Remove that IHS

Dman_15 · 21-01-2006 08:04PM #1

Today i finally got the nerve to remove the IHS from my opteron 144.

wow is all i can say. I'm currently 50mhz above my previous max oc with .025 less vcore. Load temps are down 8c and idle have dropped 3-4.

20 mins, a steady hand and a razor blade is all you need

(The scratching in the first pic was me trying to see what its made from)

conzy · 21-01-2006 09:54PM

Wow, nice results, but how do you clamp down the hsf without crushing the core??

do you have to modify the bracket seen as you just removed 3 or 4 mm off the height of the CPU?

Are you using AS5??

Cuddlesworth · 21-01-2006 10:14PM

I did that with a 3800+ venice. When mounting my storm cpu block, the backplate moved and the block crushed a corner of the core. Havnt bothered since.

Dooom · 21-01-2006 10:19PM

conzymaher wrote:

Wow, nice results, but how do you clamp down the hsf without crushing the core??

do you have to modify the bracket seen as you just removed 3 or 4 mm off the height of the CPU?

Are you using AS5??

Lol, thought you said "are you using ASS". Anyway, excuse my ignorance here, whats the IHS?

Dman_15 · 21-01-2006 10:20PM

conzymaher wrote:

Wow, nice results, but how do you clamp down the hsf without crushing the core??

do you have to modify the bracket seen as you just removed 3 or 4 mm off the height of the CPU?

Are you using AS5??

Using a TDX so you adjust the pressure using thumb screws. I'd imagine an ordinary heatsink would need modified. I put 4 small sticky neoprene pads like on the cpu the old athlon xp's

And yes i'm using AS5

The ihs is that bit in the pictures, integrated heat sink.

Krazy: I take it the venice didnt survive?

Cuddlesworth · 21-01-2006 10:33PM

Yep, got me a opty 144 though so it all worked out in the end.

Remove that IHS

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