- Joined
- Feb 7, 2004
Wow my arms and hands hurt. Im exhausted.
I ordered a lapping kit from Dave Brown over at easypckits late last week - and I picked it up at the leasing office today. I would 1st like to mention that doing business with him was a breeze. He quickly replied and shipped out my kit. I got the kit that came with a peice of glass(which I broke lol), and it came packaged very professionally. Im very pleased with the product - cant beat it for $10.
On to the lapping.
I started at about 6pm tonight. I just got the puter back up. I started by removing my SP94 and CPU. I soaked the CPU in rubbing alcohol while I cleaned off the SP94. I then began to lap the sucker. I left out 3 grits of paper, planning on saving them for the CPU.
I didnt realize how messy this was gonna be. And I also didnt realize water played such a key part in this. Havent done a whole lot of sanding/lapping in my days. I used a variety of movements - mostly moving up/down and rotating the HS. I mixed in some circle motions, but the up/down seemed to flatten/shine it much better. After about an hour I was done. I constantly had to wash off the HS/Sandpaper/glass - was quite the pain in the butt. I also broke the glass by mishandling the HS for a sec when it was wet - the edge barely knocked against the glass for a sec - but it was enough to crack it in half. So I got a pane of glass out of a picture frame, and moved on. I also knicked my knuckles on the sharp edges of the HS a few times, and bled a bit. No pain, no gain - right? I probally could have done it longer - but im satisfied with the result. Its clearly flatter, and has a nice mirror finish.
I moved on to the CPU after this. This took almost an hour and a half - cause im so paranoid about bending pins. I used a soft spongey material that came with an AMD cpu. I applied a decent amount of pressure - and checked the pins atleast 100x. I cant afford to bend any pins, I need to sink money into cooling =0. So it took about 45 minutes just to get down to the copper using 600 and 800 grit. SOOOO tiring. I then moved on to 1000/1200/1500 grit and polished that sucker good. I can see myself in it. VERY pleased.
So I cleaned them off with rubbing alcohol - dried them with a hair dryer on low - and placed everything back in my system - along with a bit of AS5.
My temps before were about 45 idle/55 load. Upon booting up I was at 41c idle. A marked improvement of 4C - well worth 2 and half hours of my time, some muscle building - and $10. I havent tested load yet, and also the AS5 will need a few days to settle. Im pretty confident ive gained a 5c drop at idle atleast by doing all this.
Ill keep ya updated with the temps as things settle into place. I also should be getting my VGA Silencer and OCZ Ramsinks on monday - so again - more cooling changes!
Im addicted.
heh
Till next time!
I ordered a lapping kit from Dave Brown over at easypckits late last week - and I picked it up at the leasing office today. I would 1st like to mention that doing business with him was a breeze. He quickly replied and shipped out my kit. I got the kit that came with a peice of glass(which I broke lol), and it came packaged very professionally. Im very pleased with the product - cant beat it for $10.
On to the lapping.
I started at about 6pm tonight. I just got the puter back up. I started by removing my SP94 and CPU. I soaked the CPU in rubbing alcohol while I cleaned off the SP94. I then began to lap the sucker. I left out 3 grits of paper, planning on saving them for the CPU.
I didnt realize how messy this was gonna be. And I also didnt realize water played such a key part in this. Havent done a whole lot of sanding/lapping in my days. I used a variety of movements - mostly moving up/down and rotating the HS. I mixed in some circle motions, but the up/down seemed to flatten/shine it much better. After about an hour I was done. I constantly had to wash off the HS/Sandpaper/glass - was quite the pain in the butt. I also broke the glass by mishandling the HS for a sec when it was wet - the edge barely knocked against the glass for a sec - but it was enough to crack it in half. So I got a pane of glass out of a picture frame, and moved on. I also knicked my knuckles on the sharp edges of the HS a few times, and bled a bit. No pain, no gain - right? I probally could have done it longer - but im satisfied with the result. Its clearly flatter, and has a nice mirror finish.
I moved on to the CPU after this. This took almost an hour and a half - cause im so paranoid about bending pins. I used a soft spongey material that came with an AMD cpu. I applied a decent amount of pressure - and checked the pins atleast 100x. I cant afford to bend any pins, I need to sink money into cooling =0. So it took about 45 minutes just to get down to the copper using 600 and 800 grit. SOOOO tiring. I then moved on to 1000/1200/1500 grit and polished that sucker good. I can see myself in it. VERY pleased.
So I cleaned them off with rubbing alcohol - dried them with a hair dryer on low - and placed everything back in my system - along with a bit of AS5.
My temps before were about 45 idle/55 load. Upon booting up I was at 41c idle. A marked improvement of 4C - well worth 2 and half hours of my time, some muscle building - and $10. I havent tested load yet, and also the AS5 will need a few days to settle. Im pretty confident ive gained a 5c drop at idle atleast by doing all this.
Ill keep ya updated with the temps as things settle into place. I also should be getting my VGA Silencer and OCZ Ramsinks on monday - so again - more cooling changes!
Im addicted.
hehTill next time!
