Creidiki said:You dont have to work out anyhing, the "how" is well known.
First you have to saw the IHS off the package (its epoxied) without destroying the package.
The die is *soldered* onto the IHS, so you then have to heat up the whole thing to about 105-110c. The package survives to 130c, so if youre careful you should be fine.
Only 1 person has ever completed this succesfully that I know of, and thats FUGGER, owner of XtremeSystems.
Of course, once you manage to pull the IHS off, then you have to figure out how to clamp the CPU to the Motherboard, as the clamping mechanism relies on the IHS' presence.
And then, once youve done all that you find out youve gained 1, possibly 2c because unlike AMDs ThermalCrap (thats what the manufacturer of AMD's TIM call it), Intel's soldering process has excellent thermal properties, and it doesent lose performance with age.
and i thought your mate had a "special machine" to remove them with Drazic?