Copper shim is in!

And I am posting from my not broken computer! I'll have to run a few tests, but it looks like temps are normal when idling. Took me about 3 hours total. A little longer because I forgot to remove the plastic on one side of the copper, and spent about 20 minutes sanding that like a moron. I didn't take any pics (don't have a camera right now), but I'd have to say I did a pretty good job with the lapping. One side I did pretty much perfectly, and the other side close to that. Also took the opportunity to reapply AS5 to the CPU, so that brought temps down a bit.

 

W00t! I got through 3dmark06 at 650/930/1750. Never done that before. I'm kicking clocks up even higher now.

 

Aww, at 698/988/1798, it downclocked at the end of firefly forest, but that's still the farthest I've ever gotten. So all in all, I'd call this mod a success.

Make that total success. I can run Far Cry 2 at 698/988/1798 now. TZS0 and TZS1 holding steady at 45C.

 

Congrats

 

Right On!!
So, What did you get for the 3d06?

 

Did you lap your heatsink or your cpu die as well?

 

I am of the school to never, ever, ever lap the chip. So many troubles just waiting to happen............

 

I can get over 9400 on 3d06 with the P8400. Maybe more if I undervolt and really push the graphics card. Far Cry 2 is the most important benchmark for me, and it has its own benchmark tool. I didn't lap my cpu die or the heatsink. I'm never going to lap the die, too risky, but I might try the heatsink. I think I can do it, but I would have to remove some screws. E-, you lapped your heatsink. Did you take out all of the screws on it? I know I will have to lap it if I get the newer model heatsink though. The older one has an L shaped notch indicating where the pad goes, and I just made sure not to position the copper on that notch. The newer one looks like it has [ shaped notch, so I'll have to lap that away. I'm still trying to see if I can get my hands on the newer heatsink though.

 

I didn't remove any screws, which made it a bit more difficult. I just made the best of what I had. Instead of dragging the heatsink across the paper, I drug the paper across the heatsink. Just gotta follow the same cross sanding method and use equal, consistent pressure the best you can. It's really not that hard though..

 

Lap the lid. NEVER touch the die.

The shims went to the VRAM?

 

What? No, the single shim went to the northbridge.

Oh, and E-, I thought of doing that, but I was scared I would make it uneven or something. I'll find out what works for me when I get the new heatsink I suppose.