Making a KeyPU!

[Rekhyt]

Hey guys,

 

I've been seeing CPU keychains on the internet for a while, and decided to make my own with an old first-gen mobile i7 Core 2 Duo (Got confused here). So without further ado,

 

THE KeyPU!

 

It's not really a tutorial, everyone can do this; it just didn't seem to fit in General Discussion.

 

This is the processor I used, it was from my old 20 inch (!) HP laptop. I believe it's a first gen i7 Core 2 Duo:

It used to be my main machine but now it's time for it to fulfill a more.. cosmetic purpose.

 

 

The pins were still on the CPU back then ,and while they look nice, they would have bent in every direction over time and looked terrible, so I decided to remove them.

 

Then I regretted it.

Taking out hundreds of tiny pins with pliers takes a very, very long time.

 

 

I might put the grinding bit on my dremel tomorrow to smooth out the ones that still stick out a bit. It basically looks like a modern one now.

 

Next the hole:

 

I used a drill bit for metal, but in retrospect I maybe should have used one of the ones for wood, they have a sharper tip which would have prevented me from drifting away from where I wanted the hole.

 

 

And here's a shot with the keys in, all done.

 

So, if you also have an old laptop that won't boot anymore, you too can craft yourself this very fashionable bit of geek memorabilia! Hopefully now it can keep serving me long and well, albeit a little differently than before

[megadarkwood]

I did this with a P3

[Chris is awesome]

I have one on my keys right now, I think it's a mobile P4.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

It would hate myself everyday for the hole not being in the middle. Other than that great job.

[Rekhyt]

It would hate myself everyday for the hole not being in the middle. Other than that great job.

 

 

It actually turned out okay because it would have been a little far from the edge otherwise. But then I could have made it wider. Don't have enough i7's lying around to do a v 2.0 sadly

[NuclearFusion]

Just did one of these with an old pentium 4

[Giancarlo124]

Heres mine.

[MG2R]

I used a drill bit for metal, but in retrospect I maybe should have used one of the ones for wood, they have a sharper tip which would have prevented me from drifting away from where I wanted the hole.

I believe a drill bit for wood is the standard for drilling through PCB's, but don't quote me on that...

[Rekhyt]

Heres mine.

 

Nice! Looks like it's been around

 

I believe a drill bit for wood is the standard for drilling through PCB's, but don't quote me on that...

 

I'm ready to believe that now

[TheSLSAMG]

Heres mine.

Awesome. What processor is this?

[upliftsleet1974]

I am working on a few of them....I will post pics when I am done

[Rekhyt]

Awesome. What processor is this?

 

A pentium by the looks of it

 

 

I am working on a few of them....I will post pics when I am done

 

Cool

[Giancarlo124]

Awesome. What processor is this?

Its a pentium D

[T.Vengeance]

I know, to each his own, but why would you destroy such tech? 20-30 years down the road, I'd like to see the processor that I used in its fullest

[Rekhyt]

I know, to each his own, but why would you destroy such tech? 20-30 years down the road, I'd like to see the processor that I used in its fullest

 

It was a mobile processor, can't re-use it because of socket/chipset/cooling solution. Plus it was in a older laptop with no graphics card that I wasn't using either way.

 

Also it's way cool

[T.Vengeance]

It was a mobile processor, can't re-use it because of socket/chipset/cooling solution. Plus it was in a older laptop with no graphics card that I wasn't using either way.

 

Also it's way cool

Hehe yeah I know. BUT, there's nothing like having a vacuum tube today even though it has no purpose. I guess I'm just a sucker for old tech

[Rekhyt]

Hehe yeah I know. BUT, there's nothing like having a vacuum tube today even though it has no purpose. I guess I'm just a sucker for old tech

 

I'd never hurt a vacuum tube I just see this as giving it a second life. It was either being a key chain or being thrown away with the broken laptop!

[T.Vengeance]

I'd never hurt a vacuum tube I just see this as giving it a second life. It was either being a key chain or being thrown away with the broken laptop!

Or a 3rd option, like I said, keep it in your own personal "computer museum" so to speak. That feeling of opening up a time capsule is just astounding. But I guess to each his own

[Serbian_Souljah]

Here's mine did it just after i saw this thread, I had an old P4 laying around.

[Rekhyt]

Or a 3rd option, like I said, keep it in your own personal "computer museum" so to speak. That feeling of opening up a time capsule is just astounding. But I guess to each his own

 

That's great as well, for sure!

 

 

Here's mine did it just after i saw this thread, I had an old P4 laying around.

 

 

Cool! The heat spreader adds a nice bulk compared to my mobile one

[das affe]

Thats it. I'm going to search for my old p4 now! or i'll just take my brandnew 4670k. ^^

[Serbian_Souljah]

That's great as well, for sure!

 

 

 

Cool! The heat spreader adds a nice bulk compared to my mobile one

The heatspreader was hard to drill through, Really wish i had a drill press it would have made it so much easier.

[LogicDeifying]

I was just thinking of doing this I just took out the Sempron out of my old PC

[Luke]

Heres mine.

 

I thought that said Pentium 4.... Then i realized it said Pentium D and smiled =)

[Giancarlo124]

I thought that said Pentium 4.... Then i realized it said Pentium D and smiled =)

Sometimes even I read it, see 04 and think pentium 4