Hi all,
Just got a 9800x3d and decided to try delidding using der8auer's tool. The IHS took about 70 back and forth motions to loosen. I used the included scraping tool to remove the residual metal thermal compound, then added liquid metal to each die and let it sit for 15 minutes to absorb the impurities. Then I wiped it off, and used a Dremel with the Dremel polishing compound to gently polish the final layer of residue off.
Used my fingernail to check for flatness and found this:
https://imgur.com/a/delid-gone-wrong-Qi0Hnih
I haven't tried running this thing yet, but regardless if it works (by some miracle) or not, what on earth did I do wrong?
3 Comments
Much of the time it comes down to not enough heat
>Use dremel on bare cpu die
>what went wrong?
Come on OP, in your order of operations, what was the last step that caused the chip? Thats where it went wrong.
Yeah I don’t think the dremel is a safe final step. Just use liquid metal to clean off the remaining solder. I used the hot iron and dental floss method for my 7700 and it worked perfectly on the first try. Heated the iron to 200F. It took maybe 10 seconds for the solder to melt.