I delidded and attempted to direct die cool my 9950x3d, however I have had a constant stream of issues with the cpu and stability and I'm looking for help.
The cpu has issues with any ram at any speed. I've tried 3 kits. I've tried big sticks, small sticks, single sticks, stock speeds, OC speeds, nothing is stable. I can get into bios fine. After loading windows, the OS freezes up, slows down, stutters, crashes, bluescreens with ram related stop codes, ect.
Cpu was delidded with TG delid die mate 7000 and took 44 cycles to delid. Solder was cleaned with LM, adhesive was removed with a soft plastic spudger Carefully, and cpu was treated with TG shield, and kapton tape as well as the outline sticker before LM was applied. No LM spilled on either Mobo, socket, or anywhere other than on the cpu cores and IO die. This isn't my first LM rodeo, but the most frustrating by far.
What I've tried:
-reset bios
-XMP off with no tweaked settings at all
-New ram
-single stick
-new completely different motherboard
-remounting direct die cooler
-remounting with torque driver at recommended torque of 0.09 NM
-new os 3 times
-new gpu
-new storage
-new psu
The cpu is ice cold. Never above 70 on any sensor even under cinebench full load.
I just cannot get the system stable no matter what I do. I did a test boot before delidding and had none of these issues.
I'm at my wits end to get this to work. Cpu has no signs of damage, no cracks, no bending, no chips, no LM spills, nothing to indicate damage. All I get is periodic long boots that come with post codes 40-50, and complete OS freezes after logging into windows (task manager doesn't load half the time, drives aren't detected sometimes, it cycles post codes for ram training even after logging into windows, ect.)
If someone offers me a fix that works, I'll gladly send you $50 on PayPal, as I'd really like to not have to buy a new cpu.
Thanks for your time.