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Today i drilled holes in old Xeons and it was alot harder than expected. Is there an easier way to put a 2.4mm ball chain through them without going through the IHS? Because they are really tough to drill through, and Want as clean a hole as possible.

I like to kill hardware. In 2016 alone I have killed 20 Xeon 5160, and 10+ Pentium 4. 

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1 minute ago, Sentryy said:

Today i drilled holes in old Xeons and it was alot harder than expected. Is there an easier way to put a 2.4mm ball chain through them without going through the IHS? Because they are really tough to drill through, and Want as clean a hole as possible.

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1 minute ago, Sentryy said:

Want as clean a hole as possible.

We all do.

 

In any case, what kind of bit/drill are you using that you can't get through a thin piece of metal and some silicon?

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Well...

 

can't say I honestly know the best way to drill a hole in a CPU... probably because this is the first time I have heard someone doing it xD 

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3 minutes ago, Sentryy said:

Today i drilled holes in old Xeons and it was alot harder than expected. Is there an easier way to put a 2.4mm ball chain through them without going through the IHS? Because they are really tough to drill through, and Want as clean a hole as possible.

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2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

We all do.

 

In any case, what kind of bit/drill are you using that you can't get through a thin piece of metal and some silicon?

Well, it is a titanium bit.

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Well, it is a titanium bit.

I'm going to assume titanium coated drill bit, are you not clamping them down onto a block of wood or something?

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I did this with an old 5150 xeon. just make sure the drill is set to High speed, and go slow through it. if you use a fresh metal bit, you'll be fine.

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2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

I'm going to assume titanium coated drill bit, are you not clamping them down onto a block of wood or something?

I was clamping them down to a wood bench.

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These are the holes i got.

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Just now, Sentryy said:

I was clamping them down to a wood bench.

Sounds like your bit is dull either sharpen it up to make sure the cutting edges are nice and crisp. 

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4 minutes ago, Codyman125 said:

I did this with an old 5150 xeon. just make sure the drill is set to High speed, and go slow through it. if you use a fresh metal bit, you'll be fine.

Okay, I am Using a similar CPUs Xeon 5150 (5160)

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3 minutes ago, W-L said:

Sounds like your bit is dull either sharpen it up to make sure the cutting edges are nice and crisp. 

Okay, I will go to the hardware store and get some new bits. I was Probably not using the right kind anyways :P

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Okay, I will go to the hardware store and get some new bits. I was Probably not using the right kind anyways :P

Just to mention you might want to lower the size those drill bits, it look huge for the CPU if your using 2mm ball chain. 

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6 minutes ago, ProKeero said:

Drilling holes into CPU's? *walks out bedroom*

For your viewing displeasure, this is an old Xeon that I drilled a hole through - the CPU was functional beforehand.

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Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

For your viewing displeasure, this is an old Xeon that I drilled a hole through - the CPU was functional beforehand.

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Lol i knew that i was just making a joke lol.

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2 minutes ago, W-L said:

Just to mention you might want to lower the size those drill bits, it look huge for the CPU if your using 2mm ball chain. 

Okay, I will lower the size. Also they are 2.4mm

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Okay, I will lower the size. Also they are 2.4mm

Yeah I would grab a couple 4 or 5mm metal drill bits. 

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2 minutes ago, ProKeero said:

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3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

For your viewing displeasure, this is an old Xeon that I drilled a hole through - the CPU was functional beforehand.

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ALL of the ones i drilled holes into were FULLY functional 

I like to kill hardware. In 2016 alone I have killed 20 Xeon 5160, and 10+ Pentium 4. 

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You making a cpu keychain or something?

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3 minutes ago, W-L said:

Yeah I would grab a couple 4 or 5mm metal drill bits. 

Okay, so what size would that be in inches? Fractions Preferably.

 

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Its called "using the right tools"

 

and in this case the right tool is a drill press, not a hand drill

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1 minute ago, Sentryy said:

Okay, so what size would that be in inches? Fractions Preferably.

 

Somethings like a 1/8" to 3/16" bit is good very approx to 3mm and 5mm sizes

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10 hours ago, Enderman said:

Its called "using the right tools"

 

and in this case the right tool is a drill press, not a hand drill

I know that, But a drill press is too expensive for my budget.

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