Any chance of life for this poor XP1800

3rdRocl · Apr 14, 2004

Unforunatly I overtightened a screw on my water block which has cut the cpu's outter protection and some pcb traces

I would like to find out if this is fixable.
Are there any components under where the damage is?
The cpu was fired up after this happened would this have blown the chip completely?

Does anyone have any experience with somthing like this or know if there is anyone in the U.K. that could fix it and how much it would cost. I suppose it would make a nice keyring if not!

Thanks in advance.

funnyperson1 · Apr 14, 2004

I would say no, the chances that someone could repair those small pcb traces are close to none.

Also the cost/effort is not worth it if it is possible to fix.

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fletch · Apr 14, 2004

I would say no, the chances that someone could repair those small pcb traces are close to none.

Ditto.

That's quite a gash on that processor

I imagine you could try running it on a stock HSF just to test (don't think it can kill the board, just won't boot). If it doesn't work, you found yourself a new keyring

dippy_skoodlez · Apr 14, 2004

fletch said:
Ditto.

That's quite a gash on that processor

I imagine you could try running it on a stock HSF just to test (don't think it can kill the board, just won't boot). If it doesn't work, you found yourself a new keyring

Yup. If it doesnt boot, its dead. If you dont want the dead thing, I'll take it

lol!

I doubt it would be feasable to fix that if it did kill it. If it works, then you have a nice little battle scar to show off

Yuriman · Apr 14, 2004

How did you manage that?! That doesnt look like a scratch from the end of a screw.

Steven4563 · Apr 14, 2004

looks like u got a little bit of sand paper and rubbed it in tiny circles

MameXP · Apr 14, 2004

duh? you screw-driving the screw on it?

intx · Apr 14, 2004

fixability

I'm pretty sure if it was fixable, it'd cost more to fix it then to get a new one. So unless you really like that processor, I'd just get a mobile athlon or something.

Tatuya · Apr 14, 2004

Get a new processor, cheaper than replacing that thing. The new mobiles are all the rage, so why not try one of those out

If it works then all the more power to you. Good luck and cheers :beer:

ZachM · Apr 14, 2004

Wow, now how exactly did that happen? I would think overtightening the screws would just crush the core.

Well if the traces are gone it is screwed. I say put a piece of electrical tape over the damaged area, slap a heatsink on it, and hope to god the traces didn't get cut all of the way through.

3rdRocl · Apr 14, 2004

Steven4563 said:
looks like u got a little bit of sand paper and rubbed it in tiny circles

Yup I did

, I wanted to find out how much damage had been done.
The screw that did the damage has a concaved tip, I screwed it in too far so it was sticking out the bottom of the water block (a design fault and not human error surley

).
While strugling to get the block off (its a right *****) the screw dug in!
If you have a look at the block, it should be easier to see how it happened

http://overclockers.com/articles549/

Tango57 · Apr 14, 2004

owww...don't think it can be fixed and would cost too much anyhow. you're better off replacing it or turn it into a nice keyring.

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