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i think i know why you posted this, but just cleaning it is just that, it doesnt improve the contact surface for better heat transfer, only lapping does(that is what it is for )

There is some risk involved yes, but if you are careful/know what you are doing then all will be fine.

I could probably get more from rubbing compound, but the finish that I was able to get with 2500 grit was plenty of a mirror shine for me. Finishing off the lap properly would be the best course of action, but I can't be bothered

Maybe when I go quad penryn core, but not right away. You never know, the CPU might like some time to settle in.

Dan

I used an extra protection of masking tape on the back side of my E8400 when I lapped mijn a couple of days ago a because, it was or had a dimple in it, and i had to lap the heatsink also, which had a dimple on it also a X-1283 cool temps are the result.

you are actually more likely to do damage to it like that, you are very likely to contaminate the pin contacts

The black original black pin protector was on the bottom of the cpu before i put the masking take on the chip to add extra protection

Great article! I've been lapping CPUs (though I normally wait thru several months of burn-in testing to do so) for years and reaping the benefits of added cooling for great overclocks.

One thing I like to do when lapping is drop a couple drops of dish soap (liquid) onto my moistened sandpaper after it's soaked in a tub of water for a few minutes. This makes it a little easier to slide the heatsink slowly and steadily across the sandpaper. To check my lapping to flatness, I also like to use a piece of *dark* lined (the blue/green lined stuff works too, but can to be too light to really see well) graph or grid paper & check the reflection of it in the CPU surface for distortion.