- Joined
- Dec 12, 2002
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Well, I was switching chips out in one of my other machines, and I happened to make a little mistake and got silver-bearing paste (non AS3) all over the core and packaging of one of my XPs.
Note to self: never make mistakes. I wasn't aware it was _possible_ to cover most of the bridges with silver...
Attempting to clean it the conventional way only made it worse, spread it from here to eternity. Realizing that I had nowhere to go but up, I thought of something. Some of you will say I'm insane. But it worked.
I'll give you a hint. "Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute..."
Somewhere in the ballpark of 40% Mr. Clean and 60% of (70% by volume) rubbing alcohol. The alcohol alone did little, but MAN, did the silver RUN from the Mr. Clean. I mean, it just dissolved visibly and was pushed out to the edge of the liquid.
Went through forty Q-tips to pick it all up, but it's clean again. Mr. Clean _eats_ silver heatsink paste for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Wow, considering I covered about 2/3 of the packaging area and core with paste by accident... Flushed it with pure alcohol afterward to clean out any residue, but the chip appears quite fine.
Started up. Runs perfectly. Overclocked by 15%, running Prime stress test right now, but is running sufficiently well as to be considered working.
I'm quite frankly amazed that it still works after that. It's a testament to the power of Mr. Clean! Mental note for the future...
Note to self: never make mistakes. I wasn't aware it was _possible_ to cover most of the bridges with silver...
Attempting to clean it the conventional way only made it worse, spread it from here to eternity. Realizing that I had nowhere to go but up, I thought of something. Some of you will say I'm insane. But it worked.
I'll give you a hint. "Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute..."
Somewhere in the ballpark of 40% Mr. Clean and 60% of (70% by volume) rubbing alcohol. The alcohol alone did little, but MAN, did the silver RUN from the Mr. Clean. I mean, it just dissolved visibly and was pushed out to the edge of the liquid.
Went through forty Q-tips to pick it all up, but it's clean again. Mr. Clean _eats_ silver heatsink paste for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Wow, considering I covered about 2/3 of the packaging area and core with paste by accident... Flushed it with pure alcohol afterward to clean out any residue, but the chip appears quite fine.
Started up. Runs perfectly. Overclocked by 15%, running Prime stress test right now, but is running sufficiently well as to be considered working.
I'm quite frankly amazed that it still works after that. It's a testament to the power of Mr. Clean! Mental note for the future...