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- Dec 31, 2004
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- Osan AB, South Korea
OK, heres the deal: My X2 will not give me 2.7GHz, but sorry to tell ya little buddy, you have no choice: YOU WILL GIVE ME 2.7!!!
Anyway, I decided to lap my XP-120 and X2's IHS to shave off a few Cs. Sandpaper was 320, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, and 2000 grit stuff bought from Autozone for $3.75. Its not done yet, but here are the pics:
The Tools: Sandpaper, graph paper, paper towel, poster frame (complete with poster ), XP-120, and duct tape ( ). Missing are the X2 and sink.
Oops: Used a little too much AS5 on that one.
Pre-lapping Graph paper shot. You know, thats really not that bad...oh well, on to the lapping!
Exposing the copper.
After almost 3 hours: Will that nickel ever go away?!?
Ahh, thats more like it! And thats only after the 800 grit!
Graph paper shot! Again, after the 800. Don't ask what that blotch is...I think its left over nickel...argh! Oh well, I think I'll just leave it how it is and keep going.
Post 1500 Grit. This looks a million times better in real life, you have no idea...lighting on these things is so hard, I'm not a professional photographer, and my camera sucks (>1MPixel its actually a camcorder). And don't worry, most of those things that look like deep scratches are actually towel/TP/paper towel residue. Every time I try to brush em away, more come on.
Good shot of the scraches after the 1500...maybe a little more time with the 1500?
Sucky low-lighting graph paper shot. This pic is terrible, but at least you can see that all the lines are straight!
Post 2000 grit. I think the 1500 grit picture looked better, but belive me, it looks so much better now vs the 1500.
Cool shot of the scratches. Don't worry, it just looks like the scratches are rotating around the light...they're really not.
And of course: Graph paper. Now THATS what I'm talking about! The blotch you saw in the 1500 shot and below is actually still on the HSF, you just can't see it in this pic. However, it is considerably smaller and less pronounced.
Anyway, I decided to lap my XP-120 and X2's IHS to shave off a few Cs. Sandpaper was 320, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, and 2000 grit stuff bought from Autozone for $3.75. Its not done yet, but here are the pics:
The Tools: Sandpaper, graph paper, paper towel, poster frame (complete with poster ), XP-120, and duct tape ( ). Missing are the X2 and sink.
Oops: Used a little too much AS5 on that one.
Pre-lapping Graph paper shot. You know, thats really not that bad...oh well, on to the lapping!
Exposing the copper.
After almost 3 hours: Will that nickel ever go away?!?
Ahh, thats more like it! And thats only after the 800 grit!
Graph paper shot! Again, after the 800. Don't ask what that blotch is...I think its left over nickel...argh! Oh well, I think I'll just leave it how it is and keep going.
Post 1500 Grit. This looks a million times better in real life, you have no idea...lighting on these things is so hard, I'm not a professional photographer, and my camera sucks (>1MPixel its actually a camcorder). And don't worry, most of those things that look like deep scratches are actually towel/TP/paper towel residue. Every time I try to brush em away, more come on.
Good shot of the scraches after the 1500...maybe a little more time with the 1500?
Sucky low-lighting graph paper shot. This pic is terrible, but at least you can see that all the lines are straight!
Post 2000 grit. I think the 1500 grit picture looked better, but belive me, it looks so much better now vs the 1500.
Cool shot of the scratches. Don't worry, it just looks like the scratches are rotating around the light...they're really not.
And of course: Graph paper. Now THATS what I'm talking about! The blotch you saw in the 1500 shot and below is actually still on the HSF, you just can't see it in this pic. However, it is considerably smaller and less pronounced.
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