She's dead, Jim.

phr0m

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did you saw back and forth at the rubber seal to get the ihs off? and have you varified if just from those little marks it doeanst work?
 

VStrom

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See scrape on chipboard near corner on bottom left...that's my guess what killed it. The dark coloring around the transistors was present when I first opened it so I think that's the way it always was.
 

Zebo

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I've been warning people - Too much risk for too little reward.:thumbsdown:
 

RichUK

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I'm not convinced. i've seen pics where people have scrapped away more when removing the IHS, and it has still booted worked and OCed just fine.
 

Griswold

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I dont know why, but somehow I think he wouldnt have posted that it's dead if he didnt try it already.
 

Zebo

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That core is huge though - AMD can't be making much off these.

Looks like 4 x the size of a venice CPU.
 

cubeless

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they sure do use a lot of glue to hold the ihs on! they really don't want it falling off i guess...
 

RichUK

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Originally posted by: Shimmishim
can i buy it off of ya? :)

Hmm Shimmishim could be onto something here, i'll offer you what ever Shimmishim offers plus a :cookie:
 

Shimmishim

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this is something i read that might help you bring it back to life.

put some electrical tape over the spots with the bare copper exposed.

that seemed to have helped someone bring a chip back to life.