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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: 2i0 on June 30, 2011, 02:13:40 am
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Hi
im replacing the intel-stock-heatsink with CM 212+, after cleaning the thermal grease with isopropyl-alcohol(99%), q-tips,lint-free cloth i noticed some scratch/dents on the cpu, i want to identify what kind of damage has, could be a pressure dent of the j-level down motherboard(Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R) or scratch of intel heatsink??
some pics below:
(http://t1.stooorage.com/thumbs/974/3286671_i7-950-1.jpg)
http://www.stooorage.com/show/974/3286671_i7-950-1.jpg
(http://t1.stooorage.com/thumbs/974/3286680_i7-950-2.jpg)
http://www.stooorage.com/show/974/3286680_i7-950-2.jpg
(http://t2.stooorage.com/thumbs/896/3286686_i7-950-3.jpg)
http://www.stooorage.com/show/896/3286686_i7-950-3.jpg
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when you consider this heat spreader is nickel plated pure copper.........it's amazing there's not more damage considering what!......about 40 to 60 LB/PER/SQ/Inch of pressure has been applied......if you're really worried.......get a white board marker and colour in the bottom of the spreader and the base of the heat sink........wait a minute and wipe it off on a piece of A4 paper on a flat surface..........if 95% comes off .... there's no real problem........this is what a good thermal paste is designed to do ..........if it's substantially less........there's a few high point that need to be knocked off.........post back if you need advise on the procedure............remember to us good antistatic practises.
Aussie Allan
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I have checked out your photos close up and there is really nothing to worry about. The actual silicon part of the chip is only a small section right in the centre anyway. What you are looking at is only a heat spreader and enables the heat to be moved away from the actual CPU die and transferred to the heatsink via some TIM.