Just kill my Tbird

f155mph · 12-27-2001, 12:17 AM

Well I knew this was going to happen. I unlocked my 1.1 Tbird but I wasn't able to get it to go above 1.21. For some reason the defog paint didn't seem to be working, so I took it back out and use the pencil trick. Then I got this idea that I should use my old WBK38 instead of my Swifty 462 since it easier to take off. Well i guess the copper shim I had was bend and the WBK didn't make a good contact with the cpu. At first I didn't think it fried because I didn't smell anything. I thought I had the dip switch set wrong. Then I notice my KVM was going crazy. Took the WBK off and I notice some yellow fluid and it barely have any ASII on it.

So what should I do now? Will AMD take a return on it since this was a retail unit? What should I get to replace it? I got an ASUS A7V. I heard that it will work with 1.4 with a little bit of work. Or should I get one of those 1 gig that can be over clock like crazy? What is the stepping on those and where can I get it at?

Joe · 12-27-2001, 12:21 AM

"Well i guess the copper shim I had"

thats your mistake right there

OcPunK · 12-29-2001, 06:13 AM

Lucky you AMD give retail chips a three year warrenty

Brad · 12-29-2001, 03:37 PM

the shim was the first problem, but still, you should check with every hsf mounting that the core is actually covered

OcPunK · 12-29-2001, 04:18 PM

yeah with the tbird and durons when I mount a sink/wb I clean both of heatsink paste then I put a thin layer of as on the core install the heatsink and take it off then look at the bottom of the sink/wb and make sure I see contact was made then I reinstall and everything goes as it should

12-27-2001, 12:17 AM	#1
f155mph Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: LALA Land Posts: 27	Just kill my Tbird Well I knew this was going to happen. I unlocked my 1.1 Tbird but I wasn't able to get it to go above 1.21. For some reason the defog paint didn't seem to be working, so I took it back out and use the pencil trick. Then I got this idea that I should use my old WBK38 instead of my Swifty 462 since it easier to take off. Well i guess the copper shim I had was bend and the WBK didn't make a good contact with the cpu. At first I didn't think it fried because I didn't smell anything. I thought I had the dip switch set wrong. Then I notice my KVM was going crazy. Took the WBK off and I notice some yellow fluid and it barely have any ASII on it. So what should I do now? Will AMD take a return on it since this was a retail unit? What should I get to replace it? I got an ASUS A7V. I heard that it will work with 1.4 with a little bit of work. Or should I get one of those 1 gig that can be over clock like crazy? What is the stepping on those and where can I get it at?

12-27-2001, 12:21 AM	#2
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	"Well i guess the copper shim I had" thats your mistake right there __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

12-29-2001, 06:13 AM	#3
OcPunK Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Under ground cave in PA to keep PCs cool! Posts: 125	Lucky you AMD give retail chips a three year warrenty __________________ www.1337info.com

12-29-2001, 04:18 PM	#5
OcPunK Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Under ground cave in PA to keep PCs cool! Posts: 125	yeah with the tbird and durons when I mount a sink/wb I clean both of heatsink paste then I put a thin layer of as on the core install the heatsink and take it off then look at the bottom of the sink/wb and make sure I see contact was made then I reinstall and everything goes as it should __________________ www.1337info.com

12-29-2001, 03:37 PM	#4
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	the shim was the first problem, but still, you should check with every hsf mounting that the core is actually covered

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