I performed my first delid process just a few hours ago using the Feeler Gauge method. Mostly went well; only damage was very minimal scratches on the green part of the cpu (which according to my father, who specialized in computer CPUs for 15 years, said that the scratches probably only knicked the green coating and nothing important). Most importantly to the post, the CPU die was perfectly fine. Beautiful, even. Now, however, after putting everything back together, instead of the temperature decrease I was hoping for, I had gotten huge temp SPIKES, with idling getting at 55 Celsius and Stressing at stock at 92-95 Celcius. The processor I use is a i5 7600k, CPU cooler the Cooler Master Hyper 212, and thermal paste being Tunia TX-2.
After freaking out, I took everything back apart to notice, very unfortunately, that the CPU die is badly, although not deeply, scratched. Almost like someone took sandpaper and quickly rubbed across it once
Link: http://imgur.com/a/rR7Za
The little fuzzies you see on the die? Every last one of those are scratches. (The uglyness on the green part is just excess paste or glue I hadn't taken off yet)
I understand that these scratchs are not fixable, but is it possible that they are also the cause of my overheating?
EDIT: I finally balled up and put everything back together. Boy I regret doing that. Putting the IHS (or whatever the big metal part of the CPU is called) back on and putting the clamp down to hold the CPU in place... The noise coming from that process brought me sadness. Metallic crunching. Apon putting plugs back in... Blinking Motherboard of Death. First delidding process: FAILURE
Howver, my original question remains. Can a scratched die cause overheating?
But new questions also arise, such as what the hell was that metallic crunching sound, WHY the die got scratched AFTER the delidding was complete and relidded, and, the one that I unfortunately think I already know the answer too... what should I do with my $200 processor, now?
After freaking out, I took everything back apart to notice, very unfortunately, that the CPU die is badly, although not deeply, scratched. Almost like someone took sandpaper and quickly rubbed across it once
Link: http://imgur.com/a/rR7Za
The little fuzzies you see on the die? Every last one of those are scratches. (The uglyness on the green part is just excess paste or glue I hadn't taken off yet)
I understand that these scratchs are not fixable, but is it possible that they are also the cause of my overheating?
EDIT: I finally balled up and put everything back together. Boy I regret doing that. Putting the IHS (or whatever the big metal part of the CPU is called) back on and putting the clamp down to hold the CPU in place... The noise coming from that process brought me sadness. Metallic crunching. Apon putting plugs back in... Blinking Motherboard of Death. First delidding process: FAILURE
Howver, my original question remains. Can a scratched die cause overheating?
But new questions also arise, such as what the hell was that metallic crunching sound, WHY the die got scratched AFTER the delidding was complete and relidded, and, the one that I unfortunately think I already know the answer too... what should I do with my $200 processor, now?
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