Joe Camel's adventures with gocchin's old Mousepot(s)

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the plan here is to D-Ice cool the Master card and MachII cool the Slave (XTX) card.





(pic from gocchin)

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use D-ice to remove RAM sinks

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1351/pict0326ew4.jpg




initial insulation job is TOO thick to fit on MASTER card :(
(this is NOT finished insulation... i KNOW those screws/base copper will NEED to be covered :p)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6610/pict0328xo4.jpg

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MINIMAL insulation testing... air-flow is a MUST!!!

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9492/pict0329fw3.jpg




Contact test... does it get any better :D

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5761/pict0330rm3.jpg




LOTS of work to do B4 actually running this.

mobo insulation / protection will be a MUST etc etc ... will try to keep updating here.







pot #2 doesn't really look usable to me :(


these are dents ... the one is DEAD CENTER and VERY DEEP : CRY :

NOTE: THESE ARE PROTOTYPE TUBES
AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE TRUE QUALITY
OF "COMMERCIAL" MOUSEPOTS!!!!!!!!!

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8096/pict0331fp7.jpg


Epox: i guess im psychic :shrug:



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NEW insulation
there was a thinner pipe section sent with the "kit"

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3814/pict0334nn8.jpg


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still gets sweaty without ANY air-flow


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http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/5042/pict0338ke8.jpg

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but a little air-flow clears that right up :D


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now to warm this thing up ... mount it... and see if it fits... ...

its going to be VERY close but im 75% sure it will SQUEEZE in there....



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card prep:

there is a thick GLOPPY layer of dielectric grease under that 3/16" foam
and the plan is the same for the back


http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1692/pict0341sh5.jpg



i think we have a weeee-ner :D:D:D

the added thickness of the back insulation on the XTX card will make this already TIGHT SQUEEZE even TIGHTER but i still think it will work ;)


http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4556/pict0343wk5.jpg



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couldnt get ANY tighter!!!!



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last shot of card prep:


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now for some MOBO prep shots:


cut to "fit" foam parts:

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8536/pict0348bx0.jpg




got GREASE?

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6919/pict0347rh0.jpg




ready for action (i hope)

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1594/pict0349kg3.jpg

wow this looks sweet. clean work and much work and testing on that insulation - really good looking, hope the benchies will be as good :D gl

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Nice CUM shot:sick:

Really good insulation work, try to put less TIM, you don't need that much.

LOL :sick:

yes, i use "extra" TIM in my contact testing. it seems to give me a better view of mis-mounts.


going for a single card test run soon(ish)
dont want to run into MAJOR problems due to CF on my virgin run :D



http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2218/pict0352hs3.jpg

not TOO bad for a slave card :)

was hoping for more out of the CPU though :shrug:


o and ive run into a minor problem...

COLD BUG?!!!!

less than -55C reading on ATT temp and it LOCKS!!
wont reboot till things warm up :mad:


yes, i have BOTH services disabled.



ANY SUGGESTIONS??


im running hipro5's volt settings already

IE MAX everything except MVDDQ at 2.151



so i get to play controlled cooling... dropping in a small part of a pellet or two trying to keep up with heat load.

its NOT very conducive to tweaking CPU and mem settings :wth:



http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1...tercardgx4.jpg

Excellent in your insulation work. Can't help with the cold bug though :(.

Yea excellent job with the insulation!

thanks guys :toast:


Cold-bug is a REAL PITA!!!


temps are VERY dependent on how big a piece of D-Ice i put in... trying to hold some kind of decent temp during the bench is tough enough but then if im too loaded (with Ice) when the bench ends, temp fall too low and it locks.



lets put it this way, if i put in just ONE full pellet, without full load, its LOCK city in no time. so im stuck using pieces the size of the tip of your pinkie finger every 20 sec or so :cussing:


cant say im too impressed with my scores given the clocks im running.

barely broke 25k in 05 @ 810/931 :(


this was the only "bright" spot of the night:

840/931
450 x 10 , 1:1 , 3-3-3

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8...422aquatw0.jpg

I just had an orgazim looking @ these fotos!!! Freaken awesome.

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BIG things boys :D:D:D




3D 01: 80455
#8 WORLD ORB



3D 03: 47397
#5 WORLD ORB
(#1 WORLD ORB X1900 CF)



3D 05: 25968
#5 WORLD ORB
(took out Pedro Rocha & Ricky with THAT run :eek:)


3D 06: 13804
#3 WORLD ORB
(#1 WORLD ORB X1900 CF)


hey Gautam, looks like i got my 3 spots on the hall of fame this season too (as soon as its updated) :clap::clap::clap:








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Great results man :toast:

"Joe Camel's adventures with gocchin's old Mousepot(s)"

Sounds like a bad :banana::banana::banana::banana:. :D

Realy great results!!

grats man :toast:

outstanding joe

Was it hard to keep all the cooling balanced while you worked?

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Originally Posted by bazx

outstanding joe

Was it hard to keep all the cooling balanced while you worked?

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YES VERY!!

but

with Gautams suggestion of using denatured alcohol rather than acetone, things were a *bit* easier, it could still go into cold-bug temps (card @ -55C) but not as easily as with acetone

Big props from me for running ALL the 3d benches Joe Camel. That's how it's done :toast:.

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Originally Posted by k|ngp|n

Big props from me for running ALL the 3d benches Joe Camel. That's how it's done :toast:.

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:eek:

thank you

:worship: sir :worship:



:D




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some of you may remember this (from the 1st post):

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Originally Posted by Joe Camel

pot #2 doesn't really look usable to me


these are dents ... the one is DEAD CENTER and VERY DEEP : CRY :

NOTE: THESE ARE PROTOTYPE TUBES
AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE TRUE QUALITY
OF "COMMERCIAL" MOUSEPOTS!!!!!!!!!

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8096/pict0331fp7.jpg

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well, since The Camel Pipe is off getting tested against some of the BEST "commercial" CPU containers in
mikeguava's comparison review of Dry Ice / LN2 containers
the rig is down.

o and im going on VACATION ALL next week :D:D so i wont "miss" the tube while its gone ;)


anyway....(sorry)

i decided to work on the base seen above....


a little elbow grease....
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/176/pict0363hz1.jpg




a little more elbow grease....
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8928/pict0365wn2.jpg




a little MORE elbow grease
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7643/pict0374us0.jpg






i wont kid you, a finished GPU mouse pot is NOT easy to lap !!
but i did the best i could.




(yet ANOTHER thing CRT monitors are better @ than LCD :mad: :rolleyes: )

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5126/pict0368fn0.jpg





assuming the rumors are true, and the X1950's DONT have the COLD BUG!! ... i might need another container

ive still got the "too big" insulation laying around, and the Slave card doesn't have any size restriction...

this will be TOO easy




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Nice work,Joe!