Finally results for IHS removal of Opteron 165

I removed the IHS after having done a before and after test for XP120 flattening and lapping.



Full load before/after in celsius (case config, air flow, ambient temps same (hot))
Core0: 54/49 -5
Core1: 67/52 -15
Mobo CPU sensor: 40/38 -2


-=Before, lapped XP120, IHS on=-



-=After, lapped XP120, IHS off=-

Nice.

I wish i had the guts to try it again but i killed my X2 3800+ removing the IHS.

I thought I killed the Opt when I did that, because I first tried mounting without any mounting bracket modification. The system would shut off about half a second after turning it on.

I knicked the corner of one of the resistors & on the outer edge I dug into the Opteron PCB so copper was exposed. I thought that ****ed it up.

On impulse I turned it on once and pressed down hard on the HSF the whole time. It booted to the LANparty logo & shut off after a few seconds. So I knew it was just in need of proper mount.

What happened to yours?

Bump, incase anyone who's interested missed this.

That's quite a drop - I can't wait to get my de-lidded 4400 on water ...

Dude that's gonna be insane! You'll love it!