and a bottle of 99% isopropyl. $35 ish

WAY over slept today so should have no problems running and gunning till the wee hours.

Going to image the vrap with winFLP... and then get the board sealed up purdy good and start overclocking.

Pot of high test brewing, and a case of Ultra chilling. Got the stereo hooked up... will see if my old cheap webcam is recognized by Vista 32 (doubtful) should not have thrown out my logitech webcam I guess (no 64bit drivers)

Will post back as it gets cold.:ohcrap:

I await your postings. Be careful at first, you're going to get a little splatter. I made a paper towel flap and taped it to the top of the pot for starting off. It avoids a lot of mess.

roger that, thanks for the tip :)

Imaging is complete.. going to grab a smoke, fresh cuppa and get to putty-ing

Well apparently using seiksui thermal tape to mount the stock backplate for the AM3 socket might not have been a good idea.. tried prying it off gently and it is not budging. (I taped it because I used extra long standoffs on the bench station because I knew one day I was going to need space for insulating)

Fortunately the mounting bolts are the same thread so will just require me to dig up some washers (hmm or maybe stock AMD plastic mounting bracket) to screw down from the top rather than the other way around :)


Going to have to do some extra insulating around the entire backplate now I guess...as long as it is airtight it should be good? (Very dry here, I am not even expecting as much frost as some of you guys post).

I just made sure to make a big enough putty patch for the back of the board to cover from the back of the dimms, to the mosfets, from the endgs of the board to the nb. Then put it between the board and the backplate. I put a paper towel down before the board for poops and squirts.

I cant get the backplate off without risking damage to the board.


I took a chance and pried a little shoved putty under where I could and in the cneter and then covered the whole thing up.

Fx

Do you have a heat gun or really hot hair dryer? Hit it with one of those for a few seconds to melt the adhesive a little. It'll come off like butter.

the other option is the put 'er in the oven for 5-10 min @ LESS THAN 200f.

I will try that later... too late now :) Already drooped the first little bit of DIce in it


This will either me an expensive mistake, or a lot of fun :)

best of luck neuro, subd for results bud.

The frost really shouldn't do too much to you. I'd worry more if it were to thaw and then you put power through it. ;)