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56662 2002-06-23 07:38:00 > Wuppo!! Please tell us you posted twice
>
> Oh No!!

He most certainly did.

The forums don't seem to be able to hold up to the strange ways of some people
-=JM=- (16)
56663 2002-06-23 08:05:00 We are still "stuck", but this is not very enlightening to the originating person.

Are we any further forward? Are you are possibly aware, it is not all that difficult to decipher what sort of chip it is from the underside markings. Any decent tekkie will give a ball park guess; then you can see if it fires up.

Socket 7 chips that are not glued to heatsink assemblies can sometimes be bought for very small amounts of money; say $15 to $50, depending on the manufacturer and the specification.
tr cl (573)
56664 2002-06-23 08:06:00 what micky mouse dumb f@#$ would use super glue on a cpu?

thermal tape or thermal epoxy mayby but superglue X-( X-(

btw no pc is complete without 100mph tape :)

100mph tape is mans best friend :)
tweak'e (174)
56665 2002-06-23 08:10:00 It could be worth putting the CPU into deep freeze for an hour, that may assist superglue bond breaking? godfather (25)
56666 2002-06-23 08:15:00 Thanks guys but I'm not much further ahead.
There are no markings on the underside, but I think from memory it is an AMD 233 I might just chuck it in a board & set the jumpers to a 233 & see what happens.
Hopefully it will loosen up with a bit of warming.
Thanks for your help.
Stumped Badly (348)
56667 2002-06-24 05:04:00 Hi Stumpy

It won't hurt the CPU to be heated . Modern semiconductors can take infra-red heating for soldering purposes, solder baths and all manner of semi-incandescent activities without harm . You can certainly heat it to ouch-ooh-ahh stage without any worries and those temperatures will weaken most glues, 100mph tape and quite possibly 400 & 600 mph tape too!

It is heating from the inside that kills semiconductors, i . e excessive internal current/power dissipation, because for the outside to get to say 50 degrees C, the inside needs to be a hell of lot hotter!!

Enjoy your baking

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
56668 2002-06-26 10:19:00 > Howdy all.
> I have a socket 7 CPU that won't come away from the
> heatsink & thought about heating it slightly with a
> heat gun but have resisted the idea in fear of
> trashing it.
> I can't put it into a M/board as I'm not sure what
> size or voltage it is. (I'll be able to tell when I
> get the damn h/sink off)
> Anybody got any bright ideas?
> Thanks

stumped,

I've had it recommended to me a few times by computer techs to use a hair dryer to heat the glue to loosen it... that might work, although I've never tried it myself.

Mike.
Mike (15)
56669 2002-06-26 11:47:00 hey Baldy,
if it runs at 233 OK, i have someone who will swap it for a intel 300
PH Bob 03 3654801 He needs a slower chip for an older comp.
Chris Wilson (431)
56670 2002-06-26 14:05:00 I sucked it in tonight & stuck it in front of the heater.
For too long & too hot methinks!
Man it was hot (Wanna see my thumb?!!!!!!)
It came off, it was stuck on with some black stuff & when it cooled down again it went rock hard. Managed to scrape enough of the stuff off to discover it is an AMD 300 & I have nothing to try it in at the moment.
So I don't know yet if it still goes or not. I've got another board arriving tomorrow & if it goes I'll give you a ring.
Stumped Badly (348)
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