lapped my q6600 (pics and temp results)

[graysky]

LoL you're the same guy on guru3d, so again I congratulate you on such good results considering the limited amount of tools only 800 grit paper

Thanks... don't forgot limited knowledge too. I more or less read a bunch of guides and just did it.

[IAmATeaf]

well i returned my 1st 6600 to scan, don't think they'd have been particularly fortcoming had i lapped it.

we all have our little foibles.

Why did it have to be returned then?

[Supershanks]

cos it was unstable
I was told by the guy at scan that he'd only known of 2 that were like that. They ran for about 15min b4 bsiod or something.

[Clunk]

He sanded it with 40s sandpaper and then used expanding filler foam to fill in the scrapes. Jobs a good un

[Supershanks]

He sanded it with 40s sandpaper and then used expanding filler foam to fill in the scrapes. Jobs a good un

Ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh might get the urge to do another

[IAmATeaf]

He sanded it with 40s sandpaper and then used expanding filler foam to fill in the scrapes. Jobs a good un

Thank God for that, for a moment I thought he might have attacked it with a dremel to remove it's concave-ness

[Supershanks]

dremel to remove it's concave-ness

don't be daft i only use me dremel on me mobo

[Clunk]

How is the socket A to 775 conversion going?

[acrobat]

9 degrees is nice!

I think I am going to do this sometime with my heatsink. I don't think I would ever do it on my CPU though.

I should ask though anyway.... how do you hold the CPU while you lap it? Do you use some kind of vice or something? Or just rest it on some foam, pins down, or something?

As bolt thru kit costs £4/$8 v q6600 £336 i know which route i'd explore 1st

luck

I could really do with a bolt through kit. Where could I buy one? Also, do you just pull the plastic pins out of an existing heatsink, and then fit the bolts in instead?

[GDB2222]

This is a really, really stupid noobish sort of question, but maybe the manufacturers leave the sole plates of their heatsinks rough for a reason? Really stupid idea, I know.

Let's assume that copper conducts extremely well. Let's also assume that thermal compound conducts well, but less well than copper. Part of what causes the problem is the interface where these contact each other. If that's rough, then it increases the surface area of the interface, which increases the thermal conductivity. That gets balanced by the thicker layer of thermal compound required if the surfaces are rough.

It's interesting that the OP got only a marginal drop in temperature from lapping just the heatsink.

[Clunk]

I could really do with a bolt through kit. Where could I buy one? Also, do you just pull the plastic pins out of an existing heatsink, and then fit the bolts in instead?

You can get a thermalright bolt thru kit from kustompcs for less than a fiver.

If you are careful, you can remove the pins with your fingers and a small flat screwdriver, try not to remove your fingers though, because if you do that, you wont be able to screw the heatsink back on, thus rendering the job pointless.

[EtheAv8r]

As bolt thru kit costs £4/$8 v q6600 £336 i know which route i'd explore 1st

luck

.... hey so that will be lap dancing then......

[acrobat]

You can get a thermalright bolt thru kit from kustompcs for less than a fiver.

If you are careful, you can remove the pins with your fingers and a small flat screwdriver, try not to remove your fingers though, because if you do that, you wont be able to screw the heatsink back on, thus rendering the job pointless.

Cool thank you Never visited Kustompcs, so I'll check them out. And thanks for the tip about my fingers. I will be extra careful because I could really do with keeping them. They fit my nostrils perfectly.

[Supershanks]

Clunk
How is the socket A to 775 conversion going?

Made a rickets of it ended up with a 754

Will have to be more careful next time

EtheAv8r
.... hey so that will be lap dancing then......

That's a cheap joke (well £4) Ouch

kustom pc are a good site, can recommend them

[Agent]

No offense intended, but you Brits are too conservative. Take a risk

Seriously, I started out w/ just the HS for the cost reason as well and after that was successful, moved on to the CPU. I also don't agree with the phrase, "ruining a good CPU." It runs much cooler now with no ill effects so it's hardly ruined. The warranty on the other hand...

Depends on the Brit
Im one of the stupid ones who will buy expensive hardware and come close to killing it within hours.
I dont have the money really, but I sure as hell enjoy it

As someone on another forum so aptly put it;

The aim in life is not to arrive at the pearly gates in a perfectly preserved body, but to skid sideways, motorbike in one hand, chocolate bar in the other, smiling crazily at St Peter, and scream, 'Woah, what a ride'

Brilliant quote. Saved.
Which forum mate?

[graysky]

11-May: Updated the data table and added a few more pics.