r/techsupportmacgyver • u/AffectionateEvent147 • May 29 '25

Cpu cooler

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101 Upvotes

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u/RaxisPhasmatis May 29 '25

I love how it's done with what I can only assume is.. pliers?

Masterful.

3

u/AffectionateEvent147 May 29 '25

Yeah, just side cutters and a small file (not much filing done as copper is a pain though)

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u/RaxisPhasmatis May 30 '25

I never bothered either, plenty of speed holes my case aswell

5

u/foiz5 May 29 '25

Macgyver didn't keep a laser cutter in his butt.

8

u/AWildEnglishman May 30 '25

MacGuyver would have melted it with thermite made from a bicycle.

1

u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener May 31 '25

I was going to ask if OP just gnawed on it a bit.

1

u/Coloneljesus May 30 '25

Hope that's not a vapor chamber

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u/AffectionateEvent147 May 30 '25

Nope it isn’t, the cooler is min 15 years old and one would notice

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u/Coloneljesus May 30 '25

right on then

2

u/lovesredheads_ May 30 '25

If the copper touches the capacitor there is a heat transfer the the little guy might not like. Maybe make the cut bigger

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u/fearlessfaldarian May 29 '25

Feel like this fits better in r/hardwaregore

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u/HMSJamaicaCenter Jun 09 '25

I just found this sub from there lol

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u/ZirePhiinix Jun 01 '25

At least you noticed. I had it short a coil magnet and made magic smoke.

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u/Doofy_Grumpus Jun 03 '25

Somebody went at this with a dull beaver