Tox's first Lapping session.

[Toxcity]

Aaah good ol' tea towel, did you find out what that... thing was?

Yep, the tea towl did the job well!

What thing? :eh:

 

[BloodRed]

You know, the weird bit in between some of the pins, you tried getting it out with a.... can't remember, but did you get it out?

 

[Toxcity]

A bit of thermal grease got stuck in the pins.. Ran the CPU under a tap.. sorted!

 

[Rastalovich]

A bit of thermal grease got stuck in the pins.. Ran the CPU under a tap.. sorted!

If u`ve really done that - air it for eff sake. The pcb with exhorb moisture atleast.

Going back to another thread.. why not just take the hs off

 

[Toxcity]

lol, yeah I let it dry off in the airing cupboard.

And in answer to your question Rast, I am not as daring as you might think!

 

[BloodRed]

A bit of thermal grease got stuck in the pins.. Ran the CPU under a tap.. sorted!

Awesome, that stuff gets eeeeeverywhere :S