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Boiling a CPU

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AndreLi

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I what I want to do is dip the cpu in boiling water will that help remove the compound from the cpu and allow me to use it. Will it messup the intergated circuit stuff inside the chip.
 
you're joking right? rubbing alcohol is all you need.

edit: and i don't mean dipping the CPU in rubbing alcohol either, use a Q-tip
 
If its new and worth somthing i wouldnt drop it in boilting water, that probably wont help it any.... Interesting experiment though, would a cpu still work if dropped in boiling water for a few minutes? Id say maybe.

Anyways, clean your cpu with some isopropyl alchohol and a few q-tips. Or you can simply rub the stuff off with some loo roll, as long as it all comes off and theres no hard chunks left. Using alchohol is easier though.
 
Now, if you are saying taht you have thermal paste in the pins as well, you may try using a soft bristle toothbrush to clear out the gunk from the pins.

if it isnt on that side of it... then you just use isopropyl alcohol (90% or higher) with a soft cloth and clear it off.

If it was pin side, and it got into the mobo then i am not sure how to clean that..
 
Ok thanks guys I got my sytem to cut on but the HD light stays on what does that mean, also I get no VGA I don't get no CMOS just black screen. false alarm the cpu still is broken now i think it got resedue on the mobo from the last time when I had the compound on it the cpu.

Is there any way to clean the mobo of that artic compound
 
lol, obviously your system isn't working. Insert processor into motherboard, close latch to lock it in place, Take qtip, clean CPU core with qtip that has been dipped in isopropyl alcohol (91%+) then swipe with dry side of q-tip. Then take a qtip dipped in isopropyl alcohol and then proceed to clean the HSF the same way. Apply a half grain of rice sized drop of thermal paste on the processor core, attach HSF onto processor, lock it down and try to boot up the system again.
 
I read that the solder used inside the chip starts to melt around 90C. Putting the chip in boiling water (100C) would not be a good idea. BTW, the chips have an auto shutdown if the coretemp hits 85C. OP - anyone who spent their own money on a CPU would not consider dropping it in a pot of boiling water. People are putting heatsinks on their CPUs to keep them COOL, and 65-75C is considered hot. You want to drop it in 100C water. Brilliant. I'm hoping your post was a joke. But if you do some searching you'll find several products that specialize in removing hard to remove goo from CPUs and heatsinks. I'd suggest finding someone to help you put your system together.

Originally posted by: Soviet
Interesting experiment though, would a cpu still work if dropped in boiling water for a few minutes? Id say maybe.
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The water won't hurt anything (i washed mine off in the sink after lapping). Just make sure it dries completely before use (I used a hairdryer but was careful to not let the CPU get hot).

An interesting experiment is to get your heatsink (when it is outside the computer and no where near your MB or CPU) wet and then dry it with a hairdryer on high. Then touch the heatsink. I think you'll then see just how good your heatsink is at absorbing heat! Be careful, that sucker will be RED hot. I grabbed it with a towel and then held it in front of a fan letting the air blow between the fins. I couldn't believe how fast it cooled down. Pretty much common sense, that's what these things are made to do, but seeing / feeling it in action was pretty impressive.

Cheers :beer:

 
Originally posted by: Soviet
Interesting experiment though, would a cpu still work if dropped in boiling water for a few minutes? Id say maybe.
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It depends on the chip and the procedure. You'd need to thoroughly dry the chip after boiling of course, and some chips may not survive 100ºC, though some will. For instance Intel states (at developer.intel.com) that the original Prescotts are operational to 90ºC and can survive 110ºC without dying (but won't be operational at that heat).
 
Originally posted by: Zap
Originally posted by: Soviet
Interesting experiment though, would a cpu still work if dropped in boiling water for a few minutes? Id say maybe.
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It depends on the chip and the procedure. You'd need to thoroughly dry the chip after boiling of course, and some chips may not survive 100ºC, though some will. For instance Intel states (at developer.intel.com) that the original Prescotts are operational to 90ºC and can survive 110ºC without dying (but won't be operational at that heat).
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Yeah, an A64 would probably be cooked for sure, but those pentium m's would most likely survive, they have a 100*C operational tolerance.
 
I like to use the shower. My high pressure massaging shower head is really good at cleaning out all that built up gunk, especially from hard drives. I hear the steam is great for your RAM, but maybe that's just a rumor.
 
Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer
I like to use the shower. My high pressure massaging shower head is really good at cleaning out all that built up gunk, especially from hard drives. I hear the steam is great for your RAM, but maybe that's just a rumor.
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Yea i use steam when playing half life 2 online. It keeps my ram healthy. 🙂
 
Though the dishwasher is a close second, I find that the best way to go about this is to install a lawn sprinkler inside the case and drill a hole to feed the hose through. That's what I call water cooling!
 
I stick my PC in the freezer. There must be a reason phase change is better than water cooling, right?
 
The freezer can kill your hard drives but I'm currently running my motherboard sealed in a dorm fridge/window unit closed system that's giving me an ambient temperature below -30C. I built it using free stuff from around my dorm and a $20 budget.
Home freezers are neither intended to dissipate the level of heat produced by a computer nor run perpetually but a custom built freezer like mine with external drives can make for an awesome cooler. However, freon has a better specific heat than air. Hence I will be converting my system to a direct die phase change system this Christmas when I have little time and I will of course be holding myself to a $20 budget.
 
Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer
The freezer can kill your hard drives but I'm currently running my motherboard sealed in a dorm fridge/window unit closed system that's giving me an ambient temperature below -30C. I built it using free stuff from around my dorm and a $20 budget.
Home freezers are neither intended to dissipate the level of heat produced by a computer nor run perpetually but a custom built freezer like mine with external drives can make for an awesome cooler. However, freon has a better specific heat than air. Hence I will be converting my system to a direct die phase change system this Christmas when I have little time and I will of course be holding myself to a $20 budget.
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😕

Could you please show a pic of your motherboard running inside your freezer.

My curiosity needs to see this in action.
 
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