trouble getting contact with no ihs

[hawtrawkr]

i currently have a stock machII gt and was wondering if there was a way to get the evap to make contact with the core. do i need to put a diffrent evap head on it or is there something i can do to the stock assembly to get better contact?

[LukeXE]

You could use copper plate between core and evap.

[hawtrawkr]

You could use copper plate between core and evap.


well i have a copper coldplate but was going to try to get direct core contact if possible. just didnt know if i needed to modify the evap assembly or put on a new evap head.

[MeltedDuron]

you could try filing down the mounting studs and screws, but to be honest ou'd be better off with a new evap...

[hawtrawkr]

thats kind of what i was thinking after a couple mounts with 0 contact. just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas before i bit the bullet and got a new one. guess ill pick up a new one and make a project out of it.

[andL64]

u need only 10$ not more for what i did.

i used some thin steel plate (about L:20cm B:5cm) and bend it over the evap and filled the holes of the evap with sealstring then i insulated with Armaflex or u can use some tape doesnt matter and get it benden right so you can drill 1 hole in each end.

VOILA finsished u dont need heatpad u dont need sealstring u dont need anything than some insulation. its called the dirtyseconds mount :D no its not a joke it works perfect and i m using this modded mach2 unit for over 1 yeahr like this.

seEn

[bazx]

check out this site they deal in prometeia and i am sure this has come before

http://www.extremeprometeia.com/forum/index.php

baz

[andL64]

here it is i just searched the pic for ya !

[Joe Camel]

what i needed to do:

-file down the 4x "studs" on the mobo mount plate
(IIRC i needed to lap another 1/32" or so more than the studs stuck out...down to the point where the metal edges were about even with the plane of the mounting plate)

-cut up a Credit Card and shim the metal "plate" so there was less play in that connection

-file down the lip around the head (clam shell)

-make foam insulation sheets rather than silly-string

-use shorter screws to mount the head (the stock ones will bottom-out B4 good contact)


here is a pic of most of that...
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2137/pict04450oc.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04450oc.jpg)

a pic of some of my contact testing...

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2614/tim28uo.th.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tim28uo.jpg)


- pray


GOOD LUCK




EDIT:

while were on the subject of modding Mach mounting hardware...
here is how i mounted it to a X1900 XTX Video card....

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1892/pict04501im.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04501im.jpg)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5071/pict04491wk.th.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04491wk.jpg)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9904/pict04518af.th.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04518af.jpg)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/894/pict04530dw.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04530dw.jpg)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3347/pict04541lb.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04541lb.jpg)

[hawtrawkr]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3347/pict04541lb.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04541lb.jpg)


that one made me feel warm inside :)

think im going to cut this one up like jc did and if i fail at that i can just get a new evap head to use :woot:

[Joe Camel]

have fun...take your time...test contact till your satisfied (i test about 3-5 times B4 i even THINK about turning the thing on)


chilly1 SS frozen FX-57, MachII frozen X1900 XTX:
:woot:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5460/pict04569gf.th.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict04569gf.jpg)

as seen HERE (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=449654)

[bazx]

joe i love the gpu cooling

[proth]

On Intel 775, you can remove the flip lid on the CPU socket very easily, not sure about AMD