View Full Version : Fired up my new cooler
TheDude
05-10-2003, 02:13 PM
Well..new to me...Bowman built it. This thing is awesome! My NB was way too cold but was able to warm it up by slowing flow rate from chiller. Refreshing to have too cold type problem! She stood up great with a load on her. Only problem was mobo related...board would not reboot. I have to shut down and then start up...won't restart for some reason. I am afraid to reset cmos settings for fear I will corrupt bios until I resolve. Here's a pic...plan to build my own case soon.
mike.elmes
05-10-2003, 03:41 PM
Very nice !!! Gotta love these phase change rigs. I have 3, and love each and every one.:smileysex
I am working on setting up a folding farm. Got me a KVM switch and a pile of cables.
I will post a pic in the appropriate thread when I'm done. Thats one sweet looking mutha.:slobber: :D
mike
TheDude
05-10-2003, 07:18 PM
Thanks Mike, but the credit goes to Bowman....he did a hell of a job! It looks even better, but I have a face plate off it...brushed stainless steel look to it. I am still amazed at the attention to detail and he made the evap block also. I'm glad he left me a few things to do with it...mostly cosmetic stuff, but it makes me feel good to be able to improve it in any way at all. :D
TheDude
05-16-2003, 06:14 AM
Boy did I do a bone head noob mistake this morning. I was up until 3am last night installing Opps old Epox GA+ in the cooler.
Got up at 6am when the dog licked my face. Decided to fire it up and temps on the evap were only reading -25...wtf....checked to make sure it was seated tight....temps rose a little more.
Then it hit me! Shut her down fast!
Now get this.....
I had forgotten to put any thermal paste on the die....none...I remembered even wiping both the die and evap clean last night.
Moral of the story is....don't OC when you only had a couple of hours sleep. I was lucky I was using the cooler...imagine what that would have done on air! By the time I got into Bios to check temps...it would have been a crispy critter. This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever done. :rolleyes:
WOW! :D Nice cooling, Bowman has a lot of time and skill !
Dude, good to hear your processor survived :D
bowman1964
05-17-2003, 07:04 AM
ok now keep us informed...how is my baby doing......
how is the epox doing on the cooler....
i hope everything is going ok.
TheDude
05-17-2003, 07:37 AM
Originally posted by bowman1964
ok now keep us informed...how is my baby doing......
how is the epox doing on the cooler....
i hope everything is going ok.
Yeah...calm down...I didn't hurt her! :D
I got the Epox installed...I like it. It's been so long since I ran anything but Abit!
I got the Abit to finally do a decent FSB with the Twinmos/winbond ram..225
Now I'm gonna play with " CrossBow" named after her creator. Despite what many of you may think, the cross reference is not a reflection of his sunny desposition :D
Look at the water lines in pic below...wasn't paying attention and almost froze them solid! Turned her off and mopped up..all ok.
:D
TheDude
05-17-2003, 07:39 AM
Here's a pic of new setup
bowman1964
05-17-2003, 07:52 AM
Originally posted by TheDude
Yeah...calm down...I didn't hurt her! :D
I got the Epox installed...I like it. It's been so long since I ran anything but Abit!
I got the Abit to finally do a decent FSB with the Twinmos/winbond ram..225
Now I'm gonna play with " CrossBow" named after her creator. Despite what many of you may think, the cross reference is not a reflection of his sunny desposition :D
Look at the water lines in pic below...wasn't paying attention and almost froze them solid! Turned her off and mopped up..all ok.
:D
well you will like the epox.......
and i love the name you came up with .......crossbow.........
so i guess you found out how hold the chiller part works....:D
TheDude
05-17-2003, 08:00 AM
so i guess you found out how hold the chiller part works....
Yeah...too good! Even with the flow control almost off..it's frosty...think it will settle down once I put a load and some volts thru the mobo..need more heat..never thought I'd say that!:D
TheDude
06-02-2003, 04:58 PM
I found a way to put some heat on the chiller to keep it from frosting up. I connected my Koolance rig to it, so now it cools both bridges on my Epox board and then flips over and cools the entire Koolance case (swifty WBs). I can run the flow control wide open now without frost. The Koolance temps dropped 10 degrees c.
Twisted
06-02-2003, 05:09 PM
thats sweet...i gotta get into phase change!
BMORIN
06-02-2003, 05:26 PM
I can't believe more people didn't post on this thread. That is unbelievable. Cooling 2 rigs with it! That's hilarious
antipop
06-04-2003, 02:15 PM
Originally posted by TheDude
Refreshing to have too cold type problem! . I wish i had such troubles with my comp ;)
That's a damn good buy you made here
You should have put a thread in the oc section, more people would have seen it
bowman1964
06-09-2003, 07:05 AM
you need to post the pic in the most extreeme section my friend.that last pic is awsome........
sandman
06-20-2003, 09:34 PM
Not to pry or anything, but how much do those cost?
I want one......but, I could never afford it.....
Major
06-20-2003, 09:44 PM
OMG Thats insane guys !!! what a monster !
Popcicle
07-06-2003, 10:30 AM
The CrossBow Monster.....
Damn I love it!!
Pops.
OCmatrix
07-09-2003, 08:47 PM
Bowman how did u build the evap. on the system? In the middle of building a system myself and thats seems to be the big hill to get over for me.
bowman1964
07-10-2003, 06:59 AM
Originally posted by OCmatrix
Bowman how did u build the evap. on the system? In the middle of building a system myself and thats seems to be the big hill to get over for me.
well basicly it is a twin cap tube system.one cap tube feeding the evap for the cpu and one for the chiller.
gobbo
07-18-2003, 03:18 PM
Amazing job there Bowman!!
Very nice setup too Dude!!:D
King_of_qb
07-18-2003, 04:07 PM
can u guys tell me how many btus that system uses and wat refrigerant i will be buikding one soon and i have acess to any refrigerant so i wont have to worry about that but i am looking for one that is safe like even propane is good but i have no interest in amonnia
bowman1964
07-18-2003, 06:02 PM
Originally posted by King_of_qb
can u guys tell me how many btus that system uses and wat refrigerant i will be buikding one soon and i have acess to any refrigerant so i wont have to worry about that but i am looking for one that is safe like even propane is good but i have no interest in amonnia
thats a 1/3hp r22 compressor charged with r502