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18th Dec 2003, 11:59 PM
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Reputation: 3081   Rep Power: 67 |  The North Bridge Wet-Sanding Guide Posted! The early revisions of the nForce2 chipsets shared one common flaw - the north bridge chip's surface wasn't flat. Because of that flaw, the north bridge's heat sink cannot actually make full contact with the north bridge. The situation improved a lot with the introduction of the nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset but unfortunately, they still couldn't make them completely flat. An imperfect contact surface is one of the best excuses to wet-sand your north bridge and that's exactly what I did. Believe it or not, the result was fantastic! Come and check out how I did it!  Link : The North Bridge Wet-Sanding Guide!
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19th Dec 2003, 04:00 AM
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| Warming up  Join Date: 2 Dec 2002 Location: USA
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Reputation: 0  Rep Power: 7 | Hey, this is a good review on wet sanding the nf2 northbridge. I wonder why they arnt made flat to begin with. I will probably do the same when i get a new board...probably in a month or so. Cant have your cooling performance get messed up just by bad contact because of a error like a northbridge thats not flat. I have seen some sand down till there was no more plastic on the northbridge...I dont know if i would do that though  I have heard people doing that then killing the northbridge...lol. |
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19th Dec 2003, 04:04 AM
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| Super Active Join Date: 11 Dec 2003 Location: TEXAS
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Reputation: 40 Rep Power: 6 | hardcore enthusiasts start by lapping their hs hardcore enthusiasts also lap their gpu hardcore enthusiasts also lap their processors adrian starts with lapping his nb...  |
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19th Dec 2003, 04:15 AM
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| Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango
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Reputation: 2913 Rep Power: 43 | Quote:
btw guys, just to let u know that your board's warranty would be voided if you wet sand it 
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19th Dec 2003, 04:39 AM
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then warranty probably doesn't hold haha... | ||
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19th Dec 2003, 05:10 AM
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Reputation: 2913 Rep Power: 43 | hehe i'm not supposed to say this   if anything goes wrong..just apply some paste and mount the original heatsink back..and send it back! or replace the paste with epoxy  hehe then the manufacturer won't have the chance to take it out anymore..
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You are not supposed to say what... I didn't see any thing! 
Is it worth the effort... 
