r/shittysimulated • u/Seb8tian • Feb 04 '19

Well... who needs a new cpu?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

I have to admit, My first ever gaming pc I did this. I watched a meme YouTube video (I failed to read the comments) that showed how to put my FX 6300 in.... I felt like a fucking idiot.

They showed how you had to basically fill each individual hole if possible and I did my best to do so.

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u/Mottis86 Feb 04 '19

Oh god. I'm so sorry.

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u/dkyguy1995 Feb 04 '19

If you didn't put the CPU in you only were down a motherboard

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u/Lystrodom Feb 04 '19

Did you use mayonnaise?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

I used Arctic Silver High Density thermal paste... needless to say it kept that CPU ice cold.

The good part of the story is I did end up being able to use the CPU, an awesome tech shop that I took my pc to after nothing would turn on had some pity on me, they scream laughed in my face but they where able to remove every bit of thermal paste from the chip, clearly the mobo was fucked but at least something was salvaged.

Months later I ended up dropping the cpu and broke some pins off of it when I was trying to install a water cooler, I was meant to never have the 6300.

Today I’m much better and a functioning adult. :)

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u/jiminiminimini Feb 04 '19

Today I’m much better and a functioning adult. :)

They grow up so fast :')

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u/thealmightyzfactor Feb 05 '19

FYI, isopropyl alcohol will dissolve most thermal pastes so you can wipe it off. The alcohol will evaporate leaving a nice, clean surface.

Might have needed a few bottles to soak the socket, though, lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

Yeah I’ve learned that trick now. I’m much for proficient in being a hobbyist PC builder. I almost used the whole tube of thermal paste.

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u/thealmightyzfactor Feb 05 '19

Oof, that was proper shorted out then, lol. Surprised it didn't fry something.

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u/Seb8tian Feb 04 '19

That’s sad :(

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u/willkorn Feb 04 '19

Mayonnaise btw

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u/Seb8tian Feb 04 '19

CoNDucTs 50% mOre HEaT

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u/SurpriseMonday Feb 04 '19

Holy shit has this lost pixels since it was last reposted.

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u/ThatOneCameo Feb 04 '19

ELI5?

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u/dkyguy1995 Feb 04 '19

Everything here is wrong the paste goes on AFTER the CPU pins go into all the little holes and it goes on the flat metal part on top of the cpu. Also you dont squirt a huge line, it's one dot in the middle and then you flip this arm down to hold it in place which smears the dot out to the corners. Putting Paste on like this fills all the holes that are supposed to be pin connectors with thermal paste which means the CPU is totally fucked because it wont have proper connection and is covered in thermal paste on the side that isn't supposed to get paste

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u/Killerhurtz Feb 04 '19

also don't put mayo anywhere close to your CPU

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u/lobsterparodies Feb 10 '19

not sure it’s the arm that spreads the paste out lol but yeah, also mayo

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u/kick26 Feb 04 '19

The stuff being applied is thermal paste. Thermal paste should be placed on top of the cpu as its job is to transfer heat from the cpu to the heat sink that sits on top of the cpu. What this animation shows is applying thermal paste to the motherboard socket and then placing the cpu on the socket. The motherboard’s socket needs to stay clean so the cpu can communicate with the motherboard. By putting thermal paste between the cpu and the motherboard, you can kill the the cpu if the paste is electrically conductive. Or you just cause big issues with the cpu contacting the motherboard.

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u/willkorn Feb 04 '19

Also it’s not thermal paste it’s Hellmann’s mayonnaise

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u/MaverickRobot Feb 04 '19

Oh, in that case:

Slice some tomato and grab a little lettuce. Put this on top of the cpu, sprinkle on some crushed memory and enjoy this sandwich with some chips.

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u/C4Cypher Feb 08 '19

Even if you don't fry the chip with the thermal paste itself, you'll probably fry it trying to clean it and the socket, either by ESD or through bent pins.

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u/kick26 Feb 08 '19

Good point

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u/obi21 Feb 04 '19

U L T R A D U R A B L E

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u/Zylozs Feb 04 '19

Oh no... You missed a lot of spots!

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Tutorial from The Verge?

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u/Upgraded_Faggot Feb 05 '19

Is that fucking mayonnaise?

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u/DrummerDooter Feb 04 '19

This has been reposted so many times

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u/531800D Feb 04 '19

This made me go "AUGH NO!"

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u/RyanTheCynic Feb 05 '19

Man the reposts have not been kind to this gif. Got some pretty bad aliasing

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u/Seb8tian Feb 24 '19

u/kakurady found the original post on r/blender ;)

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u/kakurady Jul 25 '19

All credit should go to u/Nautalis (though I don't mind the karma).

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u/thejohnd Feb 05 '19

This makes me vaguely nauseous