Because the uncapping of a processor AMD Ryzen 7000 doesn’t have to be a complex undertaking.
Published three months ago, the video of an interesting technique for uncapping a Ryzen 7000 processor has only just been spotted by our colleagues at Tom’s Hardware. To your dental floss…
Improve heat dissipation
The uncapping of a processor (or delid in English) is an operation which consists in separating the integrated heat spreader (IHS or integrated heatsink) from the PCB of said processor. The two elements are bonded to each other with a strong glue. So it takes a bit of elbow grease to separate them.
Not so long ago, this operation was reserved for a limited audience, due to the lack of tools to achieve it and the fragility of the cores in the middle of the CPU PCB: a single error in the manipulation and the cores , scratched, were lost for good.
Regulars like the German Der8auer then had the idea of offering tools to make the operation less risky. However, it was still necessary to show some patience and invest in the tools in question.
dental floss and iron
Today, we invite you to discover this technique based on dental floss. The latter has the advantage of not putting the processor cores at risk. Slip the wire behind the legs of the IHS and pull until the glue breaks. Then, we repeat this gesture on the other seven legs.
The second step involves another everyday tool: an iron. This is lit and held horizontally. We then apply thermal paste on the IHS of the processor and glue everything on the surface of the iron. About thirty seconds later, the CPU PCB can be grasped with pliers, the IHS should remain on the surface of the iron.
However, you should be careful, and this kind of operation should only be attempted with a specific objective in mind. In this case, it is most often a question of removing the IHS to improve heat dissipation. You can easily gain 10°C on a Ryzen 7000.
Source : Tom’s Hardware
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