CalebRockeT
Golden Member
Thank you in advance for reading my thread.
Very recently the fan on my Northbridge started making way too much noise. I decided to order a new heatsink and fan to replace the stock one.
Anyways, I got the new heatsink and fan. I set out to replace the stock one. I removed the stock one and as expected they used a thermal pad. Perhaps I am just impatient, but it seems VERY difficult to clean a chip/core when a thermal pad has been used on it (I use isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip). Am I doing something wrong, or is it just supposed to be difficult?
Anyways, I am in the process of trying to clean the Northbridge chip/core off, and I decide to use a razor blade to get the excess off the edges of it. I think I slipped and knicked the top (where it's green) a few times. I end up getting impatient and putting the new thermal ceramique stuff on and attaching the new heatsink and fan.
Fast forward to turning on the computer. I push the power button in. All I get are repeating, rather long beaps. They are unlimited, as long as I leave the computer on, they continue. I've Googled it, and it appears as if it is most likely a system board error (as one would expect).
My questions are:
1) Is my motherboard dead and worthless?
2) How do you go about cleaning cores? Does it take you a lot of time to clean when a thermal pad was used? How do you get the excess off from around the core (since I assume a razor blade is NOT the way to go)?
Any help you can offer me will be GREATLY appreciated. If you need any extra information to aid me, I'll gladly offer it.
Thank you!
Very recently the fan on my Northbridge started making way too much noise. I decided to order a new heatsink and fan to replace the stock one.
Anyways, I got the new heatsink and fan. I set out to replace the stock one. I removed the stock one and as expected they used a thermal pad. Perhaps I am just impatient, but it seems VERY difficult to clean a chip/core when a thermal pad has been used on it (I use isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip). Am I doing something wrong, or is it just supposed to be difficult?
Anyways, I am in the process of trying to clean the Northbridge chip/core off, and I decide to use a razor blade to get the excess off the edges of it. I think I slipped and knicked the top (where it's green) a few times. I end up getting impatient and putting the new thermal ceramique stuff on and attaching the new heatsink and fan.
Fast forward to turning on the computer. I push the power button in. All I get are repeating, rather long beaps. They are unlimited, as long as I leave the computer on, they continue. I've Googled it, and it appears as if it is most likely a system board error (as one would expect).
My questions are:
1) Is my motherboard dead and worthless?
2) How do you go about cleaning cores? Does it take you a lot of time to clean when a thermal pad was used? How do you get the excess off from around the core (since I assume a razor blade is NOT the way to go)?
Any help you can offer me will be GREATLY appreciated. If you need any extra information to aid me, I'll gladly offer it.
Thank you!
