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- Apr 14, 2002
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- missouri city, tx
this probobly isnt the right forum, but its the most read forum. last night, i lapped my sk-6 so 2000 grit, i was boored. i use a cpu shim from danger den, cuase im fixing to have my wc setup ready, and i was afriad that my custom block might crush my core .
i put teh shim on the cpu, and installed the hs. usually i take the hs off, to check for a core imprint in the thrmal compount to make shure all is cool (pardon the pun). however, for some reason i thought that doing so might decrease the thermal eficiency for some reason, dont really know why, i was tired, neways, so this was the one time i dodnt check. i t turns out, the shim had bounced slightle whilst installing the sk6, and was sitting aton one of the black pad thingies, thus the sk6 wasnt properly installed, i started up my comp..... i leave the rest to your imagination.
neway, i doubt i will be able to return the cpu to the reseller, cause i made an attempt to unlock, although you can hardly see the difference, nickelprint comes off easily with alchohol, so only the superglue remains. there is no visible defect with the cpu, so i might be able to return it.
so now i have a delema, i can sent i the cpu, wait a week and see if the'l replace it, or i can just get a new cpu fom newegg, their only 70 bux, not exactly gonna bankrupt me. or i can do both, if i end up with two cpu's, then maybe i can go mp.... what do yall think? i really dont want to be without 1.4 ghz for 2 weeks, my old k6-2 550 sint bad, but its running on a really old 2 gb 5mb/s hdd, this is terrible.
i think i will just order a new cpu form newegg, in which case, im faced with a nother choice, should i get another 1600+, get a 1700+, or get an 1800+, an 1800+ is 20 bux more. does anyone have experience with the 1800+ being so much more mhz yielding that it warrants 20 bux?
any input would be appreciated
i put teh shim on the cpu, and installed the hs. usually i take the hs off, to check for a core imprint in the thrmal compount to make shure all is cool (pardon the pun). however, for some reason i thought that doing so might decrease the thermal eficiency for some reason, dont really know why, i was tired, neways, so this was the one time i dodnt check. i t turns out, the shim had bounced slightle whilst installing the sk6, and was sitting aton one of the black pad thingies, thus the sk6 wasnt properly installed, i started up my comp..... i leave the rest to your imagination.
neway, i doubt i will be able to return the cpu to the reseller, cause i made an attempt to unlock, although you can hardly see the difference, nickelprint comes off easily with alchohol, so only the superglue remains. there is no visible defect with the cpu, so i might be able to return it.
so now i have a delema, i can sent i the cpu, wait a week and see if the'l replace it, or i can just get a new cpu fom newegg, their only 70 bux, not exactly gonna bankrupt me. or i can do both, if i end up with two cpu's, then maybe i can go mp.... what do yall think? i really dont want to be without 1.4 ghz for 2 weeks, my old k6-2 550 sint bad, but its running on a really old 2 gb 5mb/s hdd, this is terrible.
i think i will just order a new cpu form newegg, in which case, im faced with a nother choice, should i get another 1600+, get a 1700+, or get an 1800+, an 1800+ is 20 bux more. does anyone have experience with the 1800+ being so much more mhz yielding that it warrants 20 bux?
any input would be appreciated