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Hello!
Of all my crazy ideas, this is probably the worst! Im trying to drill through a pentium 1 processor. I had no problems with most pcb like processors, but now I've gotten some greyish tank-proof ceramic like processors. I tried using wood, masonry and some other material drill bit, 2bit broke, 1 blunted and the cpu is barely scratched.... Does anyone have any idea of how I can get a nice hole (about 5mm) into this mofo? Im getting really frustrated at it! (I broke one with a hammer hust to prove it wasn't indestructible...) Oh, and another question, why would they make these things out of this stuff? Barely touching the chip the wrong way can blow it, why would they make them of ... whatever it is?
Thanx,
Spinal
First question is WHY are you drilling holes into your processors. I've heard of some great mods, but I REALLY don't think this one works! If you want to speen up your computer, why not just put a REALLY strong magnet onto your hard drive? While your at it, did you know drilling a small hole in your head oncreases blood and oxygen flow to the brain, making you like 10X smarter? Try it man, it works.
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LMAO! Ok, alot of responses, some even
funny... but Im guessing no-one knows cause
no-one ever tried. Im making keychains, I
have one make with a pcb like chip, it
looks really cool. Basically drill a hole,
pass a keyring and voila, a geeky keychain!
(I even ventured further and cut off the
pins as they were bending and looked ugly).
Now some friends are willing to pay cash
for these (WOW!), yet I cant seem to drill
into the new chips Ive bought....
grrrrrrrr.... and no im not smoking crack,
Im addicted to alot of s---, but not crack!
Spinal :P
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Well that makes sense. A Pentium key chain would be pretty cool.
The chip is made of a type of ceramic. So you need a ceramic drill. The type they use to drill holes in the Space Shuttles heat shield. They are made from similar materials for the same reason - heat.
Which only goes to show that if you provide all the information you will get sensible answers. If you had told us at the beginning you were making key chains from defunct CPUs you would not have got so much ribaldry. I assume you are using defunct CPUs?
Stuart
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I have seen people selling pentium keychains and pendants. I thought that was what you were doing (but I did not know how to drill it). Yeah, it is kind of cool and geeky at the same time.
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Have you tried grinding a hole?
When drilling fails, it is worth a try.
Use one of the small grinding bits used by modellers.
Good luck - Keep us posted.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I still can't stop laughing... LOL. Anyways, Ive tried the small to big method, the small either snaps or wears off onto the ceramic... Ive tried a titanium tip too, Ill go buy a carbide tip as soon as I have time along with a ceramic tip... I did think of grinding bits, then remembered I sold my dremel and bits just 2 weeks ago on eBay cause I thought my router, jigsaw and drill could do all the work... ironic... As for being defunct... welll... uhmmmm some are, and some aren't :P Pulling them from old systems (mostly broken) one never knows if its the chip or something else that doesn't work, oh well everything pre-paleolithic era gets recycled. "ribaldry" long word... lol. I actually took the time to look it up to make sure what it meant :P (yes, I am at work...). AS for the keychain being geeky, geekyness is a way of life, once you join the geeky side, forever trapped will you be!
Spinal
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Get a bit that is designed to drill thru glass. It looks like an arrowpoint. Check at Homedepot or Lowes for one.
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Not a bad idea, if you can make it work...there's a guy at the local flea market who sells keychains made from old 30-pin memory sticks...I think he gets $2 for em...
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I did give good info on the first post :P. I started laughing reading the first set of answers, then got the usable answers when I gave a reason. Odd.. You tell ppl you want to put a 128kb HD into a Athlon 64, they dont ask qns, they just tell you how, ask ppl how to drill a hole in a decrepit pre-paleolithic era chip they ask y... Humanity will never cease to surprise me ;)
HAfe fun, Ill keep you posted on my progress,
Spinal
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Get diamond impregnated drill bits for a dremel and use a hand drill. You can get them in packs of 10 for about $4 with postage on ebay. You can also use diamond impregnated grinding tools.
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I was trying that with a 486DX/33 (I don't THINK it was dead, but it seemed a bit flakey), and that stuff is TOUGH! The pins came off easily enough, but the ceramic just scratched, and the dremel just kept bouncing off. Will a drill press work (hold the b---tard in place, drop it down in) if I use a good bit? BTW, that ceramic that Intel uses is 2.5 times stronger than tool steel - that's why you broke them. BunkerMentality.com has an article, but it says to solder a wire to the CPU, as ceramic is a PAIN to drill through.
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hahahahahah...
What are you going to do, remove the innards and extract them, so you can put an AMD 64-bit CPU inside, then it will fit on your Pentium 1 motherboard?
Why don't you try emailing NASA, see if you can borrow one of their drills. lol
James
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