YOU MAY BE SAYING WHAT THE FROST IS LAPPING? WELL TO PUT IT BLUNTLY IT IS REALLY SANDING THE TOP OF YOUR CPU TO MAKE IT FLAT AND IN RETURN IT WILL DROP THE TEMPERATURE OF YOUR CPU BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES, WHICH MAY BE WHAT YOU NEED TO OVERCLOCK TO THE MAX.

A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER THOUGH: THIS IS NO FIVE MINUTE JOB TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, YOU COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR CPU BEYOND REPAIR. ONLY TAKE THIS MEASURE IF YOU REALLY MUST, AS THIS WILL REALLY VOID THAT WARRANTY. THIS METHOD IS PROBABLY ONLY USEFUL IF YOU ARE USING A PELTIER OR WATERCOOLED CPU OTHERWISE DONT BOTHER, FOR YOUR OWN SAKE.

OK WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS NO FIVE MINUTE WONDER, TAKE YOUR TIME WITH IT AND ALL SHOULD GO WELL.

THE TOOLS:

1: SAND PAPER FROM A HEAVY GRIT TO A FINE GRIT

2: ANTISTATIC BAG FROM A COMPUTER PART YOU BOUGHT

3: A REALLY GOOD ADHESIVE TAPE NOT CHEAP STUFF

4: A FLAT AREA TO WORK ON

5: SOME NEWSPAPER TO PLACE YOUR PROJECT ON WHILE WORKING

6: A SMALL SHEET OF GLASS

7: SHARP STANLEY KNIFE

8: LIGHT MACHINE OIL

THE METHOD:

PICTURES WILL SOON BE HERE!

TO START WITH YOU HAVE TO SEAL THE FRONT OF YOUR CPU TO STOP ANY PARTICLES GETTING ON THE PINS. TO DO THIS YOU WILL NEED LOTS OF TAPE ( GOOD STUFF NOT CHEAP RUBBISH ) AND PART OF ANY ANTISTATIC BAG YOU HAVE LYING AROUND. TO START WITH TAKE THE ANTISTATIC BAG AND PLACE IT OVER THE CPU UNTIL IT COVERS IT, NOW TAKE YOUR KNIFE AND CUT THE EDGE OFF THAT IS STICKING OUT THE FURTHEST AND TAPE IT UP GOOD AND PROPER. NOW TAKE YOUR KNIFE AND CUT THE TOP PART WHERE THE SLUG OF THE CPU IS AND MAKE A NICE SQUARE SHAPE AROUND IT. NOW TAKE THE TAPE AND TAPE THIS SECTION UP TIGHT SO THERE ARE NO AIR BUBLES, REMEMBER YOU DONT WANT ANY PARTICLES ON THE GOLD FINGERS OF YOUR CPU. NOW CHECK THE JOB THOROUGHLY TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO HOLES AND NO AIR BUBLES FOR NASTIES TO GET IN.

YOU'VE CHECKED IT AND ITS ALL CLEAR, GREAT, ON TO THE NEXT STEP. SETTING UP THE SURFACE. TAKE THE SHEET OF GLASS AND ATTACH TO IT THE HEAVIEST GRIT SAND PAPER WITH YOUR TAPE. PLACE THIS ON THE NEWSPAPER. YOUR ALL READY TO START SANDING THAT SLUG.

TO START WITH YOU WANT A GOOD PATTERN FOR SANDING AND THIS WILL INCLUDE FIGURE EIGHTS AND CIRCLES BUT NOT BACK AND FORTH MOTIONS. PUT A TOUCH OF LIGHT MACHINE OIL ON THE SANDPAPER AND START OFF WITH FIGURE EIGHT MOTIONS UNTIL YOU GET IT DOWN A FAIR DISTANCE, THEN TAKE A LIGHTER GRADE PAPER AND DO THE SAME UNTIL YOU REACH A COPPER LIKE SURFACE OF THE SLUG, THIS INDICATES THAT ENOUGH HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF AND IT IS TIME TO POLISH THE SLUG WITH A VERY FINE SAND PAPER UNTIL IT SHOWS A MIRROR LIKE QUALITY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DONT GO FAR INTO THE COPPER LIKE SURFACE OTHERWISE YOUR CPU WILL BE RENDERED USELESS.

WHEN YOU HAVE POLISHED YOUR SLUG THEN IT IS TIME FOR THE WRAPPING TO COME OFF AND PLACEMENT OF THE CPU BACK INTO YOUR MACHINE. MAKE SURE YOU CLEANED IT BEFORE TAKING THE WRAPPER OFF THOUGH.

IF ALL WENT WELL THEN YOU SHOULD NOTE A DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE.

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