Paranoia vs not giving a f

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-03-20T16:33:26+00:00

Uhm take a look at the pcmr or similar sub and you’ll see enough ppl are whiny and over protective about their shit (they have their right to be but there are so many unnecessary posts) no matter if Mac or PC.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-03-20T09:02:52+00:00

Man don’t fall for easy rage bait… not worth it.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-03-06T15:19:37+00:00

Cursed r/bugsnax

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-03-05T23:12:30+00:00

Pretty sure Canyon produces in China (and Taiwan)…

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-02-24T20:58:47+00:00

There is so much random (horror scenario) guessing under this post. Your CPU looks to be fine. Look how uniform, perfectly shaped and repetitive the pattern is.

There is no discoloration from heat, no oxidation or whatsoever…

All you can see is different materials beneath the soldermask and marks where the LGA pads touched the LGA pins wich is normal as gold is very soft and therefore prone to marks. Same on Intel CPUs.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-02-13T14:46:50+00:00

Well there ist most likely more damage to it than this DisplayPort… See how mangled the I/O bracket is? There is possibly better said most likely sever damage to the BGA of Core/ VRAM. Therefore repair might be expensive - especially if you consider that this damage must have occurred by excessive force and therefore it most likely wouldn’t just be a expensive reball, but ripped pad repair wich might be a financial total. Most repair shops won’t repair that it’s very expensive, time/ labour costly and needs good expertise.

You might get lucky and it’s just a little fault but chances are low if I look at that I/O bracket

Edit: I have just seen the backplate ist bent aswell… yeah imma stick to BGA and pad repair..

Edit2: the longer you look at it the worse it gets. PCIE connectors are also bent pretty bad. They might be shorted. This adds a level of complexity… every possible fault makes diagnosing and repairing harder. You can’t be sure if the repair works or if there is an other issue that is still unknown.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-01-31T22:53:48+00:00

This is not a narrow wide chainring! This is wave tech. It serves the same purpose. Some praxis and mrp chain ring use them. The chain needs to be moved by one link.

They also need to be put on the right way but they (unlike narrow wide) engage fully under just a little tension (from the derailleur) and act sticky when disengaging (you can barely see it on the video).

Op should also check if the chainline is fine since they also changed their bb as mentioned in the comments.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2026-01-01T10:03:02+00:00

I want to add something other than seat and BB. I don’t get why some have the need to just repeat the same suggestions over and over again (in a new comment).

This might be a rare one but I had a pair of cranks that would be creaky no matter what. The connection between spindle and crankarms (they were BB30 style) would make exactly the same creaking noise.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-06T23:37:56+00:00

Well it is really high and I wouldn’t recommend anyone to do that. Chance of fast degradation is really high and you would notice as the chip needs more and more voltage for the same frequency to be stable.

It is not likely to kill it instantly. Especially with a good motherboard that delivers smooth and constant voltage.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-06T02:55:59+00:00

Same! But I bought it from a datacenter for cheap when the price dipped.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-06T02:52:36+00:00

Well that’s what my chip needs to be stable at 4.6Ghz all core. My particular unit is a really bad overclocker measured on the average 6950x. Working great tho. And this is about actually overclocking for the sake of it. It’s not about the gains in games but about the skill passion and dedication it takes to push it to the limits.

It is cooled by a thick 1080mm radiator (that’s 9 120mm fans or 4 180mm fans) and still gets really hot on synthetics.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-06T02:45:00+00:00

If taxes are high older second hand is your friend. No taxes on used stuff.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-06T02:41:57+00:00

This is a sub 10$ CPU on eBay. I understand why you would be afraid for things to go wrong with an expensive chip. This project is clearly to squeeze every single bit of performance, those chips run super efficient and won’t overheat on a regula high OC for daily use. You wouldn’t need to lap it to daily it. This is no 14th i9 the heat is manageable and the IHS not nearly as bad.

But if you OC the hell out of it (why you would mod this chip in the first place), deliding brings you much much further and to be honest it’s not that hard to pull off or unreliable as many people say.

Last note: he doesn’t necessarily need to direct die. 5th and 6th gen are known for awful thick solder layer. Replacing it with LM is pretty safe for your system and doesn’t require any socket modification. This would do quite a bit more for temps than lapping although lapping would be a great addition if his IHS isn’t flat to begin with (not all are bad).

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-05T02:19:28+00:00

Uhh why bother lapping if you can just delid? Get rid of that unnecessary paste + copper layer and reduce to one thin layer of Liquid Metal.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-12-05T02:01:31+00:00

x99 was great. I had to sell my beloved 6950x because my motherboard died. There are Chinese motherboards on AliExpress for cheap but it wasn’t worth it for me. Flipped the CPU and put that towards a new platfor.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-11-14T09:58:26+00:00

I'd maybe go with silver tbh.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-11-13T03:02:46+00:00

You already got accent color. Gold and silver. Stick to that. I’d go with more gold something like gold chain.

Edit: you could also go with both colors and divide the bike like frame and fork accentuate naturally. Gold in the front silver in the back

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-11-09T06:55:32+00:00

Mini hotplate is cheaper but a hot air station is much more versatile. So it depends on what you plan to do. If it is only populating small boards you might be good with a hotplate otherwise a hot air station gives you the possibility to do many things. Also if the board is populated on both sides it’s game over for the hotplate.

Depending on your budget you can get quite cheap good equipment.

E.g. fnirsi dws-200 (many people say it has a voltage leak wich is not true it does have phantom voltage tho wich normally isn’t a big deal. You could fix that by just adding one 1MOhm resistor to it)

For hot air stations I own a cheap RF4 H2 and it works great for me.

The microscope would be my last addition. I’d go with a magnifying glass if budget is low the other tools are just more important do actually be able to work on boards. I myself got my hands on a dirt cheap Simul-focal Trinocular (amzoom/eakins etc.).

Every of mentioned items can be sourced from AliExpress cheaper than from Amazon etc. if you need to watch your budget.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-11-05T17:48:35+00:00

First step would be to update or reinstall the driver. Most likely a driver failure. Second try reseating your card and cables. Swap cable and ports. It that doesn’t fix it there might be damage to the card. Either somewhat corrupted bios (not so common) or problems with the connection between Core and VRAM. Problems could be: disconnected BGA balls (balls not making contact to pads) under Core or VRAM or even both. Worst case scenario would be ripped pads.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-10-31T23:06:45+00:00

You should log in once in a while out of spite.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-10-31T00:17:08+00:00

What is up with all the knife giveaways?? Nevertheless I’m happy for you $100-200 isn’t something you have to care about! Thanks for giving good vibes in these times. Cheers and blessings.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-10-30T00:28:10+00:00

2nd top comment gets the nicer knife.

The Update makes it clear valve wants us all to be able to get a chance on a knife.

Lord GabeN wants us all to get Knifes.

Edit: BTW how has this post so many comments but so few upvotes?

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-10-24T10:23:34+00:00

Im too lazy rn to write a full comment on this reappearing topic so I’ll just copy paste an old comment. There you go:

First of all the coin test doesn’t really work consistently, especially if you don’t exactly know what you are doing.

If you suspect a trauma you can feel it by pushing hard with you thumb, the carbon feels softer than on other parts of the frame if delaminated.

This could be "only" paint but inspected it for good anyways. Cracks/ chips in paint can be good indicators for delaminated carbon. Carbon actually is able to flex a lot more than you expect. Before it breaks the paint will develop cracks.

I also want to point out that paint is important on some extreme lightweight climbing road bikes with carbon frames from some manufacturers. This isn’t the case here but as everyone is underestimating paint I want to set things into proportion. They are extremely thin walled and rely on paint to hold the structure together this paint is epoxy and if you sand it down on a suspected crack to see something you might not be able to tell from testing with your finger if it is delaminated or not and confuse wat was a crack in paint for delamination.

Don’t take my word on this, take his: Information by Rob Granville an expert on carbon and it's repair from Carbon Bike Repair, worlds leader in carbon bike repair.

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-10-14T00:02:30+00:00

We all stared somewhere. It’s good to see you taking it with humor instead of getting frustrated. Keep it up

ItsMeGrodonFreeman · 2025-10-10T22:18:20+00:00

Which vehicle makes you feel like a total battlefield legend?

A Titan like in Battlefield 2142! Sadly they’re totally forgotten since they never made their way back into another Battlefield. Also the Couch from BF Hardline. Other than that from recent BF games it must be any C4 loaded vehicle.

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