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Miles_Teg
03-18-2004, 01:50 PM
Hi guys,
I'm looking for a way to insulate the gap between my chilled waterblock and the mainboard. The insulation on the waterblock won't touch the mainboard, there's a gap of approx. 4mm (0.16") left. What do you guys use for this job? Would Mach II sealstring work maybe?
afireinside
03-18-2004, 02:06 PM
You can use a neoprene thing cut to go around the socket or use some easily molded pipewrap insulation.
I would use seal-string to create a air-tight seal.
http://www.nventiv.com/index.php?pageid=37
Karnivore
04-16-2004, 12:46 PM
Seal string for sure, but hit up your local guys to buy it, Chip Con is kind of expensive...
There was a thread kicking around not long ago with alternate seal string sources
/me brakes out search mode.....
Ahh HERE (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32682&highlight=string) it was...
Miles_Teg
04-16-2004, 01:43 PM
I solved the matter already.
Just cut up a sheet of neoprene to fit between the WB insulation and the mainboard. As I didn't want to glue it together, I got some acid-free vaselin. Works like a charm. Even so, thanx for the linkage Karnivore, that 3M stuff seems to rock. Might have to get some anyway 'just in case'.
Karnivore
04-16-2004, 02:19 PM
Glad you got it sorted, and NP on the link.