The grave honor of having the 1st XP keychain [Archive]

TranceBear

10-09-01, 11:59 PM

The "Grand Canyon" sized gap in the L1 bridges need more attention than I thought. It is much harder. Take it from somebody who just spent more money in 1 day that I wanted to. XP number two will be up and running tomorrow. Damn I must be crazy!!

namelessone

10-10-01, 12:19 AM

what happened? can you give details so the rest of us won't make u'r mistake? (don't mean that in a bad way hehe) :D

jbslow

10-10-01, 12:42 AM

:eek: Well atleast you can afford to break them and buy them again.

Sonny

10-10-01, 02:51 AM

Originally posted by TranceBear
The "Grand Canyon" sized gap in the L1 bridges need more attention than I thought. It is much harder. Take it from somebody who just spent more money in 1 day that I wanted to. XP number two will be up and running tomorrow. Damn I must be crazy!!

Too bad Dude:(. Did the paint run?

oc jason

10-10-01, 06:45 AM

Maybe we shoud take caution and get a can oif body filler, for cars, i hear the TRENCH is huge, but he had it at over 1800 before he killed it, thats from a 1530(1800) chip, and just imagine how bad that spanks INtel chips LOL

Amedeo602

10-10-01, 08:05 AM

The grave honor of having the 1st XP keychain

:( :( :( :( :( :(

chaosdriven

10-10-01, 08:18 AM

Sorry to hear it. :(
Has anyone tried overclocking the 1500XP yet?

TranceBear

10-10-01, 09:13 AM

Originally posted by jbslow
:eek: Well atleast you can afford to break them and buy them again.

NO I CAN"T!! This was unexpected. I am lucky to manage a Computer store and get them pretty much at cost

TranceBear

10-10-01, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by sonny

Too bad Dude:(. Did the paint run?

Yep, and you can't see it in the gap

foxmulder

10-10-01, 09:19 AM

Sorry to hear that:( That really sucks

Let us know when your rig is up again

TranceBear

10-10-01, 09:19 AM

Originally posted by namelessone
what happened? can you give details so the rest of us won't make u'r mistake? (don't mean that in a bad way hehe) :D

Like Jason said, I am putting a non-conductive filler in next time then I am using tape. Jason and I think alike, this was an idea I had after it was toast, My fault totaly!!

What is a good putty type filler that is not prone to heat?

Sonny

10-10-01, 09:29 AM

Originally posted by TranceBear

NO I CAN"T!! This was unexpected. I am lucky to manage a Computer store and get them pretty much at cost

Hmm....... Do you guys take international orders?

TranceBear

10-10-01, 09:35 AM

Originally posted by sonny

Hmm....... Do you guys take international orders?

What's your best price where you live?

Sonny

10-10-01, 09:58 AM

Not for an XP but for RAM & whatever I can't find here. It's either APACER or PQI here all CAS3. If you do international it'll be great also if your shop will accept credit cards.

TranceBear

10-10-01, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by sonny
Not for an XP but for RAM & whatever I can't find here. It's either APACER or PQI here all CAS3. If you do international it'll be great also if your shop will accept credit cards.

Well after shipping it would not be such a deal, we get out quality ram from Crucial.

Amedeo602

10-10-01, 10:46 AM

Originally posted by TranceBear

NO I CAN"T!! This was unexpected. I am lucky to manage a Computer store and get them pretty much at cost

pssst....how much for an XP for a fellow overclocker? and more importantly...if it fries can i get a refund? :)

TranceBear

10-10-01, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by Amedeo602

pssst....how much for an XP for a fellow overclocker? and more importantly...if it fries can i get a refund? :)

I cannot even get a refund, it has dried conductive paint on it. This is a much different chip as the L1 bridges are concerned. My only advice I can give from this experiance is to take your time on the bridges!!!!!

Sonny

10-10-01, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by TranceBear

Well after shipping it would not be such a deal, we get out quality ram from Crucial.

They won't accept credit cards from my area & with the added cost of a bank transaction for just a few sticks... oh well that's life:(

oc jason

10-10-01, 12:41 PM

I cannot remember for the life of me the name brand - but it is sold at Auto Parts stores. its like liquid concrete for a muffler hole. Comes with a small bit of screen and the filler which harded like concrete and is VERY prone to heat over 500 degrees. I mean i stays on your muffler which is hotter than any cpu. It is a liquid paste and out of tube it dries in a few hours and is HARD AS A ROCK.

Ask at a local auto parts store for some muffler hole filler - they will know ecactly what it is. i think there is only 1 brand out there.

And its not JB Weld - but I KNOW it will do the job

kd7aze

10-10-01, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by TranceBear

What's your best price where you live?

$235 for an athelon 1400. Pretty insane! :rolleyes:

The owners don't seem to understand that there are other companies selling these proc over the internet for $90+ less.

Kid

hyperbob

10-10-01, 03:55 PM

seriously I need a new keychain can I have it?

thefly

10-10-01, 04:27 PM

Damn that's bad news. sorry to here about it.

Did you try removing the conductive paint?

I made a mistake with defogger on my tbird L1s and it was cleaned up with rubbing alcohol.

10-10-01, 05:49 PM

Tracebear you might not be totally hosed! I could soak teh chip in acetone adn see if the conductive ink would come off! It shouldn't hurt it and I don't see a problem with trying to save it and worst case is you could try in return it after it gets clean! btw were the L1's under new plastic package?

fuzzba11

10-10-01, 09:54 PM

Yikes...ye mighty trancebear fries his XP in a few days? I get the feeling mine would be before I even got it to post...I think I'm just going to get an 1800 as soon as the price drops below $200, then install it, triple check everything, be extra careful, and not even overclock until there's a safer way...woe is me!! :(

Colin

10-10-01, 11:04 PM

Yecch! :eek: At least it will be alot easier to drill through the organic base than it would be with a T-Birds ceramic one.;)

10-10-01, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by Colin
Yecch! :eek: At least it will be alot easier to drill through the organic base than it would be with a T-Birds ceramic one.;)

Now that is just mean! funny but mean ;)

Oni

10-10-01, 11:29 PM

the first people w/ XP's sanded the contacts down and then painted them. It sounds safer, imho.

proze

10-10-01, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by [OC] Jason
I cannot remember for the life of me the name brand - but it is sold at Auto Parts stores. its like liquid concrete for a muffler hole. Comes with a small bit of screen and the filler which harded like concrete and is VERY prone to heat over 500 degrees. I mean i stays on your muffler which is hotter than any cpu. It is a liquid paste and out of tube it dries in a few hours and is HARD AS A ROCK.

Ask at a local auto parts store for some muffler hole filler - they will know ecactly what it is. i think there is only 1 brand out there.

And its not JB Weld - but I KNOW it will do the job

we have stuff like that called "gun-gum". thick black stuff. zat what you were thinking of?

tb, i'd go for epoxy of some sort. put a tiny bit in a toothpick, and smooth it into the crevasse ;) with a licked finger.

fuzzba11

10-11-01, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by proze

smooth it into the crevasse ;) with a licked finger.

Dunno if it's just me but that sounded awfully sexual... :p

Colin

10-11-01, 02:36 AM

Originally posted by el

Now that is just mean! funny but mean ;)

LOL, If you had my collection of dead Birds, this would be easier to understand!

Why not cover the traces with tape and fill the trough with nail polish? A conductive pen would make quick work of unlocking the chip.

TranceBear

10-11-01, 08:41 AM

I am proud of my keychain, it is my first and I will keep it with pride. I am gonna try to clean it off first, but highly unlikely.

proze

10-11-01, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by fuzzba11

Dunno if it's just me but that sounded awfully sexual... :p

lol! dirty bugger!! :D :D

actually, now that you point it out.. it really does... d'oh!!! ;)

10-11-01, 01:41 PM

yeah I had a L6 adn L7 short with the conductive pen and cleaning it off made the chip work again so you have a little bit of hope at least a 25% chance. I would use lots of acetone if I were u.

fuzzba11

10-11-01, 04:41 PM

Originally posted by proze

lol! dirty bugger!! :D :D

actually, now that you point it out.. it really does... d'oh!!! ;)

Points out Proze's avatar :p

uh huh :D

10-15-01, 07:58 PM

Did you ever save it?

oc jason

10-16-01, 01:33 PM

BUMP......well did u ever save it man

killem1x1

10-16-01, 10:04 PM

Trance I was just about to start on mine, but now I've decided to wait, please let me know how you are going to do it, and if you know of anyone that has taken pics of doing it, please let me know that as well. I've never used the stuff, and I want to do it right.
Sorry to hear about your loss, how high did you get it before it was gone?

JAWS

10-16-01, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by killem1x1
Trance I was just about to start on mine, but now I've decided to wait, please let me know how you are going to do it, and if you know of anyone that has taken pics of doing it, please let me know that as well. I've never used the stuff, and I want to do it right.
Sorry to hear about your loss, how high did you get it before it was gone?

Killem, your smart. I know if I had one, I would definitely hold off until there is a foolproof way to unlock it! Trance, How's it coming with the first chip and second?