I'm on my last leg.

Intel's crap thermal stuff has pissed me so far off it's unbelievable. It won't break in, and it gives me 45-60 idle temps, i run Orthros for 3 seconds and it Overheat-shutdowns. Hell, half the time it will OH-SD from just tring to start Vista!

There is no way to get this **** off either! I've tried in order:
-85% ethanol
-acetone @80%
-babyoil (lol)
-isopropanol@ 99.9%
-Hairdryer+more IP 99.9
-heating metal rod+ MORE IP 99.9


Not even a scratch.
W - T - F

I'm going to call the frigging US army soon and tell them to call intel and have them use this as bulletproof armor, WHAT IN HELL DO THEY PUT IN THIS STUFF?

I'm out of ideas, and burn-in is impossible, I can't even play supcomm for more than 3 minutes!

What have others done to remove the stuff while it is hard?

 

You sure the CPU isn't just defective...?

 

not sure what the bios is showing but I would RMA it if possible.

check the vcore in bios if you can.

MAKE SURE that you are not over doing thermal paste(a little bit goes a long way)

and make sure the heat sink assembly is sitting flush with the proc

make sure the fan is working order(stupid things can happen)

make sure that the laptop is getting ventilation

 

Jeezus Christ man! I have NEVER seen the stuff so hard it wouldnt come off with any of the listed! Thats pretty amazing, actually.

 

1. It was bought on ebay, I'll have to check it's date.

2. I'll check and repost it later.

3 I haven't put any paste on, it's the little sqaure pile that comes on the proc. Oh, and it hasn't burned in at all if that metters, so there's no paste on ~75% of the processor body.

4 It is.

5 Yep.

6 Yes again.

EDIT: Oh and it's no totally unstable or ruined, I am typing on it right now.

 

I have no freakin clue what that guy put on that proc! That is NOT normal by any means. on desktop procs you can scrape it off with your finger. the part that is worrying me is the 75% is just metal on metal. thats why its over heating.

 

I have a feeling I know what the previous owner put on there. They make a thermal paste that is also a glue to hold chipset heatsinks on and so forth. Im willing to bet thats whats stuck on his core.

 

75% doesn't even touch, the pile effect of the non-burned in glue keeps the HS from touching the rest of the proc, if the pile was flattened, it would touch all of it.

 

Very unlikely, unless that guy can get his hands on intel's own factory sealed stickers. This thing was new in box, it's intels warranty gunk.

 

Even more interesting. Man, I am sorry to hear you are having so much trouble! I feel for you on this one!

 

Pics or it didnt happen!

and yes you can get the genuine stickers! I know how and where

 

I think I will make that call to the US Army now, this stuff has got to be the armor for the XM4B5 Abrams or something.

 

post some damn pictures! haha

 

Doing, just wait a minutre for flickr to finish the frigging upload.

 

alright! THEN I will tell you that this is not the thermal crap they put on there! that ebay seller should be smacked!

 

Alright here's the factory sticker.



Here's the tear, there's no way it was opened before, Because i remember making the tear very well.



Here's the crap that's on the T9300, this is actually the T5450, but it's the same stuff. This won't budge either.



Here's the alcohol for doubters(yes I know container states 99%, "medicinal ingredients" it states 99.9%:



And here's my NEXT option > ( yes I did make the sword myself):

 

yea those stickers....they are replaceable

NOW

that thermal paste! WTF! haha have you tried heating up the proc with a blow dryer or anything?

 

LOL. Read the list on the first post. He's tried damn near everything.

 

K I have NO idea WTF is going on with that chip! I would try to heat it up and then pick a away at it! thats some crazy gunk they put on there!

 

Or I can wait almost a month to burn it in with 55C idles.

 

Man, I guess this isn't a normal thing at all... at least it's explainable and the proc isn't screwed.

 

i say blast it with that sword lol...have you tried applying xtreme heat for a short period to melt it off? i dont know if its a good idea but im just throwing it out there...by no means diod i tell you to do it.

 

Yep, tried as close as I'm willing to go, with a torch (lighter compressor), and a metal rod, and pressing the glue, no friggin effect.

 

hard to tell from the pic, is it like a small block-like thing?

if so try taking needle nose pliers and twist it and the processor opposite ways.

get a hot needle and poke the top carefully to see if it melts.

 

Use an xacto knife and slowly trim it away after rubbing peanut butter on the surface.

 

Well, add Goo gone and wd40 to the list of Phailurd attempts...


I swear, what the hell makes it so hard right out of the box like this?

 

Did you try contacting Intel?

 

No, I don't think I want them to know yet.... >_> seeing as I need this stuff to still be at least somewhat there, in order to RMA.

 

Perhaps contact them and ask them for ideas? Since it's their goop, they might know better. You don't necessarily need to contact them just for RMA.


It's rare Italian white seal semen.

 

Well, it's an idea to try, but it'll now have to wait, as I work till 11:15 tonight soon.

 

Since you got an actual Intel CPU (as opposed to OEM, i'm assuming due to the pretty box) why not try to return it because its "faulty" and see if the next one give you better luck

i actually LOL'ed at that

 

"I see nothing, nothing!"

cue Hogan's Heroes' theme.

 

Hey hey hey, what's up ya F***ING NAZI HOW ARE YA?

but yeah, tried the hairdryer again, and once more am pissed. Intel better be able to tell me something...

 

It's kind of hard to tell with the picture being resized so small, but by looking at that picture... I don't see any thermal goop, just metal??? Maybe try and resize it, but right now all I see is CPU, and I don't think the heatsink is supposed to touch the green part (if that's what you meant by it only touching the inside part).

I'm sure my worries are unfounded, but after looking at that pic and reading all the posts I was worried you were blowtorching the actual CPU haha

 

I'm seriously worried about this guy's processors......

 

ALRIGHT!

I'm sanding the crap, while alcoholing it, seems to be working albeit slowly. I won't get it all off (I really hate the idea of going through all this and then sanding into the T9300), but there won't be much any left to be worried about, then AS5 then SupComm

 

ALright, disregard the above. I can't get it off.

I'm pressing the BRB (Big Red Button), and RMAing. It's in the same condition, and still works EXACTLY like it's first install. SO I just hope I get it back before I must head off to school.

 

I hope they send you another one quickly.

minus the freeze dried rare white italian seal goo, and that it works for you... its enough to make you want to shop ebay huh.

Wish you well and let us know how the other one turns out.

 

Intel is VERY good with RMA's

sure as hell beats AMD...in case you are not aware only retailers can RMA an AMD proc